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Share accommodation in Canberra can be cheaper than living on residence. I looked at a place today that was around $90 a week rent. If you lived very carefully you could afford it with just a part time job and have enough time to study. If you really want to pull it in you could spend only...

I'm not sure about your exact situation, the only people who could answer that are Centrelink. I would guess they would say no. If your parents have more money in both annual income and property then the government thinks that they should be supporting you. If they don't its their choice...

Alternatively you can get independent youth allowance by proving that its unreasonable to live at home, but unless it is then I don't recommend trying for it as it can be a real bitch to get. Took me a few months. I can't really imagine how I could live without it though, because I couldn't...

I wish I lived in a residence, from what everyone says it sounds like more fun. Would I need help setting up my table and finding my way around? I kinda thought it would be the easier part of uni but if there are mentors for that maybe its harder than I thought. Does everyone else have...

What do mentors do?

I put myself through year 12 so I don't think uni is going to be much harder. I save a lot, do casual jobs here and there and youth allowance. When i'm really broke I go to my friends places for dinner. Rent can be a killer though, it takes such a huge chunk out of your money. I think the...

Just wondering if anyone did the test with ANU and got in as a result of it.

I'm kind of freaking out. I mean university is something that we've worked towards for years. I dropped out in year 11, then came back and did both years in one, just to go to university and now I am about to start. Its just a bit of everything combined, its so much bigger than normal school...

No, its not social scene thats bothering me. Canberra has one that I am aware of, if you like that kind of thing. Its the steralised career driven nature of Canberra that I don't like. Its such a fake city. Nothing here is real, and it takes ages to see that, and when you do its just...

Canberra University has one of the highest graduate employment rates. I don't know what you are basing your opinion UC's teaching quality, but if you are basing on ranking systems, you really shouldn't. They don't judge generally how well a university teaches, generally its peer review, or prize...

I got an offer in the late round. If I accept it I will do Political Science, Philosophy, Sociology and International Relations, if its balances out. Not sure if I will take it though.

I don't know about the places you mentioned but from the names I would presume they are in Sydney. I used to live in Sydney and its not that hard to find accommodation. Uni supplied will be more expensive and probably worse than you would get if you were out looking for a share house. If you...

For future reference, perhaps for people searching for this thread. Youth Allowance can be a real bitch to get, and I don't blame you for asking before you in, because I would imagine that they would not give you a straight answers and then drag you through so much stuff. If you are living...

Hi, I'm freaking out about university and I don't know where I should go. I have gotten into a BA at both ANU and University of Tasmania. I hate Canberra, which is where I live, and I might like Tas, I've never been there. I really would like to go to Tasmania, but I don't want to throw away...