the-delenian-diaries asked: Hey :) so I'm planning on attending La Trobe University next year and saw in the tags that you went. I was just wondering about each of the undergraduate college accommodations (Chisholm, Menzies, and Glenn), and how the rooms were/the atmosphere of each/advantages and disadvantages of them all, that type of thing, so I can narrow down my choices of which one I want to stay in. Thanks, B.

Hi, sorry I left this so late! I’ve never lived on campus but I asked around and all I was told was that Menzies was the worst (why? I don’t know), Glenn College provides meals (and the infamous Glenn 10 weight gain) and Chisholm College does not provide meals, and is full of international students (but my rural Victorian housemates and all of their rural Victorian friends met there, so I’m not sure how true this is).

Without having stayed there myself I can’t be of much more help than that. I’m sure if you called La Trobe they’d put you on to someone who could give you more details about the rooms and so on.

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alialicampbell asked: Hey, i'm a study abroad student from the UK, hopefully heading to La Trobe in July if all goes well. Just asking what is it like as a uni and do you enjoy it? Thanks

Hi! Congratulations, studying abroad is a fantastic opportunity, I hope it all goes well.

I’m in my fourth year at La Trobe. It’s typically considered the third best in the city of the 8 mainstream universities but it has a particularly strong reputation in Health Sciences, Psychology, International Relations and its Law school has an excellent reputation in community justice and public interest law.

The campus itself is beautifully green and Australian. There’s a wildlife sanctuary on campus, and bike trails to the city and further north that I  recommend you spend at least a day getting lost on. The parks surrounding the campus are immense so if you really want to appreciate your location, a bike is definitely the best way to do it.

The downside is that it can take a long time to get to the centre of the city. As an exchange student I assume you won’t have a car, so for you, a bus or tram can take up to an hour, or you could take a bus and a train, which I’d estimate would take you about 40 minutes.

It was built in the 1960s so some of the buildings are dated and not in a good way, but the worst offenders have been renovated in the last year.

I haven’t had a single bad experience with a staff member, I’ve found everyone to be lovely and helpful. It’s very laid back - if something’s going wrong or an essay is overdue you just need to talk to someone and they’ll help you work it out.

Hope that helps! I’ve tagged my photos of La Trobe here and you can see what I’ve written about it in the past (people seem to ask me about La Trobe a lot) here. When you get here I will hopefully be in Hawai’i but if you want any ideas for northern suburbs/city things to do I’d be more than happy to offer some suggestions.