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Mein Bruder.. U just killed it..going to Hannover summer Semester aber via Studienkolleg..thanks for the piece

victz:
I think it's time for me to share my 6 months experience in Germany(Tübingen) to be precise. Please, note that I am only sharing what I have experienced so far in Tübingen. Students in other cities especially the bigger cities may not have similar experience. Let me use the same format lmuhopeful used:


1. Education: Studies here has been really nice and very tough. I'm currently studying MSc in Management and Economics. There are only one University in Tübingen which is the famous/prestigious University of Tübingen. The University spread across the length and breath of the entire city. There is no where you will go in Tübingen that you will not feel the presence of the University. Our professors here are very brilliant and smart. Educational system in Germany is highly intensive. If you are going for any Economics or Finance related courses you have to be very good in calculations. In fact very good is just an understatement you have to be extremely good in Maths. Be prepared to see some Mathematical symbols you have never came across in your entire life. And also try as much as possible to learn/improve on your computer skills. Be also prepared for presentations. I have 3 individual presentations to carry out this semester. I did two last semester they were fantastic. I never knew that I will be able to get it right because I was not used in making public speech. Exams are really tough here and grading system here is different from what we have in Nigeria. Professors don't award marks easily you have to work very hard to earn your grades. The marking scheme here is absolutely strict. To score a 1.0 here you need 95% and above. In general anything from 2.5 and below is considered good especially if an institute is doing high quality research like lmuhopeful rightly said.

2. Housing/Accommodation: Living in student dormitory is cheap you can get an accommodation shared/flat for 208, 217 Euros etc in old buildings. There are a lot of ancient buildings here dated back to the time of Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Martin Luther the reformer. If you want to live in the same building Goethe lived when he was writing his poetry it is possible and also from 245Euros for accommodation in skyscrapers. Private accommodation are a little bit expensive but not as in big cities.

3.Transportation: Tübingen semester ticket is not encouraging at all. Stuttgart is just 30km which is less than one hour drive by bus or train yet our semester ticket does not even cover Esslingen let alone Stuttgart. In fact Barden Wuttemberg semester tickets are like that. You can only enjoy semester ticket in this state if you are studying in a big city like Stuttgart and semi-big cities like Mannhiem, Kalshure, Freiburg etc. If you want to get a VVS semester ticket that covers Stuttgart you will be spending close to 400Euros which is not worth it.

Student Jobs: If you are coming to Tübingen with the hope of getting a student job you better have a rethink. There are no companies here. Tübingen can be best described as a rural area. Getting a job in few restaurants around is extremely difficult. Tübingen is a university village where 2 out of every 3 people you see on the streets are students. Tübingen is such a boring town. Loneliness want kill me here ooo!. You can hardly find Nigerians here except for few Nigerian refugees. There are very few Nigerians here. There are also not too many blacks in this school. From time to time you can only come across 1 or 2 Nigerians studying here. But if you are coming to Tübingen with the sole aim of studying, I can assure you that you will get the very best of education here because Tübingen is a world-class university. Some of the best professors in Europe are here. An ex-president of Germany (Horst Köhler) is also here as one of my professors.

People: What I have seen here is not encouraging. Tübingen is not a friendly town. People here are not friendly I don't know if it's because Tübingen is relatively a small town. I have been to Stuttgart and Frankfurt people are more friendly there than in Tübingen. Sometimes they will be looking at you as if you are an Alien from another planet. A friend of mine who is in Engineering faculty often complained of racism in his faculty. No one wants to sit with him in the class. No one wants him in their assignment group. I was lucky to have few German friends in my department that are liberal minded. They are more than nice to me. I happened to be the only black in my faculty but was lucky to have those great German guys as friends.

Food: Since I came here I have never bought cooked food outside. I have always prepared my own food at home by myself. It helps you to minimize cost if you can be able to be cooking/preparing your own meal. Their own foods self no dey hungry me. This people wey dey chop bread like say tomorrow no dey. They have different verities of Bread. More than 50 or more different kind of breads. There are African shops here where you can get food items like Yams, Plantain, Beans, Fish, Meat, Egwusi, Ogbono, Okra, palm oil etc, but they are not cheap oooo!

Babes: Hmmmmn! Like I said before this is not a friendly town. This people discriminate a lot. They even discriminate against other whites let alone blacks. But it may be a different experience in bigger/International German cities. So if na babe you want come here come find be ready to work extra hard for it. And also be prepared to face so many rejections you maybe lucky at last sha! As some people were lucky to find one in the long-run. If you are a lady, I don't really know because I haven't seen whites guys going out with the few black girls that are here.

African People: There are few Africans here are they are really nice. Some people will tell you not to get close to Nigerian refugees that are here. Well experience differs, Almost all the Nigerian refugees I met here are very nice people they see me as their brother and have always been willing to help they don't even discriminate on basis of tribe. They have been really helpful even more than the 2-3 Nigerians studying here. I know of a Nigerian student that did not drop his tribalism behind in Nigeria. He brought his tribalism here with him. Aduro is the popular name given to those refugees. But this Aduro people are very very nice to me I don't know about other Nigerian students experience ooo!.

German language: The language is as important as the degree you are coming here to acquire. You need the language to be able to interact effectively with people here even if it's broken/basic German. I will also advise anyone coming to Germany to get at least a B1 language proficiency before boarding that plan. Life can be extremely difficult here without the language.

Ehrlich gesagt, Nicht besonders.. I only wanted to say you have to be prepare..

dprinz99:
was meinst du denn bei diessen Wörtern;;HAST DU JEMAND ODER VERWANDSHAFT IN DAMSTADT"undSTUDIENKOLLEGS SIND NIGHT FÜR KINDER"
erklaren sie Mir bitte

Buhari wants to ban forex trade..nna na wetin we do Baba na..dis wan wey be say germo don dey Knick for door By himsef..dis Baba wan cin pour sansan for garri

Hast du jemand oder Verwandtschaft in Darmstadt?Studienkolleg ist nicht für Kinder trotzdem du musstest bereits sein.. ;DD..könnten wir vielleicht durch anderen social media plaudern? Ich freue mich auf zu hören..gebrochen deutsch

dprinz99:
leider night,sodern habe ich nur die B1 prüfung mit güten Noten bestanden.
seit lezten Jahr hatte ich schon von HTGW konstanz eine Aufnametestsbestätigung aber wegen des Visums könnte ich leider night anreisen.
Derzeit will ich mich bei anderen Schulen bewerben und heute begläube ich meine Dokumente in der deutschen Botshaft beim Gnade Gottes.
die vorgesehene Shule sind
1)Studienkolleg Damstadt
2)studienkolleg Kiel
3)studienkolleg KIT
4)studienkolleg bochim und vielleicht stk Hannover und Berlin aber Berlin braucht Deutsche Sprachskentnisse zum Niveau stufe B2 und dad kann ich leider night nachweisen.

I will be applying to Leipzig Hannover and Coburg Bayern.. I have b1 buh i need b2 b4 travelling..so i will like to open and Fund My DB account first den shift the admission to summer..a friend of mine failed Studienkolleg test,he said Studienkolleg test is b2 standard.. Deswegen sie müssen viele deutsch Magazins oder Zeitung lesen ..zugleich hören sie auch viele deutsch Musik oder Gespräch..mein zwei cents..gebrochen deutsch..which school u wan apply and shey u don already get b2?

dprinz99:
guy watsup?
good to meet a studienkolleg hopefully like myself.
which school are u applying to?
which Goethe certificate exams hv u passed,how was ur result?
can we meet in Lagos tommorow?
I will be at the embassy to certify my docs

I will like to certify My Dokuments also..am a prospektive Studienkollege student..what Dokuments are to be certify pls..

twilight101:
Hi guys,

I have been trying to search this tread to see if my question has been addressed earlier(so as not to pull u guys back) but it seems to be taking ages and delaying my documents submission. So I'll just have to ask.

My question is regarding document certification:

1. What days and time does the embassy in Lagos certify documents?

2. How long does it take? Can I get it same day from the embassy?

3. If I choose to use the federal high court what is the average cost? Will I be charged per document?

Thanks as I anticipate ur response.

Aufnahmeprüfung? Welche Schule bitte..COS a friend of mine just wrote in bayern tho he failed he is rewritting with hannover..buh d chances of him bring accepted in Coburg like he said is slim..COS on his Visum na Coburg Bayer dey there.. So My Bruder just prepare for one Aufnahmeprüfung...

dprinz99:
my bros,ah remember u well well
where r u now?already in Deutschland I hope
the fact is that,I wanna apply to other schools,I dnt wanna attend this school agn.im discourage by my cousin n apart frm DAT,I'm going for bachelor via studienkolleg so I actually wanna write aufnametest(entrance test )in many schools xo as to hv more possibilities of passing d test.thats the issue on ground

With the way Euro is runinng faster than usain bolt.omo buharia is not helping it OÖ ..AS of today Euro is almost 400

Brother My 8k Euro dey My Dom account and na diamond Bank ..abeg shey na to open Dom account for uba and transfer am there abi which level..abeg i strongly need ur advice

pompido:
There's your answer....

A Goethe classmate told me its just a simple maths.buh i dont think its only BSC students OÖ

dennisMOD:
Seems like the simple exercises given during visa interviews are for guys going for B.Sc studies ONLY. Is there any intending Master's degree student who was given such exercises during his/her visa interview? Just wondering what could come for someone who's going for M.Sc in Environmental Science.

Its so possible Bro..wit ssce and b1 Zertifikat u are gud to go via Studienkolleg..na so i dey do mine nau..mein ZWEI €

kilo4sure:
It is impossible for now to secure admission for Bsc in a German university with SSCE alone as far as I know, and a tough quest to find a university in Germany that allow HND for masters. All of these have been debated about here over again, sire.

Ich habe auch die Prüfung b1 gestern gemacht.i dont think you have any Problem.. Just go ahead with the Interview.. I have some ex Goethe Klasse mate dat went with three result..ich wünsche Sie Glück

dprinz99:
All praise to God,I finally got the softcopy of my admission letter and proceded straight to the embassy for block accnt certification.
I sent my document that same day and booked my visa appointment same day.
to my greatest suprise,they hv scheduled me on the 10.12.2015.
this is just 9days after my booking.only God can do this.
I have this problem n will like u guys to render help
1)I'm going for studienkolleg and my school gave me admission even when I didn't pass one of the four parts of Goethe exams.
I scored 58 instead of 60 Bt my school said I should send them a new one before my enrolement deadline.
I have registered for the exams and I'm writing it tommorow.the result will be out on 17.dec while my interview will be on 10.dec.
pls I want to know if going to embassy with that result I scored 58 will affect my visa.
I also made some good score in the othe parts.like readin 80,listening 75,speaking 77.
should I cancell d appointment n wait till the result of the new exams comes out?
pls I need ur suggestions cuz if I miss cancell d appointment,I have to do dst tomorrow to be on save side.
I Also have less than two month to my deadline.
2) my admission letter is in German,I have visited three banks today in marina to inquire about form A,wenn I told them my admission is in Deutsch,dey said it can not be accepted.
3)amongst this banks,which is the best for form A,in terms of fastness and cheaper rate
firstbank,sterling,unioun,uba,and Fidelity bank?
pls help,help and suggestions

Guy na which Kind of questions u dey ASK like dis?na wa u OÖ ..which one be is there yam?

prince1930:
@botok,pls is it six month stament of account we ar 2 use wen apply 4 tourist visa? 2. Pls how is live in germany is dere africa food lik yam,rice,bread,semovita in germany? 3. Pls advice me,i want 2 com and settle in german wit my wife,is it easy 4 couple 2 get tourist visa,my wife neva travel b4, wy i hav ben 2 dubai and ghana? Tanks

Congrat to u Bro..viel Glück und hab Spaß

Kelvinpam:
congrats oga eke47. You ve been a blessing to all.

Thumps up @ filimontana.. Ur contributions belleful me die..I have b1 buh not complete yet..just d hören..buh I will be writing dis December in Goethe institut.. Which school are u in germo

filimontana:
You can apply for admission with B1, that's the required level. But you are right, with B2 it is easy and with B1 if you study hard and believe in yourself, why not? It has nothing to do with luck, but your ability.

I think you need b2 bro.with b2 its easy buh b1 its luck..they pay more attention to people with b2 level of Deutsch sprache..

filimontana:
The admission is very easy lol. No competition like med... still you need studienkolleg, M course. Have you started the language course? You need B1.