Drawn to the Capital, What ANU Is Really Like When You Actually Live On Campus

Canberra gets a weird rap. Too cold, too boring, too “public service-core”. So we took the Choosing Your Uni podcast somewhere we’ve never recorded before, a literal wine bar on campus at ANU, to test the myths in real time. In this episode, Rob chats with Alyssa Ingham, who moved from Sydney at 18 chasing the closest thing Australia has to that classic “campus uni” vibe, where class is a short walk away and everything you need is basically on-site. They unpack what surprised her most about ANU life, why double degrees are basically an ANU signature, and how the direct application process can lock in an offer before ATAR results land (plus scholarships and accommodation in the same hit). And just when you think it’s a normal campus chat, it takes a turn into the kind of extracurriculars you’d never guess exist, including a uniquely ANU sport that starts with a blindfold and ends with a 100km navigation run. This podcast is brought to you by ⁠⁠Choosing Your Uni⁠⁠ - our mission is to make choosing a subject area, and an institution, fun, easy and stress-free. Our AI-powered platform unearths fields of study and institutions that match your interests and goals, with detailed information helping you to dig into career options, day-in-the-life scenarios, Open Days, extracurricular options, support services and much much more. No more endless Google searches, ⁠⁠Choosing Your Uni⁠⁠ is your one-stop-shop for navigating the journey to university. Since 2017, our independent, unbiased content has been viewed millions of times on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠, and we've supported tens of thousands of students to make the right decision on which degree, and institution, is best suited to them. You can contact us via email at ⁠⁠[email protected]