I chose Melbourne uni because it's in Melbourne, the city I wanted to go abroad to, and it's also regarded as the best university in Australia and one of the top universities in the world.
Going from a small university town to a big city with a mix of all different types of people. At home, everyone at uni lives in the same general area, next to campus while at Melbourne uni everyone lives in different parts of the city meaning it takes more effort to both get to campus and also to meet up with friends. This meant I needed to plan things out more in advance than I usually do back at home.
Go to a tute (tutorial) Monday afternoon, Tues off, tute at noon Wednesday then work on a weekly lab afterwards, either go out a few times during the weekend or travel somewhere. Went to the gym 4-5 times a week since it was right next to where I lived.
Grampians, got to pet a wild kangaroo and go absailing (which I didn't think I'd be able to do at first).
Seeing one of the resources we used in my history of violence tutorial come from one of my home Uni's (university of Virginia) researchers.
Do things you've never done and never would have thought of doing, and also try to truly immerse yourself in the different country through fashion and your day to day activities.
The beaches, nature and scenery.
Try to travel for a few months then work in tech.
I would recommend melbourne uni for other prospective study abroad students who want to be able to explore Melbourne and Australia since the way that the education system is set up at Melbourne uni allows for a lot of free time, which is good if you want to be able to travel around.
It introduced me to Wahaj.