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Hello, everyone -
I just joined this website, in hopes of finding help about studying medicine in Germany. Before posting this, I looked through almost all of the existing topics related to my own questions, but I wanted to get a better idea of what to do in my case.
Right now, I'm attending an American high school (in my 11th year; junior year), and I have to stay in the U.S. for two more years in order to obtain my high school degree. I was born in Bulgaria, which is part of the EU, and I lived in the U.S. for more than 10 years, so I have a U.S. citizenship as well. I've been taking German for the past two years, and I'm going to take it for two more years. I don't think being fluent in German is going to be easy, but it's definitely something I have to be, as far as medical schools go (since I read in previous posts, that there aren't any English medical courses in Germany). I'm probably going to give myself a gap year once I move to Germany, just to get to know the language and the people better. It's going to be extremely difficult to get up on my feet once I get there, but I'm sure I can make it happen.
No one at school can help me out, not even my counselor or my German teacher, so I'm glad I found this forum. I'm going to try to stick to questions of my highest priority.
First of all, what do I have to transfer my high school degree into? Is it even possible to transfer it?
Can I get into a university with just my high school degree, or do I have to do something in addition to it? (Hopefully, it won't be necessary to attend college in the U.S. for a semester or two, because I want to move as soon as possible.)
I've been quite interested in Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität for a while now, but I wanted to know how selective they are, and if it's even possible for someone like me to get in.
I know I might seem like just an ordinary kid in your eyes, but I'm a person with dreams, too. I know most people look forward to studying and living in the U.S., but for me, I'd do anything to go back to Europe. I know that when I tell people that I'm moving to Germany to become a cardiovascular surgeon, they don't take me seriously. But other peoples' opinions don't matter in this case.
All I would like to ask for, is some advice about university procedures, when it comes to a student, such as myself. Being an EU citizen is not everything, obviously, but I'm sure it helps out a ton. Just some honest answers is all I'd like. You can even tell me that it's not possible to get to where I want - that's okay. It'd be nice to see what I have to face when I move to Germany, without any sugar-coating.
Thank you in advance.
🙂
I just joined this website, in hopes of finding help about studying medicine in Germany. Before posting this, I looked through almost all of the existing topics related to my own questions, but I wanted to get a better idea of what to do in my case.
Right now, I'm attending an American high school (in my 11th year; junior year), and I have to stay in the U.S. for two more years in order to obtain my high school degree. I was born in Bulgaria, which is part of the EU, and I lived in the U.S. for more than 10 years, so I have a U.S. citizenship as well. I've been taking German for the past two years, and I'm going to take it for two more years. I don't think being fluent in German is going to be easy, but it's definitely something I have to be, as far as medical schools go (since I read in previous posts, that there aren't any English medical courses in Germany). I'm probably going to give myself a gap year once I move to Germany, just to get to know the language and the people better. It's going to be extremely difficult to get up on my feet once I get there, but I'm sure I can make it happen.
No one at school can help me out, not even my counselor or my German teacher, so I'm glad I found this forum. I'm going to try to stick to questions of my highest priority.
First of all, what do I have to transfer my high school degree into? Is it even possible to transfer it?
Can I get into a university with just my high school degree, or do I have to do something in addition to it? (Hopefully, it won't be necessary to attend college in the U.S. for a semester or two, because I want to move as soon as possible.)
I've been quite interested in Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität for a while now, but I wanted to know how selective they are, and if it's even possible for someone like me to get in.
I know I might seem like just an ordinary kid in your eyes, but I'm a person with dreams, too. I know most people look forward to studying and living in the U.S., but for me, I'd do anything to go back to Europe. I know that when I tell people that I'm moving to Germany to become a cardiovascular surgeon, they don't take me seriously. But other peoples' opinions don't matter in this case.
All I would like to ask for, is some advice about university procedures, when it comes to a student, such as myself. Being an EU citizen is not everything, obviously, but I'm sure it helps out a ton. Just some honest answers is all I'd like. You can even tell me that it's not possible to get to where I want - that's okay. It'd be nice to see what I have to face when I move to Germany, without any sugar-coating.
Thank you in advance.
🙂