<p>Just a correction to one of the above posts, SATs are accepted as alternative entry scores for some institutions. For example, [How</a> to apply for the Sydney LLB - Domestic students - Future students - The University of Sydney](<a href=“http://sydney.edu.au/law/fstudent/undergrad/apply_local.shtml]How”>How to apply - The University of Sydney)</p>
<p>You’re really lucky in the sense that international students have cut offs below what the local student needs to attain. The contrast to this is that you have to pay international full fees which are about 24k a year.</p>
<p>With respect to your post, UNSW has all that you ask for. Many students who live too far away to commute often liften in the Coogee/Bondi area - those two areas being famous in Australia for its beaches. USyd takes just a little longer.</p>
<p>The thing with social scene is that it is really different to the States. We don’t have fraternities and sororities, but this doesn’t mean the social scene is lacking. If you asked Australian students what those were, they probably wouldn’t know, only because we have other student societies to make up for it.</p>
<p>Australia is great place to study. I’m going on exchange later this year to the States and I’m really excited about that, but I’ve been previously educated abroad in the United Kingdom and the States. It’s a good experience. However, if you do want to go back to the United States to work, I think a university like McGill would be better recognised. I’d be hesistant to say that Australian universities are internationally reknown. UNSW/ANU/USyd/UMelb really only have influences in the Oceanic/Asia region.</p>