Marcel Pohl completed 60 examinations in 20 months, gaining a grade of 2.3, and was officially ex-matriculated in August 2011. Such a course usually takes 11 semesters, but he only needed three.

Now the Essen-based School of Economics and Management (FOM) want the 22-year-old to pay his fees up the end of 2011 - an extra €3,000.

"When I got the lawsuit, I thought it couldn't be true," Pohl, who now works for a bank in Frankfurt, told the Bild newspaper. "Performance is supposed to be worth something."

Pohl completed his turbo degree by dividing up all the simultaneous lectures with two friends and then swapping notes. At the same time, he completed an apprenticeship in a bank.

"We didn't get any freebies, and we agreed our plans in advance with the school," Pohl said.

"We're always against slow students," said his lawyer Bernhard Kraas. "But when someone hurries and finishes early, suddenly he has to pay. That can't be right."

But the FOM argues that its fees are the total price for the studies, independent of how long the studies last. But if that it is the case, it remains unclear why they are only calling for a part of the cost for 11 semesters.

"We do not want to comment on the case before it has reached court," a university spokesman said.


Source: http://www.thelocal.de/education/20120703-43517.html

Wow! I don't think The Flash could do that. But why's the school suing him? One would think they'd actually be in favour of what the kid did. Smh.

lol, too much of everything is bad

i wish i'll get dat opportunity hr in naija ,i'll do it twice!

Is it a crime to be a fast learner? I hate to study in the company of slow-learners. That's why I would want the Nigerian educational system to be reformed so that everyone can learn at his/her own speed.

Why did they allow him graduate in the first place if they thought he was owing any fees?

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Yea, that was cool but he has succeded in shortenin his time, why not pay the bill.

Well, in nigeria u wouldnt get such opportunity.

Mtchew........Next topic please................

Abi 00

if na naija university them for fail am say him do cheating pass.

ok so now it has come to the extent of getting sued to be a smart ass. I guess i did better get a lawyer right on time for being smart. cos if i were the student... trust a naija dude i will not only graduate fast but i will make others to graduate even faster ... and you know what that means... Business as usual of course. Just pity the guy. kinda young so he might not know what to do.hehe hehe .imao

AJJ: Yea, that was cool but he has succeded in shortenin his time, why not pay the bill.

Well, in nigeria u wouldnt get such opportunity.

Babcock and a few other private unis in nigeria confers degree in three years provided you're able to complete your course-work ahead of others and take classes during the summer!

Well he has to pay, because fees are calculated according to moduls u take
And not how fast or late u finish

Flashaldrin: lol, too much of everything is bad

so Too much of Bomb na Boko Haram

don't the school have regulations on maximum credits that can be registered per semester? that school must be disorganised

Thats why in most Nigerian universities you have a stipulated amount of course units to register per semester, and the remaining wont be able to take more than 2 to 3 courses for that semester. i dont see the issue there, the university is right since there is a total amount of fees for such course whether he completes it in a month or 100 he has to pay for the total fee and will even incur more if he failed any year.

Olalekan 0: Babcock and a few other private unis in nigeria confers degree in three years provided you're able to complete your course-work ahead of others and take classes during the summer!

It is the upgraded secondary schools that allow such. Its nice sha. I m sure their bills will be paid.

Olalekan 0: Babcock and a few other private unis in nigeria confers degree in three years provided you're able to complete your course-work ahead of others and take classes during the summer!

This if true is so cool, however I see cultural factors at play. When you graduate in 3 years and land in the job market, it is likely that most of the companies recruiting will find it not only difficult to comprehend, the job seeker would be thought of as overtly ambitious. Naija will need to be re-oriented about this first, else the student will suffer for his/her ingenuity.

I think the school is damn wrong, the fault is on their side. If they could not have a stipulated number of courses u can take per semester that means they operate ''do as u like''. And since u pay per semester not on d number of courses u take, then the guy play a smart game that was beyond their comprhension.
Well done smart guy!!!

Wonderfull. That's my kind of guy. No time.

sting_224: Marcel Pohl completed 60 examinations in 20 months, gaining a grade of 2.3, and was officially ex-matriculated in August 2011. Such a course usually takes 11 semesters, but he only needed three.

Now the Essen-based School of Economics and Management (FOM) want the 22-year-old to pay his fees up the end of 2011 - an extra €3,000.

"When I got the lawsuit, I thought it couldn't be true," Pohl, who now works for a bank in Frankfurt, told the Bild newspaper. "Performance is supposed to be worth something."

Pohl completed his turbo degree by dividing up all the simultaneous lectures with two friends and then swapping notes. At the same time, he completed an apprenticeship in a bank.

"We didn't get any freebies, and we agreed our plans in advance with the school," Pohl said.

"We're always against slow students," said his lawyer Bernhard Kraas. "But when someone hurries and finishes early, suddenly he has to pay. That can't be right."

But the FOM argues that its fees are the total price for the studies, independent of how long the studies last. But if that it is the case, it remains unclear why they are only calling for a part of the cost for 11 semesters.

"We do not want to comment on the case before it has reached court," a university spokesman said.


Source: http://www.thelocal.de/education/20120703-43517.html

Some faster geniuses like Bill Gates simply drop out to work at their own speed ahead of their peers.
Some Art courses don't need four years for a degree.
The academic system needs to be rejigged.

9ja private universities can do the same thing, situation whereby ''you pass jamb, u no pass, dey come'', nd conducting 3-5 post ume in a year til next jamb, i no trust dem, dem go even graduate 16-year-old pikin

Zenanted: i wish i'll get dat opportunity hr in naija ,i'll do it twice!

lol at Twice

Nigerians go dey ds guy lineage.haha,na sharp boy

neksummi: Why did they allow him graduate in the first place if they thought he was owing any fees?

i wonder oo!

waw thats gud

But was it not the same school that cleared him and then certified him okay? Sometimes so news are just too real to be true*

Isn't there a limit to course units (work load) per semester?

pato405: don't the school have regulations on maximum credits that can be registered per semester? that school must be disorganised

I second ur post. From what I know there is a minimum and a maximum number of credit units u're allowed to take per semester.

No dulling. I dey feel the guy sha - finishing in 3 semesters what will take others 11 semesters!

Sharp guy. He took advantage of a systemic failure of a disorganised structure