about the PC issues,,thanks all for your input.
Anny say about living costs and part-time work in Toowoomba and Sydney respectively?

I heard that MAS no longer entitle students 10kgs of extra baggage allowance, is it true ?

This post has been edited by wl555: Jan 12 2010, 08:23 PM

Pick up a phone and call them. No one here can answer you with any authority.

That said, as recently as July, students could still do as such.

rural toowoomba would be a LOT cheaper than sydney.........maybe half in terms of accommodation cost........

but you are comparing sydney, a top 3 uni with usq, a bottom ranked uni..........not the same thing lah........

I had similar problem with you years ago. I was then having a few letter of offer from different university like New Castle, Melbourne Uni, Deakin, Charles Sturt, etc. and I decided to go to Deakin, one of the reasons is it's in Melbourne.
I'm not so sure about the course you are taking, and I'm not going to comment on the university ranking and what-so-ever.
My thought is to study in an oversea country, "international exposure" is one important factor to be considered; yes in rural area the living cost and expenses will be much lower than in big city, however the experience of living in big city is totally different from some smaller town. In big city like Sydney or Melbourne you'll meet more people from different part of world, and thus you can have the experience of meeting all sorts of people from different culture background. This will make you more "globalized" then only able to milk a cow or pluck apples in some rural area (no offence here, and these jobs actually give good money )
In addition, you are still young. Big city more fun. So you'll end up spending more money to travel to big city when you are bored. My friend studied in Canberra and he never spend a weekend there. Every Friday after class he'll go to Sydney and only return on Sunday afternoon. Get what I mean?
My two cents.

By the way, I studied in Deakin University Food Science & Nutrition, fininshed in year 2003 i.e. my information might be outdated . Am I qualified to be added to THE LIST or not?

This post has been edited by TitaniumZ: Jan 13 2010, 09:19 AM

hey guys..wanna ask about the medical examination for the student visa..roughly how much did you guys pay? Wanna know how much money to bring when i go for the check up..Thanks..

RM200 if u wan to be safe

depends on which panel clinic you are visiting. xray dah lah rm30-50 kalau x silap. i think aroun rm200 like hihihehe said is decent. i think i took around rm250 back in the day just in case. try find a panel clinic that has an xray machine. i had to go to clinic then hospital then clinic balik. damn annoying.

just did mine in Penang for e-health. Paid RM180 only.

For those who are coming to melb. if you need any help . just let me know

Thanks..so it should be in the region of rm180-rm250..

wat help u offer?

airport pick up or coffee buddy maybe. i regret not discovering LYN until coming back. seems like can have nice Teh Tarik sessions over there since everyone is pretty much new to the place. hehe.

if free airport pick up then i dun mind

hahaha. quite expensive to do airport pickup and dropoff. sometimes i send some friends end up paying dunno how much for toll and parking. after that so mafan already.

I'd highly recommend Tung Shin. Only cost rm92 for the whole thing, and got my visa approved within a week. Try to go there early on a Saturday morn to avoid the KL jam and long queue.

thanks a lot for the tip..early as in 7 something or 8 something?

if u want it fast, go for e-health. I got my visa in one day. RM180, no jam, no need to wait.
hahahaha

why is it that e-health will b no jam, no need to wait? i thought e-health is that the medical officer send your report electronically? Or maybe i read wrongly...

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Added on January 13, 2010, 11:51 pmwow....1 day?? so fast? everything on9?

This post has been edited by latlawlim: Jan 13 2010, 11:52 PM