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I applied to ten Australian Universities that looked interesting without much real knowledge of their relative prestige. I got rejected by 8. The one I went to
by netcan 17y ago
I applied to ten Australian Universities that looked interesting without much real knowledge of their relative prestige. I got rejected by 8. The one I went to turned out to be the consistent no. 1 in the country. Until about my third year, I dismissed all of this as insider nonsense assuming that every Uni says this about themselves.
Admittedly, I don't think they really knew what to make of my application being one of presumable very applicants with those qualifications. In my case, it probably was close to random.
- nailer 17y ago> The one I went to turned out to be the consistent no. 1 in the country. For technology or business? If the former, RMIT or ANU?
- demallien 17y agoRMIT? Really? Whilst researching things for work, I tend to run into more references to papers from UNSW than RMIT, although I tend only to see IT-related papers, not general technology. I know that RMIT is the best for Aeronautics.
- nailer 17y agoYeah, most of my RMIT knowledge has come from aeronautics students, but apparently they have a good rep in mechatronics too. Otherwise it's ANU all the way. Don't know much about UNSW.
- netcan 17y agoANU. I was talking about overall rankings. Not really sure how they calculate it. eg http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=144 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/hybrid.asp?typeCode=14... I think RMIT is more of a niche uni. Doesn't come in high on overall rankings. Australia has quite a few pretty average Unis with pockets in specific fields where they are the best. Makes you wonder how bad they are at everything else to bring down the overalls