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As some of you may or may not know, my parents live in the rural part of Australia. This means that to attend the top universities in Australia, I have to live in the city. Canberra and Melbourne are three hours away, while Sydney is six. Therefore it is not really feasible for me to live at home to study any more.
Last year, I lived at my old college dorms, which were around an hour from the Sydney central business district - nice and cheap. However, after transferring to a new university (pretty much smack bang near the CBD of Sydney, 10 minute drive), it has been a tough time trying to find somewhere to live. Not only to mention, still being home and being so far away from Sydney, it's not feasible for me to inspect houses/rooms - everything I do has to be done online.
Unlike America, universities don't force you to stay in their dormitories freshman year or whatever. They offer housing, usually at an inflated price, which is often snapped up by international students. I was actually banking on moving to Canberra this year (had a really nice GPA), but unfortunately the university I applied to passed up on me. I had accommodation etc. all settled there, but alas, it was not to be.
Therefore, I'll still be hanging around in Sydney. I love the place, but if I want to live anywhere near the city, it's god damn expensive. I wasn't able to find a job over the summer holidays, so that adds a bit of salt to the wound. It's February already, and I haven't heard back from the university dorm people yet. O-Week starts the 25th and I want to be in my new home by the 16th. Problem is, I don't see myself with a new home any time soon.
#firstworldproblems
 
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That sucks.
I commuted ever year to college between 1 and 2 hours, depending where I was living at the time. I was fortunate to have that kind of option (didn't want to live on campus, and didn't enjoy living in the city briefly), but I imagine it's not the same in Australia? You can't for example, live in some dinky town that was say only an hour out of the city? I guess it would have to be cheap enough to offset the costs and inconvenience of transportation...
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Americans are forced to stay in dorms during their first-year?
That's brutal. I don't think I'd want that experience to be honest.
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On February 03 2013 14:00 Torte de Lini wrote:
Americans are forced to stay in dorms during their first-year?
That's brutal. I don't think I'd want that experience to be honest.
Depends on the school. My school did. And to make it worse, it came attached with an exorbitantly priced and unchangeable dining plan that we could only drop if we moved out of university housing.
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I thought students from the country can get youth allowance?
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On February 03 2013 13:20 GTR wrote:
As some of you may or may not know, my parents live in the rural part of Australia. This means that to attend the top universities in Australia, I have to live in the city. Canberra and Melbourne are three hours away, while Sydney is six. Therefore it is not really feasible for me to live at home to study any more.
Last year, I lived at my old college dorms, which were around an hour from the Sydney central business district - nice and cheap. However, after transferring to a new university (pretty much smack bang near the CBD of Sydney, 10 minute drive), it has been a tough time trying to find somewhere to live. Not only to mention, still being home and being so far away from Sydney, it's not feasible for me to inspect houses/rooms - everything I do has to be done online.
Unlike America, universities don't force you to stay in their dormitories freshman year or whatever. They offer housing, usually at an inflated price, which is often snapped up by international students. I was actually banking on moving to Canberra this year (had a really nice GPA), but unfortunately the university I applied to passed up on me. I had accommodation etc. all settled there, but alas, it was not to be.
Therefore, I'll still be hanging around in Sydney. I love the place, but if I want to live anywhere near the city, it's god damn expensive. I wasn't able to find a job over the summer holidays, so that adds a bit of salt to the wound. It's February already, and I haven't heard back from the university dorm people yet. O-Week starts the 25th and I want to be in my new home by the 16th. Problem is, I don't see myself with a new home any time soon.
#firstworldproblems
i find it weird that you chose to move to canberra over staying at sydney. What school do you go to now?
And doesn't youth allowance cover the rent?
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- Youth Allowance gives you jack shit money.
- ANU has the best humanities course in the country behind UoM.
- I go to UNSW now.
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That sucks... :/
Keep looking GTR. You will find something!
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Finding a place to live when it is really expensive may technically be a first world problem, but it makes you feel like the opposite when you can barely afford ramen lol
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