#is HK a nice place to study?

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green fossil
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So recently one of my close cousins got admitted into the University of Hong Kong and he said it's #16 or smth in the world ranking. Initially, I had no plans for HK but after hearing the news that he got a 100% scholarship on tuition fees I might consider HK he said that he only has to pay Living costs right now but apparently, he got an internship as soon as he joined there. He also told me that HK is way cheaper than other countries like European countries, the USA, Australia, etc. I did ask him a lot of stuff but still, I want others' opinions on this, do y'all think HK is a good choice?

mossy dagger
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My brother currently lives in Hong Kong. He got a 100% scholarship at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. I went recently to visit him and it’s like a very fast life and to be honest kind of expensive too according to the way you earn to be honest I don’t know how to explain it. I mean, it depends on how much you earn and where you live and stuff but it’s kind of expensive too so you have to like do a lot of budgeting but obviously like it’s not expensive if you don’t spend it on useless stuff if you get what I mean? I think Hong Kong is a good choice for those who like to live independently but also like want to live a fast life and the commute is usually by train and few people have cars so the commute is like definitely public transport. But I honestly think it’s a really nice place to live at and it has a lot of advancements and like there’s many nice things over there. Also please don’t mind the punctuation because I’m literally using the voice thing so it’s not punctuating anything.

fringe sapphire
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I'm sure the unis are great

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But Hong Kong is one of the most expensive cities to live in

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# green fossil how

Hong Kong is currently rated the most expensive city in the world for cost of living

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There's no Australian cities in the top 50

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However if you're gonna look at it only from the perspective of rent then Sydney is higher on the list

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But that's just Sydney

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There are other cities

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That are cheaper

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Also it's Aus not ausi

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Or Aussie if you're talking about the Australian people

mossy dagger
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Hongkong might be expensive but you also earn exactly in that currency, so it’s normal for them.

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fringe sapphire
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I'm not sure about internships in HK

green fossil
fringe sapphire
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But in Australia, people apply for internships in their second last year, and they do it over the summer break

green fossil
fringe sapphire
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You can work at regular jobs lmao

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Like at grocery stores and stuff

green fossil
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Alright thanks man

fringe sapphire
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As an international student

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runic sigil
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hmmmmmmmmmmm

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heard of hong kong yes

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the universities there are topo notch but very very very competitive

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but it is worth a try to just apply

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but one thing i have realised while in university is ranking doesnt count for shit 😭

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so better to look into the course you are studying and see the facilities for that hahaha

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cause in my uni physics faculty is amazing but my friend had to transfer out because his com sci eng course was shittttt like very bad in terms of profs and also rating by previous students

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so check these out more than the you know "rank" of a uni 😭

ripe knot
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Ranking does count a major part tbh, but if you wanna be sure abt that and want to verify might as well visit on open day, uni of Sydney had their open day few days back too, it was overpriced af.......4$ a 250 ml water.....

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At least the campus is cool

green fossil
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Cuz I will just assume

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That if the ranking is good

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Then the prof must be good too

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