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I'm an 29 year old guy.I'll always do my best to give well considered and sincere advice - give me your best shot. P.S. Don't be afraid to ask me private questions, I rarely spend a lot of time answering non-private questions.
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I am an American student who would like to go to an Australian university. I'm just wondering if anyone could recommend some. I would like to know how they would convert my GPA and grades into their grade standards and such .I would also like to know how the resident arrangement would work out because I am currently an American citizen. I have heard that some Australians dislike Americans and I was wondering if it will be a major issue if I do go and get accepted to a university there. Thank you for your time.
Hi,
What uni you go to sort of depends on how rich you are. If you were mega-rich, you would go to the most expensive university, because they probably have the best lecturers.
From what a quick google search tells me, not only are GPA and TER-tertiary entrance ranking- different, but the way your GPA is converted will change between universities.
TER works like this: 99.95 is the highest TER you can get. It means you're the top .05% of the country in educational point-scoring. TER is basically a % based on where you are in relation to the rest of the country.
Because you're an American Citizen, it's likely you would find it easy to take out Australian citizenship, although don't quote me. They might make you take a values/"Who wrote 'The Man from Snowy River'?"-type test.
Some Australians dislike Americans a lot. I don't think it would cause a lot of trouble though. It's mostly the accent which they dislike. Also, Americans who don't adopt Australian spellings, such as recogniSe, are often seen as ignorant or stupid, and trying to impose their language differences on Australia. There is a certain level of National pride which means people get pissed off if they feel like you are trying to 'Americanise' Australia. Don't ask any really stupid questions, ask for a "Corn dog" (they're called "Dagwood dogs" here :), or do anything generally obnoxious, and you'll be just fine.
You don't come from Texas, do you? x.x
Good luck :)
-K
(Rating: 5) Thank You, You have been very helpful.
P. S. I'm not from Texas, lol.