jdawg12 Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 It's a CV, Transcript, letters of recommendation (from previous employers and professors), certificates, proof of language skills, etc. It's not uncommon to send 15-20 pages when you apply to jobs here... I had to do a lot of searching for documents, but thankfully my German boyfriend warned me before I left the US umamam 1
brokecollegegrad Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Oh so nice. I also have a significant other over in Europe. My GF is Swiss and is part of the reason why I am trying to go to grad school there since its one of the only ways for me to be in Europe for more than just 3 months at a time. Long distance is rought
jdawg12 Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 Yeah But studying in Germany is a great solution! The study visa comes with a work allowance and you can usually finance the entirety of your studies on that. Where would you be studying?
brokecollegegrad Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 Yeah although idk how hard it is to find a job as a student there...specially since my German is rather basic(essentially all i know i have taught myself with rosetta stone over the past 5 months). I have applied to University of Hamburg, Mannheim, Freiburg and LMU. I will go to wherever i get in, but if i could pick, I would go to LMU. It is a great school and also Munich is the closest to where my GF lives in St.Gallen, Switzerland.
psych_33 Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 I'm really hoping for notifications tomorrow. I have a thesis due in the next week, so I'd really love to free myself from the need to compulsively check my e-mail every 10 seconds. Come on DAAD, please let us all have our sanity back this week!! viggosloof28 1
jdawg12 Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 Broke college grad, you'll have to let me know you if you end up in Hamburg! You didn't happen to apply to the PEP program did you? I'll cross my fingers that you get in to LMU as well! St Gallen is supposed to be beautiful! The wait is almost over...
zadigblue Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 So if they're going to announce next week, it's going to be between Monday (Portal down?) and Wednesday, since Thurs and Fri are holidays next week, as well as the following Monday... And at that point, it's starting to not be "Beginning of April" I'm going to be stuck on a plane for 10 hours on Tuesday, so I'm betting they'll announce then... Thursday is a holiday in Germany?
umamam Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) Thursday is a holiday in Germany? It's Maundy Thursday (Gründonnerstag), which isn't a public holiday. I would expect DAAD to be open, but who knows. It's 8 am in Germany, guys - welcome to another fun-filled week of email refreshing your email! Edited March 30, 2015 by umamam
brokecollegegrad Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 Jdawg: yes I will let you know if i get in to Hamburg. I appliedto the MSc in Economics so I guess not the same program you are in . Yes St Gallen is beautiful, I was there about 3 weeks ago when I visited my GF.
Horb Posted March 30, 2015 Author Posted March 30, 2015 I still think it could come from DAAD New York....
jdawg12 Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 I still think it could come from DAAD New York.... Sigh. I'm beginning to think this was all a hoax brokecollegegrad 1
KatheAristi Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 I don't think we'll hear anything from DAAD today
jdawg12 Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 I don't think we'll hear anything from DAAD today Aaaand it's past 5pm in Germany...
Horb Posted March 30, 2015 Author Posted March 30, 2015 I mean my email suggested my results would be from New York so I'm still hoping
viggosloof28 Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 I am, too. In previous years, it looks like the emails have come from the New York office.
brokecollegegrad Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 maybe they are just going to send out the notifications in 'early april' as the range they seem to have given us does include those dates...
Horb Posted March 30, 2015 Author Posted March 30, 2015 Anyone who hasn't emailed want to email and see if we can expect this week???
jdawg12 Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 Maybe it would be good to ask if will be notified by the Bonn or NYC office?
Horb Posted March 30, 2015 Author Posted March 30, 2015 I already emailed, otherwise I would. But seeing as recent years it has always been DAAD NY, idk why they'd change it. And the email I received mentioned the DAAD NY person receiving the results late March/Early April.
jdawg12 Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 Perfect! Okay, then I'll quit hoping for results when I wake up in the morning!
Horb Posted March 30, 2015 Author Posted March 30, 2015 I'm keeping my eyes open for both. I mean, they could change it this year for no reason. Idk though.
zadigblue Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 And to think, back when our application statuses changed on the portal I assumed we would hear back within a few days... how naive. I haven't looked back at the past DAAD threads in a while but I feel like they'd usually heard back by this time. umamam 1
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