#ETH Zurich

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unkempt finch
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There we go

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Much quicker

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Just looks like you need a upper secondary school leaving certificate

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And admission to a Indian uni

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Almost a bit jealous

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Yours was a lot shorter

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Yes

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I had all except computer science,economy

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Shouldn’t bee

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I had all the documents

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No

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I do have to hand in the Goethe certificate though

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But I have till the 15th of September

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Yep, just have to stay focused

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All though I will have to relearn all the math again

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It’s astonishing how quick you forget things you don’t use

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I have it worse

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My brother wants my help all the time

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And I just stand there like a total idiot 🤣

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“But didn’t you do this 2 years ago”

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“Two years ago was two years ago”

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We don’t have majors in Sweden

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But i did the Natural science programme

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Which was the most broad one

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Unless I want to be a nurse or technical dancer

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But I can live without those options

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No

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Can be both

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I don’t think there is any male variant of the word

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I mean 90 percent of them are

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It’s a Swedish thing

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You read a bunch of courses on which you get individual grades

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Each grade gets a point on a scale from ten to twenty

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Then they calculate the average of the points

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That would have been the technical programm

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But then I wouldn’t have gotten biology

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No the average is used for university admission

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But you have to read a certain amount of courses and get passing grades on all of them to graduate

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Ah ok

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They change the system all the time though

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So it will probably be different in ten years again

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But so are you almost finished then

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With Indian school?

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Yes

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Although I am on my second one now

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But eh it’s better than military service

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Are you going to take one

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Good idea

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They started it up again because of reasons…

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But not full on

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So it will be full year of German for you then?

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Yeah they are pretty close

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Will have to wait ten years for that

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Swiss law

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If I weren’t it would be 25

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Yes i have a work an study permit

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And I can apply for permanent residence in three years or so

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Fair enough

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That I wasn’t aware of

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Although it shouldn’t be to hard

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I spoke with some students

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And they have a work portal where companies put up work ads

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Mhm

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Yes that one is very hard

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Need 10k francs on the account and so

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Doing a bachelor in Germany first is perhaps easier

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Is it hard?

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I see

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Austria?

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I heard Vienna is surprisingly affordable

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I mean where you do your bachelor isn’t that important right

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Otherwise I am sure they have some pretty good unis

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University of Vienna looks good

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It is associated with 21 Nobel prize winners apparently

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Don’t say that to the Austrians

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They will ban you from entering

wild meadow
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Ahhhh my year 11 and 12 grades are so awful but I WILL DO ANYTHING to get into this university! someone help me

unkempt finch
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You could just do the entry test they have

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I think

median wren
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what if you did not do a language in the alst 3 years?

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only in grade 9-10

wild meadow
unkempt finch
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I takes a bit of ping ponging

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Luckily i finally got my documents in order after calling them so now I only need to hand in the c1 certificate

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But i dont think grades matter that extremely

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They make it easier of course

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But otherwise it seems as if passing the full exam would be enough

wild meadow
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Man my grades flopped back then because my father passed away 😭 So it feels unfair, and im probably only going to apply in like 2026 so by then those grades wouldnt really accurately represent my brain anymore

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Maybe there is some form of compromise where they dont so everything completely by the book 🥲

wild meadow
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Yes military service, and no Im from Australia :)

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Facts, I can definitely study a lot and smash their entrance exam, but I dont know if they would overlook my grades. Maybe if I get admission to an Aus university (which can be easier to get into) then they would accept me, I'll have to try at least

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Thanks for all ur support sleep mentality!

unkempt finch
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I would call them to be sure

wild meadow
atomic hornet
wild meadow
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It doesn’t lol its my choice

wild meadow
atomic hornet
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gladly!

atomic hornet
wild meadow
atomic hornet
wild meadow
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I am afraid my grades are awful that exam was my only hope

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But I guess they would just reject me 😭

unkempt finch
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Based on what stands on their website you would have to do the extensive exam

wild meadow
atomic hornet
wild meadow
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You’re right bro I shpuld try my absolute best

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Its just such a shame because I just knowwww if I got in I would do so good because its literally my dream 😭 and my only way to guarantee that to them are my grades which I messed up due to circumstances I couldnt ry control

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Oh wel life is what it ees gotta try

atomic hornet
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i dont remember exactly which transcripts i had to send in but theres like a checklist for the documents which u send in along with all of ur unterlagen

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i dont know how ur school system in india works but i think if ur grades are promising enough, u have all the required docs, and u have a good motivation letter i think they might let u in? idrk

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in indonesia we have like a natural science track thing so i had to take all 3 sciences + "advanced" math regardless so im sorry im not sure how they would take subject selection into consideration, feel free to ask their admissions office though!

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as for the entrance exam i did the reduzierte aufnahmeprüfung so i cant speak for the full one but it is really mostly just what you already know from highschool but in german so u can watch a lot of like german educational youtubers like idk daniel jung for math and simple club makes some simple explanations of certain topics, just so u can get used to the terms etc. another site i used a lot was studyflix i believe its called

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but by far the most important and useful one was janiks.me

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thats a letter of recommendation

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motivationsschreiben

atomic hornet
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u like write about why u wanna study at the ETH etc what your plans and goals and ambitions are

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i think i had to hand one in could be wrong

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good to have one on hand for uni applications in general

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gonna sound bad but i literally took the one i had written in english, put it through google translate and thats what i submitted haha

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ah u do have to hand in the transcripts of the last 3 years

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i cant say for certain my friend thats up to the admissions office

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honestly just make sure ure well informed and well prepared

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best of luck my friend

unkempt finch
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To me the said they didnt want any motivational letters

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Did want a cv though

wild meadow
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Tell me what they say it seems you and I are in a similar boat

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I wish you the best of luck Sleep Mentality FIGHT for thst acceptance letter

atomic hornet
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my mistake

wild meadow
# atomic hornet my mistake

If I dont accepted can u pls find a lonely man working in the uni willing to marry me so I can go study there throigu that connection 😭😭😭

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Jokes.

wild meadow
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I will make it work

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I would rather choke on a dirty mud soaked sock than pay those insane fucking university fees in Australia

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The average is like 24 thousand a year

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And then id have to sit in debt for like 6 years

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That sounds absolutely dogshit to me

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I dont really wanna live here anyway so why sit here and waste my time paying off my debt for a mid degree

unkempt finch
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Well Zurich is quite expensive aswell

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From a living perpsective

wild meadow
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But I wont be in debt at least

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And living in Switzerland is worth it in my opinion, I just dont like how expensive the universities are in Australia

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I wouldnt want to contribute money to them even if its cheaper for me as a domestic student

wild meadow
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It depends on what job you choose tbh, also living here is very expensive, taxes are high and if you add all that + university debt

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Its just not worth it

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It might be better than your country sure but I still dont support the insane university fees

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Compared to the rest of the world its not normal

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I feel like maybe im complaining too much, im thankful to be here of course I have so many opportunities from being in this country but I wouldn’t really choose to stay here for the rest of my life

atomic hornet
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theres actually a like budgeting breakdown from the uni wait

wild meadow
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They even calculate living cost how lovely

wild meadow
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@wild meadow I called up the university and they told me that after I apply, I can apply for an exam and if I pass I will be able to attend idk how reliable it is because the acceptance rate is 27% BUT that SHOULD mean if we both just study our asses off until our souls are barely hanging on WE WILL GETIN

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the guy that replied was very nice I suggest you call them too, the number is +41 44 632 81 00

flint stone
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does that mean you will need to do a gap year tho?

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like applying to ETH after getting admitted to an indian uni

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cause I was looking for the University of Wien and didnt go there cause of that reason

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ETH is my dream uni lol this topic got my attention instantly

wild meadow
wild meadow
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they are open 9-11 am GMT+1

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trust me it will make the dream feel more real and achievable

flint stone
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but still 1st year bachelor so

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but I want to go for masters there si bad

flint stone
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lol

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im scared cause I had really good grades I could enter there easily for bachelors but for masters it will be a hassle cant keep up the good grades here as well

flint stone
wild meadow
flint stone
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yep sure

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its a long term goal

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even if I see myself unfit for it ill still give it a try

flint stone
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meh

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bachelors has more competition

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rip

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that must depend on country

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if I wanted I could go there but too expensive for bachelors

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yeah

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hope u get in

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I just had cheaper opportunities

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like the one im on now

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germany is much cheaper and has pretty good unis

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TU Dresden

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for economics degree

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oh no I am originally from Albania

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but ETHZ is like a godlike uni

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thats why im in this conversation lol

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lol dw

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yeah

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i got curious cause for our country we cant go to Austria for medicine or sth like that💀

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if u speak german you should also look for some german unis id suggest

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cause ETH has much competition you will suffer

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yep I know

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for me it was easy

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yet Swiss is another matter

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they want us to get accepted in albanian uni first

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ohh u need that

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in curious did all indians here do studienkolleg

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thats nonsense

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if u finished high school

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why u need a 2nd one

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yeah

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cause its like high school again

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no💀

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i just finished high school and started bachelors right after

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but I studied german for a long time in my school we did an exam DSD

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it was kind of a different thing

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just 99% lucky tbh

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and my parents forced me back then thank god cause id be at a shitty uni now

wild meadow
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Much love for you too bro 😭 and dw good on you for having a life and not opening discord LMAO

dim forge
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How do u get into bachelor's without studeinkoleg

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I m more then qualified to study half semister and give the exam in studeinkoleg
Only thing i need is German proficiency but it would be great if i can save half a semister worth of time too

dim forge
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That depends on the clg which is highly unpredictable

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U are in class 11 so don't think jee is that easy

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U still need to work hard

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For itt

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Studeinkoleg even tho it's a waste of time is the easiest way

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How will u do bachs?

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Local clg?

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They won't accept local clg degrees

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Same plan
I have a friend who did that
He is guiding me

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I see

flint stone
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im guessing for india for example impossible

dim forge
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Yea u need a international qualification

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Even with complete bach degress

flint stone
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rip

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I mean not anything international

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just recognised in europe

wild meadow
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I didnt even know what i wanted in year 11 man

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How do they expect me to do the same classes they listed 😭

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Hopefully I can still get in with the exam

verbal wedge
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How to calculate it?

unkempt finch
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It has to do with the swedish grade system

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Where points stand for time spent in the classroom for said subject if I remember correctly

unkempt finch
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I am finally in

unkempt finch
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Thank you

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I will give you info from the inside

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And we will have to hope that you get in aswell

verbal wedge