In Brisbane:

Fees: $18000/year x 4 = $72,000
Living expenses: $12,000/year x 4 = $48,000

This excludes flying back home to Malaysia, any trips one might make to see this rather fascinating country, and any other non-essential miscellaneous costs.

It wouldn't be too dissimilar for those in Perth and Adelaide. Certainly much more will be needed in Sydney and Melbourne.

Exetel's plans are on a 12 month contract. They're not too bad, seeing that off-peak is 12midnight to 12 noon, and any data downloaded in that time frame does not count to your data allocation.

lol np.just extreme adsl2+ with 20mbits maximum

btw i think australia dun have those big shopping mall like mid valley or 1u. most popular is DFO. but there are many boutiques at the street

oohh there's a ice skating rink there? awesome! what are boogans? o_O

and how does a partial scholarship work? they only cover the college fees?^^

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Added on May 1, 2010, 1:58 pmDFO is realllyy hugeee man. i guess it would make up for not having regular shopping malls

This post has been edited by awoot: May 1 2010, 01:58 PM

huge?for me is small..not much shop.but have good promotion

so the total is about $120,000 then? woah. that is a lot of money.

yes.so ppl who say study at australia is cheaper than UK but actually almost the same

so might as well go study in the uk then? lol

totally depends on the person, not everybody likes the UK ^^
some like Australia better and stuff ^^
The systems between the two are different as well so depends on what you prefer =)

ya..both countries are different..
if your course is better in this university in this country then go for tht country
but personally i would go for uk if i still got choice

that depends on the exchange rate.....at the moment, with the aud at 3 and gbp at below 5, it is cheaper in uk, especially for some courses where it is shorter, eg engineering and laws, 3 years compared to 4 in oz........but when gbp was 7 at one point, it would have been significantly more than oz........

This post has been edited by limeuu: May 1 2010, 06:10 PM

im saying bout now too..
even my mum also shocked that the living at melbourne so expensive and can be on par with exchange rate of 7 at UK 6/7 years ago where my bro studying at UK that time..but she don't know melbourne is 1 of most expensive city in the world..
IF i never share my 1 bedroom apartment with my gf, my monthly expense(include everything) can be around $2k..but lucky i can share

My expenses in Adelaide is abt 1.2k include everything. With eating out lunch time and eating A LOT. Wonder if the cold weather cause me eat much more than usual or the stress of assignments. lol.. But then i dont go out much la. Always stay at home only. Not many friends in uni.

Wrong, offpeak hours start at 2am to 12 noon.

This post has been edited by Plant: May 1 2010, 08:36 PM

Ah, i think thats pretty standard. Mine is roughly around there also, rent + living expenses. Cold weather makes me eat a lot of chocolates >_<

haha, i don't go out that often also. cannot be bothered now. feel so anti social. haha.

But u are in Melbourne i suppose. Should be higher than mine right? U mean my expenses is standard to places like Perth, Adelaide and Tasmania or overall Aussie? Kinda blur now. Too many assignments rushing now. @@" I ate a lot choc this week. Snickers and tim tam. Cuz had promotion and i bought a lot of them. Was planning eat them slowly when i do my assignment, but, in the end i finish them up in a week. fml...

how much for snickers?

Yup, I'm in Melbourne. I think standard to general living in Australia. Probably more or less depending on your lifestyle but I find that I spend a lot of money on groceries something like 50 - 60 p/w.

haha, me too, me too. 2 assignments due next week. only about to finish one,

I can never stop myself from buying when I see the word "PRICE CUT". damn. hahaha, yeah. the other day coles have promo $2 per packet of tim tams. i bought 4. damn. hello so growing sideways..

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Added on May 1, 2010, 8:52 pmthe other day, for 12 pieces per packet..half price. roughly $2 per packet. damn.

This post has been edited by ostangel: May 1 2010, 08:52 PM

chadstone FTW!

[quote=Plant,May 1 2010, 08:31 PM]Wrong, offpeak hours start at 2am to 12 noon.

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The old plans yes. The new plans, which are available if you are a new customer, are back to the 12midnight - noon off-peak time. (http://www.exetel.com.au/a_plan_pricing_adsl2_nf.php)

And I don't see why the UK is not an option. To be frank through, if you decided on a place for further study on the exchange rate, be prepared for some pain down the road. Those who, in late 2008 when the AUD was 2.4 to the MYR, decided on Australia based on that favorable rate would be cursing now.
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This post has been edited by haya: May 1 2010, 09:09 PM

Totally agree on the bold sentence. I went crazy when i see candies and choco on promo.. I bought snickers for $2 also. and timtam as well... Im gona grow at exponential rate. My mom will nt be pleasure to see the growing rate. hahah.. More basketball during winter break.. XD