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Hi mubear and Slagatha, Thank you for confirming what TakeruK said - I've started looking at the other places I'd initially discounted, which is nice. So... the GRE sounds like hell. I don't have any experience whatsoever with standardised testing. I've downloaded the practice GRE software (and looked at it, and panicked, and closed it again... my grad school dreams are getting closer and closer by the day, can you tell?) i hate these kinds of open-ended questions, but do either of you have advice with regards to the GRE? Outside of 'get your life together and practice'? Also, Slagatha, I had no idea about the limit on the number of places I could apply to. Thank you for letting me know! And I'll start getting in contact with people over there too. I have an appointment next week with someone in my department here at uni who just so happens to be an American historian and really familiar with American universities, which is a blessing in and of itself. There's just so much to deal with with regards to applications, on top of uni work, y'know?

Hi TakeruK, Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this to me. The funding part is something that has previously put me off even considering the more expensive schools, so I'll have another look at those. It's good to know that the people on the other end will help out with immigration things too! I have to travel interstate to take the GRE, so I'm hoping to get down to either Sydney or Melbourne to do that during our winter break. In the meantime, I'm trying not to drown in my current workload and general anxiety over grad school stuff. And unless my current crush suddenly declares their undying love to me in the next year or so, it's probably just going to be me heading out there so it'll be the F-1 I'm applying for. Thank you so much though, you've been super helpful and alleviated one of my major concerns!

Hi everyone, I'm from Australia and looking at applying to schools in the South - particularly Ole Miss and LSU - and I was wondering if there was anyone else from Australia who is currently going or has been through the process of applying to grad school? I'm particularly concerned about the funding element - do we really need to have, say, $50k in the bank before we get a visa? Centrelink really is not that generous at all - but also just how different the process is compared to here is a little overwhelming too. When I applied to my Masters at UQ all I needed to do was send them my transcript and they were like 'yep' but in America it sorta seems like they wanna know everything, up to and including inside leg measurements! Anyway, if anyone has any information, I would be very grateful. Thanks