I'm looking into Ivy Leagues and schools like them here in the US.
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G'day,
Kiwi is spot on in regards to the comment abt Australian students' treatment to US.
As you can see, every ppl will have different answers to your questions. The alumni and current students will definitely choose their own uni/almamater :)
Some may argue that the university belongs to The Group of 8 (www.go8.edu.au) are the 'famous' one and probably put it parallel to US' Ivy League. However they group was formed just to unify the promotional effort. The members cannot claim that they are the best at everything that they offers.
There are only 42 (soon to be 43) universities in Australia, all of them are fully accredited and they are tightly regulated, therefore the quality and recognition of their graduates are equal from wherever university you are studying from. The most important thing is you have to READ the course information carefully, since some courses may have the same name but different content.
There are quite alot of Australian universities offering Law courses to international students. To find out the course that you are taking and where it is offered, I suggest you to go to Dept of Education, Science and Technology (http://cricos.dest.gov.au) and IDP Education Australia website (www.idp.edu.au). IDP is an organisation that gives information to international students who wants to continue their study in Australia. The information abt fees & requirements can be found in the university's website. Please make sure that you access the information for internationals students, since some requirements, application form and fees are different than Australians'. Once decided on the uni, fill in the application form and send it together with certified copy of your academic qualification.
So with many options for your to choose, this is my suggestion to narrow down your choice:
1. Choose the city you want to study in. The consideration maybe the lifestyle, living cost and weather.
2. Find the area of law that you want to work/career in. This may be family/commercial/internationa... etc. Check if the uni's are offering the area.
3. You might also want to contact the US universities that you are interested to continue your law study to. Ask them if they have like credit transfer agreement with any Australian universities. This will ensure that what you will study in Australia will not go wasted.
Hope this helps. Good luck for your study and welcome to Australia :)
well, if you want to go to Canada, I know there is the University of British Columbia. I have a friend who goes there and it's one of the Top 100 schools in the world, placed between 40-60.
In the UK, there's always the famous Cambridge University...but's that's really hard to get into so ..
In Australia, there's the University of Melbourne , also one of the Top 100 Unis in the world, placed something like 87..
Otherwise there's the university of Adelaide, in the Top 200 Universities in the world.
But I heard that in Australia, people give USA students a pretty hard time though. I have many Australian friends and they say they have some sort of "thing" against Americans(which I dont really get.)
So goodluck;-)
I disagree with the Australian American thing, as I live in Australia.
The uni's in Sydney (Syd uni and unsw) are really accommodating and supportive of international students, they both have good reputations and good grounds.
In Sydney, the two I mention are proberly considered the best, we don't really have what you'd call 'Ivy League', it's much more relaxed, but unsw is closer to the beach and Syd uni is closer to the city, thats the difference.
Like anywhere if you are unfriendly here, Aussie's will be unfriendly back, but its also apart of the culture to mock each other, so you shouldn't take offense it's just the humour here - just give it back.
Just be cool and say hello, oh and no Steve Irwin jokes. you'll be fine.
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