The first semester is officially over but now that I think about it, I don’t really know if I have learned anything entirely new. I am not so sure about whether there has ever been a moment when I said to myself: “Wow, there is no way I would have known this or that about the German government system or the Cold War or research methodology. had I not been in university.”…
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End of Term Thoughts
It’s been three hours since I have been sitting inside the Philological library of my university (we lovingly call it “the brain” because of its shape) and I can’t believe that I have another two hours until my French seminar, which I actually can’t afford not to attend and therefore don’t have time to go back home in between. Looking at the bright side of things, my desperation may have been bigger…
The Cost of Studying in Germany
Over the last couple of months, I have come across various articles shared on my social media networks, declaring (almost festively) that attending university in Germany is free for national and international students alike. Now that I have some time as a university student behind me, I decided to write about the extent to which studying in Germany is really free. Let me tell you right away that I can’t actually name…
An Open Letter to Next Year’s College (Prep) Students
Dear successor student(s), Congratulations! I assume that if you are reading this, chances are that you made it past the entrance exam and passed the fill in the gap, the reading and the listening comprehension with great mastery and are about to start your journey towards a german diploma that will allow you to study in german university. Maybe you are also just a curious reader who stumbled upon this blog by coincidence,…