Residential

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So if I end up at UOM, I'll probably be looking at res, so I have a few questions (don't have to be staying there to answer)! thanks

1. What is/was your favourite in your opinion and why (and which would you go to if you aren't at one)?

2. Are there any characteristics of each?

3. Which ones are most competitive to get into, and what do they look for (e.g. atar/extracurricular/volunteering etc)? (also, I heard it's a good idea to put a not-as-popular one as second pref cause the popular ones only take first pref- is this true?)

4. Which ones have the nicest rooms?

5. Is there any consideration for things such as rural, KLD, SEAS, etc

6. What types of scholarships are there?

I've done tours for Trinity, UC, St Mary's and Queens, but that's it.

Thanks!

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[Johnnyliu]

Hi I am a Chinese student , I will go to Melbourne as freshman on the next February, My first choice is JCH, followed by Queen's and Ormands.

Living in the city where is thousands miles away now, I am really jealous that you can visit the colleges personally (TAT)

I choose JCH cuz there's only ninety people live there, I think a small and close environment would make me feel like home. but yesterday when I did my interview, the president told me that there will be around 150 people apply for thirty place this year... Its really competitive and I will have to wait for the results until 20th January....

I have heard some rumors about Trinity, students in foundation programs lives there right? I don't know about you but I personally do not want to spend too much time on meeting people and manage cliques.

Also Medley is much more closer to downtown so it may satisfy some shopping freak's special needs

I have written a note include my feelings to each colleges, I will upload it when I find my notebook(just had nowhere to find it), would you like to here some opinions from overseas students?

PS: You are interested in Chinese? I am living in Beijing now and I think I can show you what China is like right now and I strongly suspect that it would be different from what you have learnt from textbook.

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I went to Ormond and loved it! Compared to some of the other colleges I visited, facilities were really nice and so were the people! Staff and student support are really good too and it isn't located far from campus (as some of them are)!

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Ah thanks, so with Ormond, did you ever find it too crowded? It seems so grand, and the grounds are amazing!! How did it compare to other similar colleges, like trinity and queens? I really liked those two (didn't get to tour Ormond unfortunately), but my mum find Trinity really snobbish and doesn't want me to go there?

Also did you just go for the first year-and did you live in Melbourne??

I choose JCH cuz there's only ninety people live there, I think a small and close environment would make me feel like home. but yesterday when I did my interview, the president told me that there will be around 150 people apply for thirty place this year... Its really competitive and I will have to wait for the results until 20th January....

I have heard some rumors about Trinity, students in foundation programs lives there right? I don't know about you but I personally do not want to spend too much time on meeting people and manage cliques.

I have written a note include my feelings to each colleges, I will upload it when I find my notebook(just had nowhere to find it), would you like to here some opinions from overseas students?

PS: You are interested in Chinese? I am living in Beijing now and I think I can show you what China is like right now and I strongly suspect that it would be different from what you have learnt from textbook.

Hey yeah, if there's cliques and stuff I wouldn't be too keen either, shame though, the building there are so cool (although apparently the rooms are relatively shabby).. It would be great if you could share some thoughts on the others (in your notebook if that's ok!), just cause I only got to tour 4 colleges-as it's hard with travel, but definitely not as hard as going overseas!

As for Chinese, yeah, I found VCE Chinese really rewarding, especially over the last two years (not this year oc, and I can feel myself forgetting the language :/), but once I got past the basic level (like past the level where you still have to think of the sentence structure, noun clause, verb clause etc and just go for it!), and got to a stage where I could maintain a general conversation if was really really exciting. I have been to Beijing, though, more to sightsee and practice the language and see the culture and what not

Might I ask why Queens is your second preference? (i.e. I know why you like JCH now, but what makes Queens stand out from other smaller colleges?)

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Yes I live in Melbourne - I thought it would be a good way to transition into university/adulthood and make lots of friends to set myself up. I did one semester and am now back at home and I don't regret it at all!

I know people from both Trinity and Queens - people will try and tell you a thousand reasons why they're different but they're mostly the same. Trinity does have a bit of a reputation for being high and mighty but I think a lot of college do (mostly because they're expensive and tend to make close-knit groups of friends that sometimes don't integrate especially well into university life outside college).

It's really about where you can see yourself living - I just knew it was Ormond for me!