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Style of education

In the USA, you have quite possibly the widest (1) __________________ of subjects available in the world, and almost infinite flexibility on how you put together your studies. It’s also relatively easy to change your (2) _______________, and switch classes, courses or even institutions.

Many international students find it easier to start their American studies at a smaller college, and then transfer to a (3) _____________ University for the last two years of their program. This gives you time to adapt to life in the US, improve your (4) _______________, and learn the basic elements of your study in a supportive environment.

In the UK, you are expected to be more independent when it comes to (5) ______________. In the US it is compulsory to go to all your classes and read every inch of the set texts, but not much outside of this. In the UK it’s almost the complete (6) _____________. Undergraduates are pointed in the right direction by their professors, but then left to their own devices to find the right resources and produce their own analysis.

Australia offers a (7) ____________ of these two extremes, with lectures and smaller tutorials, group work and individual exams and essays. In Australia you are expected to think creatively and (8) _____________________.