Wau, quite expensive.

Me, currently at homestay.

AUS $ 250 per week. Include everything food (breakfast, lunch and dinner). Internet a lot of quota.

I advise students try to familiarise with university website and find more information.

Although this type of agent can help you safe a lot of time and ease some problems, you need to spend more.

Why not just do more homework. Try to search from university website, forum here from version 1 (read all). If don't understand then ask. Of course other forum too

Guys, talk is always easy. I am one of the victims when I first come to Melbourne. If I received this service then, I would have save myself heaps of money and time and effort.
I had no one here when I first arrived. I did meet a few friendly Melbournians, who guide me on directions to move around city. But I had been through terrible time to familiar myself with this city. Melbourne is a city designed in gird, but the directional signage and public transports are too confusing for me as well as a lot of my friends.
There are a few of my Juniors are coming over to Australia, if people like 'alwayshappy' and 'KVReninem' can kindly invested your time and effort to help them and accommodate them temporary (I can't take day off because most of them arrive on weekday, and my room is too small), that will be very much appreciated. Free of Charge of cause.
If any of you can kindly provide these services for free, can you please leave me a message and that actually prove that we do not need this Melbourne International Student Service.
Also, my advise too all new international students: Due to the economic cirsis spreading to melbourne now, a lot of people actually selling their house and rent. Besides, there are more and more migrant from China and India, it is really hard to find cheap renting without knowing people. Guys, before you comment on settlement in Australia is such a stress free process, you better watch up what you said. You may end up getting new students in trouble.

Anyways, Happy New Year to all of you.

Haha..what a pity. Today is my first day come across this site. Umm..don't think this site operator will allow me to have two accounts. Anyways, did you apply your student visa yourself? Why not? Don't tell me you do. Do you know you can simply apply it online yourself? Well, you always need services from others if you are not familiar.
You sound really naive and get angry easily. Do you know you commet will potentially get others into trouble. Have you analyse the current rooms availability in Melbourne and the rate? Well, keep your anger to yourself and don't trust all the 'bloody agencies' around you. I think the next things you want to do is to encourage everyone to store their money at home in stead of bank, because the bank is going to earn from you right. HoHo.
Thanks TSM, homestay fee at burwood for 250 sound expensive, AUD 220 - 225 sound reasonable. Your friends didn't go thru Uni right?
However, my friends just need a temporary place to stay for a while until they can find a place to stay longer. Anybody have any spare rooms please announce.

  Icic. Cause in Taylor's now, i bring photocopied notes to class get scold by lecturer, consider illegal 

I scare in RMIT if i photocopied a few pages from reference book will get scold also  Especially tutorial time, i really need them.

Good one boss. I need such guide..working soon.

Ohya; AUD is going down. 2.29 !

leaving for aussie tomorrow...just want to clarify...i bought some adapters to accept our plugs..the voltage remains the same right? No power surges?

And do customs check your hard drive when you come into the country?

Thanks guys

Does anybody have the information of the scholarship studying in Australia? I've applied to the ANU International Undergraduate Scholarship.

Do we stand a higher chance if we ask IDP to submit the application for scholarship for us?

Hi  all,,,.. i am going to melbourne univ this coming july for master in gis... looking for cheap accom.. budget around 150/w, prefer a studio apt or sharing (in 2 bed house/apt)... let me know..

i got the list of panel doctor but do i have to pay for the examination. if i have to pay, can i claim?

in australia, RMIT has the most international students in 2008 according to some website(ranking website)

but somehow i feel Melbourne U got more 

just curious about living costs in melbourne and sydney...

how much do you guys spend weekly on your food (assuming self cooking)?

For me, the range can be $40 to $100 per week. I reckon if you really really only self cooking then maybe around $50-60, depends, my bread account quite large proportion which I spend about $8-9 for 1.5 week, I buy burgen bread. If you really buy budget one, then will spend less than that. Besides, every week sure I buy 1kg of yoghurt which around $4. Fruit, I eat a lot of fruit, maybe around $5. Milk, I drink around 3L of milk per week, I only buy long life milk when there is promotion which about $1 per L. Vegetable around $5. Deli, around $3. Meat around $6 or less. Then other food like rice, meat pie, frozen corn, frozen meal, pasta, pasta sauce, milo/nestquick (spelling not sure), nutella, peanut butter, cheese, etc.

If I move to the city sure I will eating out. I'm quite lazy to cook but my house her the food is suck except pizza:(

hihihehe ok thanks.......

does neone here got testimonials about studying bioinformatics in U of Sydney or USQ?