secondary subjects dragging my Abitur down. | German Learning and Discussion | Page 1

atomic juniper Jul 23, 2024, 1:00 AM

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So I have an Abitur of 2.4, this is due to secondary subjects such as philosophy (8/20)
Arabic (12/20), while my primary subjects -i did my baccalaureate in economic science-
In which 17/20 in accounting and mathematical finance, 16,5/20 in business administration, 15/20 in economics and statistics, 19/20 in french 19,5/20 in English.

Will the university overlook my lower Abitur and focus on the individual subjects that directly correlates to what I'm trying to study
(Economics/business management/data science)?

knotty nexus Jul 23, 2024, 8:27 AM

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No, unfortunately not. I also have eg sports with 5/15 dragging me down heavily idiotbulli
In some schools (but this depends where you did your Abitur, I assume not in Germany) the primary subjects count double towards ur average. But if the school gave you an average already, that's the one thats valid

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If grade is not a hard requirement (eg they're explicitly asking for grade 1,5 or higher), but instead they only give a NC, there's still chances and you should apply

atomic juniper Jul 23, 2024, 3:36 PM

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knotty nexus If grade is not a hard requirement (eg they're explicitly asking for grade 1,5 o...

Most programs I'm applying to are NC frei anyways (economics and management tend to have a love of NC frei for some reason)
Also I yoloed an NC frei Program in TUM in management and data science

knotty nexus Jul 23, 2024, 3:36 PM

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If they were NC frei the past years then most likely they'll be again, and then you're in regardless

atomic juniper Jul 23, 2024, 3:36 PM

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People got accepted with lower grades so it's not that big of a deal

atomic juniper Jul 23, 2024, 3:37 PM

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knotty nexus If they were NC frei the past years then most likely they'll be again, and then ...

TUM might give me an interview based on the opinion of past students I asked

knotty nexus Jul 23, 2024, 3:38 PM

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atomic juniper Most programs I'm applying to are NC frei anyways (economics and management tend...

And I can tell you why they're NC frei, because it doesn't matter to the math's prof whether he gives his monologue to 100 or 500 people. In many other subjects it's important to work in small groups (In my studies to become a teacher I never had a class with more than 50 people, usually just 10-20 at a time)

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Medicine needs a lot of practical work, has individual choices so only so many students can get in. STEM in university is most of the time 'no limits' on how many people they can take in

atomic juniper Jul 23, 2024, 3:40 PM

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knotty nexus And I can tell you why they're NC frei, because it doesn't matter to the math's ...

That makes sense.

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We'll see how this plays out

#secondary subjects dragging my Abitur down.