First year students have more than just their university studies to manage as they'll do whatever it takes to get the edge over their competition. Eighteen-year-old political aspirant Toby Latcham struggles with a triple degree and his Young Liberal Party commitments, which are part of his life plan. His results are average, but he finishes the year on a high by meeting his idol, Prime Minister John Howard. Tsuyoshi from Japan came to Australia to study his Master of Commerce, is initially over the moon to be in Australia but soon finds the whole experience overwhelming. He has to make the tough decision to persevere and face failure or head back home to Japan in disgrace. Alejandra Arbe from Peru is studying her Bachelor of Veterinary Science. She too is worried about language and the difficulty of the course, and is concerned that other students are brighter than she and questions whether she may have got into the course because she is a full-fee paying international student. She contemplates the gravity of her family's dream for a better life for her through education
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