Someone from the University’s Foreign Affairs Office told Dong Qiangqiang that he could now register for Han University’s preparatory exam. Of course, the prerequisite was that he had an AP certificate. In addition, he was given a piece of paper, which clearly stated that 17:00 pm on Friday, July 20th was the deadline for registration for Han University’s preparatory examination.
When drinking with Lao Bai on Sunday, Dong Qiangqiang casually mentioned that applying to college is more troublesome than before. Lao Bai agrees with his view, and believes that the reason why AP certificates suddenly fell from the sky is mainly because studying in Germany is cheaper than other countries, which resulted in a large number of students with fake academic qualifications swarming in in a short period of time, scaring German universities.
Since the 1980s, Chinese students studying abroad have mainly come from developed countries. The United States and the United Kingdom have always been the first choice for studying abroad, and even Japan was the first choice at a certain stage. However, studying abroad has never been easy, and the first thing that bears the brunt is the tuition fee.
Tuition fees in developed countries are usually high. Taking famous universities in the United States around 2001 as an example, tuition fees for popular majors such as finance, electronics, and medicine cost 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. dollars a year, and the tuition fees at Niu University were even higher. Calculated at the current exchange rate, one year's tuition is approximately 140,000-200,000 yuan. If a university applicant does not receive a full scholarship for the university to which he intends to apply, he will have to pay for it at his own expense. In this case, even if he receives a half scholarship , students also have to carefully consider their financial resources, because in addition to tuition fees, there are also a lot of tuition fees and living expenses waiting for them. In order to send their children to study in the United Kingdom and the United States, many families not only spend all their savings, but it is not uncommon to even sell cars and houses and borrow money as a whole.
The reason why this happens is that going abroad is a cost-effective self-investment.
Although the tuition fees for studying in the United Kingdom and the United States are astronomical, once you complete your studies, you can easily find a job in the United Kingdom and the United States. Although whether you can get a high salary depends on each person's academic performance and major, it is an indisputable fact that you can earn more than you do in China ( Note: Mainly exchange rate bonus). Working in the United States for two years can generally pay off the debts incurred before studying (many international students work-study while studying, and can basically pay off their debts when they graduate). If the job is stable, international students may still have the opportunity to immigrate to the United Kingdom and the United States, so the United Kingdom and the United States have always been popular countries for studying abroad.
Although Germany is the most powerful country in Europe, it has not been favored by Chinese students because it is not a country of immigrants and its academic system is very long.
However, around 2000, many domestic engineering schools opened exchange courses with German universities, and the craze for domestic students to study in Germany gradually grew.
This phenomenon has been keenly noticed by study abroad agencies. Under the exquisite packaging of study abroad agencies, studying in Germany appears in a brand-new form in front of many students and their families who are preparing to study abroad but don’t know where to study.
The first advantage: There is no need for English TOEFL, GRE or IELTS scores to study in Germany (Note: Applicants who choose a degree taught in English still need to provide proof of English). As long as students can pass the German university entrance exam, that is, dethe prahprfng fr den hhhlzgang alndiher tdienbewerber, or dh exam for short, they can enter the university. The advantage of this exam is that each exam is very cheap and there is no limit to the number of times it can be taken. The disadvantage is that it can generally only be taken at the university you are applying for, and the exam is more difficult.
The second advantage: cheap. All public universities in Germany did not charge tuition fees at that time (note: different universities will charge a registration fee of about 100-200 marks per semester). Compared with studying in the United Kingdom and the United States, which often costs 200,000-300,000 yuan in tuition plus living expenses, international students only need to pay for their own studies. The living expenses in Germany are enough. According to the regulations at that time, as long as the applicant deposited the equivalent of 60,000 yuan worth of marks in his German bank account before studying abroad, he could apply to study in Germany. One of the tenets of German universities is to be liberal in admission and strict in exit. As long as you meet the admission requirements, German universities will admit you as a college student. As for whether you are dawdling around after entering university, no one will care about it, because German universities usually do not The concept of "class" naturally does not have the setting of "class teacher". The students in each class are different. Some are from this major and some from other majors. Whether a student can graduate mainly depends on his or her diligence.
It usually takes students from a German comprehensive university (Niveritt, referred to as ni) five years or more to complete a master's degree (dipl) course, while students from a German university of applied sciences (fahhhhle, referred to as fh) usually take about three to three and a half years. Completed the fh master's degree (fh dipl) course. But whether it is NI or FH, German public universities usually offer undergraduate and master's degree programs, but this does not mean that the university will issue you an undergraduate diploma after completing a certain course, and then issue you a master's diploma after one year of study. . Students usually have to pass the examinations of all prescribed courses in the basic course stage (grndtdi) (note: no undergraduate certificate will be issued after passing the examination), and then they can continue to study in the advanced course stage (hapttdi) and wait for the examination of advanced courses. After passing all or passing 90 (note: different public universities have different regulations), you can start writing your graduation thesis.
In the advanced course stage, completing the examinations of the required courses is only part of the academic studies. Some universities also require students to complete a long internship before graduation, or how many related academic seminars (ears) and reports to complete, and more It may even stipulate the number of hours students can go to other universities as exchange students.
The third advantage: If students can get a German student visa, they are equivalent to getting a pass. They can travel or even work in all Schengen countries without having to apply for a new visa for other countries. At that time, the European countries surrounding Germany all Being a Schengen country, in other words, international students can have more choices in their leisure time.
Studying abroad agencies rely on these three advantages and quickly push a large number of students who want to go abroad but have average family backgrounds to Germany.
With the help of intermediaries, German universities have ushered in a wave of new students.
When there are more people, it is inevitable that there will be people who make false claims to fish in troubled waters. This is when fake academic qualifications began to appear in many application materials.
Frankly speaking, fake academic qualifications are not only found among Chinese students, but also among other international students from Eastern and Southern Europe. However, because the number is limited, it has not had much impact on German university admissions offices.
The flood of application materials continues to test the discerning ability of German university staff. The final result is that Germans issue a large number of admission notices.
But after just one semester, German professors from different universities were surprised to discover a similar phenomenon: many Chinese students not only could not understand the lectures, could not pass the exams smoothly, but also had big problems in basic conversation and communication. After reflection and review, the Germans quickly and solemnly launched the ap review department in July 2001.
The purpose of the review is first to see whether the applicant's application materials are true, and secondly to determine whether the applicant's language ability is sufficient for future study and life in Germany.
Walking out of the palace-like gate of the university, looking at the green grass in front of the main building and the statue of a horse rising into the sky, Dong Qiangqiang secretly rejoiced. Although he was only a junior college student, fortunately he had a formal academic qualification recognized by the Ministry of Education. Before going abroad, he studied at Beijing Foreign Studies University. After learning 1,200 hours of German, as the saying goes, real gold is not afraid of fire. He only hoped that the AP Review Department could review his materials quickly so as not to delay the exam.
In the next few days, Dong's father called Dong Qiangqiang almost every day to tell Dong Qiangqiang the results of his AP consultation that day, but the other party asked him to wait patiently every time and knew nothing about the rest. After asking for several days and getting no response, Father Dong had no choice but to give up.
But there was no news only from the AP. The person who snatched He Yuanjin’s money also didn’t reply to Dong Qiangqiang’s email. Although Hu You later sent the other party's QQ account to Dong Qiangqiang, and Dong Qiangqiang also wrote a letter, both letters fell into the dark, and the other party seemed to disappear out of thin air without any movement.
At noon on Thursday, Dong Qiangqiang was studying questions when he suddenly received a notice from the driving school asking him to take the written test on traffic regulations next Thursday.
Dong Qiangqiang, who was dizzy from dozens of sets of questions, simply threw away his pen, took the bait and tools, and went into Fleisher's stocking forest alone without calling Duanmu.
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