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Hey there!I've been absent for quite a while. Short update: I graduated high school and am done with A levels. Now it's time for a new life!
I decided to post everything that's got to do with university on my blog here. Especially because I wanted to inform other on what it's like - from a normal school off to university. Also because I chose a major that's not too common here in Germany yet (although there's already a numerus clausus for this major at all the universities where that major is available) and therefore want to share my experiences with those who are interested in majoring in korean/asian studies as well.
Well, where do you start after finishing high school and having received your certificate? I was eager and immediately applied online at five universities I had looked up information about beforehand. The ones I chose were Berlin, Bonn, Bochum, Tübingen and - although my chances were really little because of the NC - Hamburg.
After applying for undergraduate programmes, all you have to do is wait... and wait... and wait. Deadline to submit your application is always July 15th here in Germany if you want to start your studies in winter. Whether you'll be allowed to study at your favourite university, you'll know either already at the very end of July or at the beginning/midst of August. It can also take longer but at the end of August you should get your admission letter at last. You can check the status of you application online as well.
I couldn't stop whining how I wanted it to be August already so I would know where I got accepted or not... And then bad news: waiting list for asian studies/korean and media science at Uni Bochum.
On July 30th I got an admission letter from Bonn, as well as from Tübingen on August 2nd. Now I only have to wait for a letter from Berlin although my hopes aren't high. After a lot of thinking I decided for Uni Bonn - at least that's the latest news. Before that I wanted to study at Tübingen and later at Berlin until I saw the amazing offer of M.A. subjects I could take later on at Bonn.
Deadline to actually register for university is August 15th at Tübingen while at Bonn you have to go there personally in the midst of September.
So, at the moment I'm still waiting for an e-mail from Berlin and am trying to make a final decision about where I will study in October. I also need to look for an apartment... But that will probably be a topic for another post.
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(German version of this entry after the cut - click on 'Read more')