Mr/Ms "A digression but needed" is sorely deluded if he thinks that Aussie universities are anywhere close to the standards of Ivy League universities.

And no, you're wrong too that Singapore is the only place in the world that places a premium on qualifications or/and prestige. This is an international phenomenon. In the US, a degree from a top school shoos one into an investment banking position in bulge brackets instantly. And just check out the millions of American students waxing lyrical about which prestigious they're dying to get into and the Ivy League students proclaiming supremacy over the "Lower Ivy" students.

Don't be so deluded lah and if you can't cut it, try migrating to Antarctica. It may be the last place left for a deluded fag like you.