heyhey i ended up choose umep linguistics for multiple reasons ;P mostly the distance, but also the cost. if i went monash i would either have to travel 2 hours to get there couple of times a week or do it long distance and teach myself. whereas melb uni is like 40-50mins drive. personally for me i prefer learning with a teacher/class, rather than teach myself the subject lol. and also you had to pay $900 a year at monash and with the textbooks my parents would have had to pay $1300-1400, whereas at melbourne uni, the tuition was free, and you would only have had to pay for the textbooks which were like around $400-500. and because i have 5 vce subjects + 5 periods of homegroup/vce-admin a week at school, i wouldnt have made it in time to the monash uni for the 3.30-4pm classes, since i finish school at 3. if monash was closer to where i lived, hands down would have gone to monash but it was just too far and wouldnt have made it in time.