Animke

Thank you! That's a huge relief to hear! Have you already been accepted to your university of choice? I didn't apply for a summer school track(just the Masters), so I'm not sure how they work. I apparently get access to an optional language course online over the summer, but my funding starts in October. I'm already in Germany rn (finishing 2nd year of a Fulbright English TA program) and I'll be in Hamburg over the summer for this job Where is yours? Ist it a language course or something else?

Hey everybody, I've just found this forum! Congratulations to everyone else who has received an award I'm from the US and I've been awarded a DAAD scholarship for a two-year MA. My situation has become a little complicated for a couple reasons-- I was offered a job in Hamburg before receiving the scholarship, and I also haven't applied to my host universities yet because 1) the application windows just opened up and 2) because I thought I wouldn't get the scholarship anyway and would probably just take the job. My first choice program on the application was in Erfurt and my second choice was in Kiel. Now that I've been awarded the scholarship AND gotten the job (which is amazing but kinda overwhelming), my second choice uni is looking more attractive to me. It's significantly closer to Hamburg, which would mean I'd be able to continue working at this company in some capacity (albeit as a mini-job or whatever works best with the scholarship constraints). The job is relevant to my masters program and doing both over the next two years would ultimately put me in a better situation to apply for jobs, etc when I'm done. However, my concern is that in my acceptance letter, it says that I have to be accepted to Erfurt to officially receive the scholarship (though I originally thought that going to any of my three uni options would be possible). So my questions are, is anybody else considering attending a different program than the one they originally listed as their first choice? Has anyone else not officially been accepted into their university programs yet? And what do you guys think my chances are of getting the DAAD to approve both an institution change and a small side job? (Or am I deluded? haha)