In the process of German university admission, the language requirements are relatively low, and the interview is only satisfied with a piece of paper and a few simple questions. When you hold the university admission notice (please note: the German university admission notice is completely different from that in China. German university admission notice should be more accurately called university registration certificate, and you must pass the language test to register. When you come to Germany with great joy to prepare for your great future, you find that the language you master is not qualified for your studies at all, or even for your daily life.
What's more, the college language test is still waiting for you (because German universities rarely offer English-Chinese bilingual teaching). According to the relevant regulations of Germany, if you fail to pass the college language test within two years, you will be repatriated. For this reason, you have to bury yourself in German. Usually, the number of language classes in universities is limited and it is expensive to go to private language schools.
Therefore, the author suggests that domestic students who are interested in studying in Germany should not rush to go abroad, but must lay a solid foundation in German at home and pass the German proficiency test before going abroad, so that on the one hand, they can have a relaxed learning environment in Germany, on the other hand, they can quickly adapt to a completely unfamiliar learning environment.
Second, loneliness.
Studying in a foreign country in Germany, it is often lonely to bear the pressure of academic life. If you have just arrived in Germany, you should be mentally prepared for the transition period. It is not Germany that is lonely, but German students. If you want to study in Germany and survive here, you must shed your impetuous heart. Some people climb mountains and wade, some learn to practice calligraphy, and some believe in religion directly ... The reasons are two basic conditions: first, China people who come to Germany to study mainly in engineering, and because Germany is free of tuition, most of them are middle-class or working-class families in China, so the international students here are living in poverty and most of them have work experience. It is not difficult to make friends with Germans in theory, but you must accept their three views of living alone in another world, accept their leisure and entertainment methods, and understand their basic culture. It's just, are you sure you like to have a drink and jump around all night until two or three in the morning? When you go to a choir or a concert, can you hear the voices inside? Are you sure your family can agree that college students can go straight to 30, regardless of their parents, go wherever they want when they are financially independent, and have grandchildren for months without seeing their grandparents? If you accept it, you can't come back. Unless you want to stay in Germany all your life, do a good job in this cultural baptism and completely transform yourself.
Third, the study time is long.
The German study abroad network points out that the academic system of German universities has its own characteristics: the study time is not limited, as long as you complete the necessary credits, you can graduate no matter it takes you five or ten years. For a person who is not conscious of learning, it is easy to develop inertia objectively.
On the other hand, the complexity of the German academic system makes it very long. In Germany, university education is divided into two stages, namely the basic stage and the professional stage. The basic stage is usually two years. If you want to learn a language in Germany, it may take three to four years. After entering the professional stage, in addition to studying professional subjects, students began to learn to write small professional papers, and after completing several small papers, they began to write graduation papers.
Finally, you need to go through a big exam to test what you have learned from beginning to end. Generally speaking, both the oral and written tests are about 20-30, and one test takes 4-5 courses together for four or five hours. For example, the examination papers of enterprise management include statistics, cost, financing and investment, tax audit, accounting and so on. The final exam can only be retaken once. If you fail to retake the exam again, you will be announced to drop out. This forces students to postpone the schedule of taking the exam for one or two years to be on the safe side. Therefore, few people can finish their studies and get a master's degree within four years, let alone foreigners with good language skills.
Although China people are famous for their intelligence and diligence, it is difficult to study skillfully in Germany, and it usually takes five years or more to successfully complete their studies and get a degree. This is undoubtedly far behind compared with the degree that Britain and the United States can get in a year or two. If the opportunity cost is included, the loss will be even greater. However, the length of the German academic system is not without its merits. At least one thing is universally acknowledged: although there are no universities in Germany, the gold content of their university diplomas is extremely high.