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| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5346 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 1 of 6 03 June 2010 at 6:56am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm been looking in to learning German. One of my German mates told me that they have
schools there that will help teach you German in specific parts of Germany. While I was looking at specific uni's there that do this. I didn't finish high school in the US except I did get my GED here. But most uni's that help foreigners get tuiton half or full paid do not recognise GED's given by individual states here and want only high school graduates. I feel that I will probably have luck in this except getting the money by working there to pay for the education while also studying in computer science. The question is. Is there any schools in Germany (doesn't matter location). That will accept ged so I can get in and I don't mind if I have to work to pay for it as that will be no problem doing when needed. Sorry if I posted in the wrong area. Edit: I do have a couple years of computer science under my belt from self teaching and quite confident in that. But I'm not sure of the years required to try my luck find a job like that. While I did look up jobs English. They want more like big jobs as Manager/Senior Manager. Which I do not possess. Edited by zekecoma on 03 June 2010 at 6:59am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| maaku Senior Member United States Joined 5576 days ago 359 posts - 562 votes Speaks: English* | Message 2 of 6 03 June 2010 at 9:14am | IP Logged | ||
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Depending on where you are, your state may have a high school proficiency exam that results in an actual diploma, same as from a regular school. That's the case in California at least (where I got mine). It was actually easier to get than a GED, although they only test twice a year...
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| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5346 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 3 of 6 03 June 2010 at 9:18am | IP Logged | ||
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Too bad I live in Texas right now.
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| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5322 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 4 of 6 03 June 2010 at 10:37am | IP Logged | ||
According to the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) a GED or equivalent is not accepted and even High School Diplomas need to meet the following requirements:
For more information visit the official DAAD web site: http://www.daad.de/deutschland/wege-durchs-studium/zulassung/06550.en.html 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6472 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 5 of 6 03 June 2010 at 10:44am | IP Logged | ||
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Germany is a great place to pursue a university education because universities are very
good while charging no or just nominal tuition fees (compared to the US); 1200 EUR a year at the very most. At all German universities you need a baccalaureate (Abitur, officially called Allgemeine Hochschulreife) in order to study; there are no differences between schools. There also isn't such a sense of elite universities that are hard to get into vs. poor universities that will have to take anyone; most of the difference is based on the subject that you want to study. So it's a question of whether you can study at all universities or no universities in Germany.
This means that on average only 43% of Germans between 18 and 20 are able to enter university. On the other hand, it is not as critical to go to university, because the things that are taught in the first two years of American colleges are still covered at high school in Germany, so that you don't need to take any more general subjects at university, only what relates to your major. For Americans wanting to study in Germany, there are a few extra requirements to having a high school diploma, see http://www.daad.de/deutschland/wege-durchs-studium/zulassung /06550.en.html and http://www.daad.de/deutschland/wege-durchs-studium/zulassung /06160.en.html. A GED is not accepted according to this site, so the question is if you can convert your GED into a high school diploma that would fit these requirements or an international baccalaureate. I'm particularly concerned if you were home-schooled, because home- schooling is illegal in Germany and people show no understanding for it. The reason is that in Germany, teachers are highly-regarded professionals, much like architects or doctors, and you wouldn't let just anyone perform heart surgery, would you?! Also, with the quality of high school education significantly higher than in the states, there is less reason for parents to clamor for it. Anyway, I wish you luck in this endeavor. If you can figure out how to get admission, the German embassy to the USA (http://www.germany.info) has a wealth of information for Americans wishing to study here. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zekecoma Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5346 days ago 561 posts - 655 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 6 of 6 03 June 2010 at 9:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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No I was never homed school. I just changed schools a lot due to moving. Dropped out of
school to help my mum. The only thing I studied at home is slowly teaching myself German and learning Computer Science. Like to try and get in to uni to get the knowledge of areas I particularly find too hard for me to study on my own. Thank you Sprachprofi for your post :). I'm going to continue trying to see what all I can do. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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