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Schwartz:

Still want come? These are some of the challenges but you got to be very brave and strong in mind and body to brave the odds

Schwartz:
That is a very good and honest posting.
The trouble is that the people who should read and follow it would rather listen to a so called friend or an agent.
Too many borrow and borrow to travel believing that when they get off the plane
There are people waiting to offer jobs or marriage.
They have no plan but expect Manna to fall from heaven to pay their bills.

Anyway well done Mr Schwartz

Schwartz:

People get there visa and no one hears from them anymore? People in the past paint glory pictures of to you? Let me tell you the hard truth.
If you're coming to because you truly want to study that particular course and you have financial back up in Nigeria, Come! You are welcome to
If you intend to borrow your blocked money to come to to study, forget it! It will take you years to pay back that loan. You will be frustrated when your debtors will start to call you except you have no conscience and don't intend to pay back as agreed.
You have seen posts of 8.50€ per hour minimum wage and 450€ per month mini job and you brought out your calculator and you totalled it to be over 100k per month! And you thought to yourself, I will hammer in . Sorry.
Forget that Naija mentality where you are sure of a certain amount every month. Not here. Majority of jobs for students is 'as it comes'. Meaning today your agent may call you, tomorrow and next no work for you. Basically there's hardly any permanent job that you can depend on. You need to keep looking out for new jobs. Here, say you get an agent, they send you to clean people's homes, wash plates, carry load, packaging, baby sit, and other menial jobs (forget suit and tie), you can't even be sent to work everyday. Its against your visa rule. No company will hire you for 30 days straight (except holiday jobs during just few months of holidays). Do you know what it means to leave your house sometimes 4am to go to work? Sometimes you return from work 2am? Be ready to work at odd hours. The cold here is brutal. Imagine entering into a deep freezer everyday. Sometimes its even colder than your freezer. During winter you can get -16°c. Brutal cold with wind and ice block falling on you from the sky. :oing through that so you can eat and pay bills.
Everything thing you make goes to expenses. is a very expensive country. When you convert basic things you normally buy cheaply in Nigeria to the price in euros you will cry. Imagine buying small plastic rubber to store something in the fridge that will cost nothing more than 100 naira for 2pcs and you buy only 1pc for 1€. Everything thing is at least double the price in Naija. Some are far more expensive. It means that the high amount you make goes back to spending. Now get this, depending on the city you live in, your house rent

Ice Block falling from the sky

Fele1:
Coughs.. O yes I resurfaced. Have been trying to catch up with the pages and here I am again. But now with few questions.

I. I have my transcript collected by hand but my HOD said it can't be addressed To whom It may Concern So it was addressed to Department of Environmental Studies NOUN . my question is is this how an going to leave the address on it and just certify or I have to scan the transcript page only? Meanwhile its the address page that bears the signature of the provost.

2. The name of my school was changed from what i have on my result, both ND n HND making the name on the transcript nd the result to be different. Although the effect was stated on the trabscript. Just wanna ask house if theres something i must do before using this document for application

3. Certifying my Docs. I will be using a rotary public. Now I want to ask do I need to demand and seek a rotary public with "Red Seal" only?

4. Im going for Bachelor I have my background in HND in Environmental Health. Someone from Uni Bremen gave me a link to some courses. Bachelor in Public Health, Biology, Psychology n Computer science or so. But unfortunately I just cant access the link for ission on there and like the bro already got busy with exams now. All the mailing address there ain't helping as all my message sent ain't delivered.
Please like I'm seeing boss Cindino20 is from there. Just wanna ask if we have any of the bosses from Uni Bremen who might have a the straight link.
Moreover the aforementioned bro was painting a picture that these programs are taught in German but it comes with the first year German language and the other 3following years for the courses """"And its not studentkolleg" Please anyone who has relevant info should please shed light for more enlightenment.

Pardon my long epistle. Just wanna kill many birds with one stone

Thanks in advance

I reside in Bremen but dont sch here...just here for my thesis..so I dont ve much info abt Unibremen.

Check out this link

http://dbs.uni-bremen.de/sixcms/detail.php?template=suche_neu&abschluss=Ma


All d best.

Okay, so I had my interview yesterday and nobody even cared to ask how it went? #sadface.
Anyway, it went well, I thank GOD. Three hours after my interview, I received a mail from the Embassy to bring "Declaration of Age", deposed to by one of my parents, to the German Consulate asap in order to complete my application or send through courier service. They said Birth certificate by NPC alone is insufficient so pls take note guys.
They also included in the mail that I should fund my blocked (...wey DB never gimme any acct details yet) and send a receipt of the payment as soon as I can.

So the test Question goes thus; (I don't all pls). It comes first before the oral interview.

1). What is Osmosis
2). Please draw a DNA strand
3). How many classes of animals do we have?
4). How many bones does an adult have?
5). Explain what you understand by "Survival of the Fittest.
6). What is the difference BTW Na+ and Na?
... That's all I can guys.

Then the oral questions are the same questions we've been familiar with. It's just that the chinco-looking German really worry me gannn.
She kept asking same question about 3-4 times randomly. She just wanted me to change mouth. She kept challenging every thing I said.
For example, I told her has the largest economy in Europe... She said NO WAY! Where are u getting ur informations from? Have u even read about UK, Finland, Denmark and some other European countries before? Omo! At first, I became confused but I stood my ground in everytin I said. Finally she stamped my port and gave it back to me. Smiled and told me, u will get your documents through mail soon. That's how it went. Success to all other guys going for interview next month. By the way, my intending course is M.Sc Environmental sci. I hope this would be useful for u guys going into same field. Best of Luck.

dennisMOD:
Okay, so I had my interview yesterday and nobody even cared to ask how it went? #sadface.
Anyway, it went well, I thank GOD. Three hours after my interview, I received a mail from the Embassy to bring "Declaration of Age", deposed to by one of my parents, to the German Consulate asap in order to complete my application or send through courier service. They said Birth certificate by NPC alone is insufficient so pls take note guys.
They also included in the mail that I should fund my blocked (...wey DB never gimme any acct details yet) and send a receipt of the payment as soon as I can.

So the test Question goes thus; (I don't all pls). It comes first before the oral interview.

1). What is Osmosis
2). Please draw a DNA strand
3). How many classes of animals do we have?
4). How many bones does an adult have?
5). Explain what you understand by "Survival of the Fittest.
6). What is the difference BTW Na+ and Na?
... That's all I can guys.

Then the oral questions are the same questions we've been familiar with. It's just that the chinco-looking German really worry me gannn.
She kept asking same question about 3-4 times randomly. She just wanted me to change mouth. She kept challenging every thing I said.
For example, I told her has the largest economy in Europe... She said NO WAY! Where are u getting ur informations from? Have u even read about UK, Finland, Denmark and some other European countries before? Omo! At first, I became confused but I stood my ground in everytin I said. Finally she stamped my port and gave it back to me. Smiled and told me, u will get your documents through mail soon. That's how it went. Success to all other guys going for interview next month. By the way, my intending course is M.Sc Environmental sci. I hope this would be useful for u guys going into same field. Best of Luck.

Congrats, but you should have known that praising the German economy would give away the impression that you are going there for greener pastures, rather than for studies, but thank God you scaled through. All the Best.

What exactly is your point here? That people shouldn’t pursue their dreams of studying abroad, even if it means borrowing the funds? You’ve been very informative with your post, thank you. But you’ve only succeeded in playing on people’s fears and you may have discouraged quite a few peeps in the process. You may never know. You criticised those you say come on here and paint glory pictures of , while you have done exactly the same thing by painting sorry pictures of . How about those that borrowed money to fund their blocked s, got to , paid back their debts, go to school, work the regular menial jobs you say are available, make good grades and come back home with a very good certificate? It’s either those people are not in or you’ve just been so unlucky not to have met them.

IF YOU HAVE DREAMS OF STUDYING IN - DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED! DO NOT LET ANYTHING STAND IN THE WAY OF YOUR SUCCESS. FORGET THE STORIES THEY TELL YOU ABOUT THIS PERSON OR THAT PERSON. BE READY TO PURSUE YOUR DREAMS - EVEN IT IT MEANS “GOING TO WORK AT 4AM, COMING BACK AT 2AM, OR HAVING ICE BLOCK FALL ON YOUR HEAD”.

Over and Out.

Schwartz:

People get there visa and no one hears from them anymore? People in the past paint glory pictures of to you? Let me tell you the hard truth.
If you're coming to because you truly want to study that particular course and you have financial back up in Nigeria, Come! You are welcome to
If you intend to borrow your blocked money to come to to study, forget it! It will take you years to pay back that loan. You will be frustrated when your debtors will start to call you except you have no conscience and don't intend to pay back as agreed.
You have seen posts of 8.50€ per hour minimum wage and 450€ per month mini job and you brought out your calculator and you totalled it to be over 100k per month! And you thought to yourself, I will hammer in . Sorry.
Forget that Naija mentality where you are sure of a certain amount every month. Not here. Majority of jobs for students is 'as it comes'. Meaning today your agent may call you, tomorrow and next no work for you. Basically there's hardly any permanent job that you can depend on. You need to keep looking out for new jobs. Here, say you get an agent, they send you to clean people's homes, wash plates, carry load, packaging, baby sit, and other menial jobs (forget suit and tie), you can't even be sent to work everyday. Its against your visa rule. No company will hire you for 30 days straight (except holiday jobs during just few months of holidays). Do you know what it means to leave your house sometimes 4am to go to work? Sometimes you return from work 2am? Be ready to work at odd hours. The cold here is brutal. Imagine entering into a deep freezer everyday. Sometimes its even colder than your freezer. During winter you can get -16°c. Brutal cold with wind and ice block falling on you from the sky. ing through that so you can eat and pay bills.
Everything thing you make goes to expenses. is a very expensive country. When you convert basic things you normally buy cheaply in Nigeria to the price in euros you will cry. Imagine buying small plastic rubber to store something in the fridge that will cost nothing more than 100 naira for 2pcs and you buy only 1pc for 1€. Everything thing is at least double the price in Naija. Some are far more expensive. It means that the high amount you make goes back to spending. Now get this, depending on the city you live in, your house rent

Hampy:
What exactly is your point here? That people shouldn’t pursue their dreams of studying abroad, even if it means borrowing the funds? You’ve been very informative with your post, thank you. But you’ve only succeeded in playing on people’s fears and you may have discouraged quite a few peeps in the process. You may never know. You criticised those you say come on here and paint glory pictures of , while you have done exactly the same thing by painting sorry pictures of . How about those that borrowed money to fund their blocked s, got to , paid back their debts, go to school, work the regular menial jobs you say are available, make good grades and come back home with a very good certificate? It’s either those people are not in or you’ve just been so unlucky not to have met them.

IF YOU HAVE DREAMS OF STUDYING IN - DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED! DO NOT LET ANYTHING STAND IN THE WAY OF YOUR SUCCESS. FORGET THE STORIES THEY TELL YOU ABOUT THIS PERSON OR THAT PERSON. BE READY TO PURSUE YOUR DREAMS - EVEN IT IT MEANS “GOING TO WORK AT 4AM, COMING BACK AT 2AM, OR HAVING ICE BLOCK FALL ON YOUR HEAD”.

Over and Out.

@hampy do stay in ? Some pips are even trying to port to canada, I really don't was going on there but I strongly believe in my God that my stories will be different and even the stories of everyone planing on going to . Amen!!

Hampy:
What exactly is your point here? That people shouldn’t pursue their dreams of studying abroad, even if it means borrowing the funds? You’ve been very informative with your post, thank you. But you’ve only succeeded in playing on people’s fears and you may have discouraged quite a few peeps in the process. You may never know. You criticised those you say come on here and paint glory pictures of , while you have done exactly the same thing by painting sorry pictures of . How about those that borrowed money to fund their blocked s, got to , paid back their debts, go to school, work the regular menial jobs you say are available, make good grades and come back home with a very good certificate? It’s either those people are not in or you’ve just been so unlucky not to have met them.

IF YOU HAVE DREAMS OF STUDYING IN - DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED! DO NOT LET ANYTHING STAND IN THE WAY OF YOUR SUCCESS. FORGET THE STORIES THEY TELL YOU ABOUT THIS PERSON OR THAT PERSON. BE READY TO PURSUE YOUR DREAMS - EVEN IT IT MEANS “GOING TO WORK AT 4AM, COMING BACK AT 2AM, OR HAVING ICE BLOCK FALL ON YOUR HEAD”.

Over and Out.

You completely missed the point! Somebody just told you the 'other side' of the reality and you failed to understand that. Wait until you get to and learn the hard way then you will this post.

justwise:


You completely missed the point! Somebody just told you the 'other side' of the reality and you failed to understand that. Wait until you get to and learn the hard way then you will this post.

learning

Cindino20:


I reside in Bremen but dont sch here...just here for my thesis..so I dont ve much info abt Unibremen.

Check out this link

http://dbs.uni-bremen.de/sixcms/detail.php?template=suche_neu&abschluss=Ma


All d best.

Thanks bro. I'm perusing. But something got me confusing. Aside the complicated explanations of UniAssit site is there any one who can differentiate this 3 in a simple explanation.


Studienkolleg
Preparatory German courses
Propädeutikum

justwise:
[b]

You completely missed the point! Somebody just told you the 'other side' of the reality and you failed to understand that. Wait until you get to and learn the hard way then you will this post.

We've all seen such posts on USA, UK, Canadian thread and the rest. He should have nailed the coffin by telling us how he madly regrets ever going to . Who doesn't know over-expectation is bad? When you zoom off without plans or preparations and expect to make a million euros without hardwork , that's what's bad and thats when one would be disappointed. I doubt any smart person thinks that way. Or are you advising ode's? They barely exist on this thread. So everyone in works from 4am to 2am, suffer in school, gets molested by ice block, saves only 50euro per month and ends up frustrated? I didn't know all that. People still come and drop long posts about how horrible life is in the states and blabla and people are still there making it smartly. You even get money to pay bills, come for Naija see if bill even dey for boys to pay (Shey you go get crib before you pay rent? ). Abeg for those discouraged una fit bone winter application cos most schools I dey apply to dey only it like 20 people so I need enough space plus less stress during visa, e no go bad if embassy start to give 5 appointment dates ask us to choose any three we like You should ask those your so called nairaland friends what's really wrong.
Herr Schwartz ,Hit that KK and be yourself bro.

Rubbers:


We've all seen such posts on USA, UK, Canadian thread and the rest. He should have nailed the coffin by telling us how he madly regrets ever going to . Who doesn't know over-expectation is bad? When you zoom off without plans or preparations and expect to make a million euros without hardwork , that's what's bad and thats when one would be disappointed. I doubt any smart person thinks that way. Or are you advising ode's? They barely exist on this thread. So everyone in works from 4am to 2am, suffer in school, gets molested by ice block, saves only 50euro per month and ends up frustrated? I didn't know all that. People still come and drop long posts about how horrible life is in the states and blabla and people are still there making it smartly. You even get money to pay bills, come for Naija see if bill even dey for boys to pay (Shey you go get crib before you pay rent? ; D ). Abeg for those discouraged una fit bone winter application cos most schools I dey apply to dey only it like 20 people so I need enough space plus less stress during visa, e no go bad if embassy start to give 5 appointment dates ask us to choose any three we like ; D
@Schwartz Hit that KK and be yourself bro.

I know that many of you will get the wrong end of his post, he was not discouraging anybody but rather telling people to manage their expectation and prepare before leaving Nigeria. Don't expect everybody to come here to tell you what they are going through because people like you will call them enemy of progress and accused them of discouraging you from achieving dream of studying abroad.

Its very easy to dream big influenced by unrealistic expectation while still in Nigeria but when you get out you stopped picking calls from home.

justwise:


I know that many of you will get the wrong end of his post, he was not discouraging anybody but rather telling people to manage their expectation and prepare before leaving Nigeria. Don't expect everybody to come here to tell you what they are going through because people like you will call them enemy of progress and accused them of discouraging you from achieving dream of studying abroad.

Its very easy to dream big influenced by unrealistic expectation while still in Nigeria but when you get out you stopped picking calls from home.

Blood I've seen people point out challenges in nicer ways and even hint on how to overcome most. Atleast that's how we got orientation on stuffs like learning the language et al. What the dude posted from A to zett is negativity. How will that encourage anyone who's out there dreaming quietly? That there's a high chance of regretting? How are people now doing it? How did he do his own? Well I believe only a dummy would let a random post by some dude online daint their aspirations. Keep dreaming bloods, keep working hard, give your very best and always be smart about it all. Trust me you won't have regrets. Das ist alles.

Rubbers:


Blood I've seen people point out challenges in nicer ways and even hint on how to overcome most. Atleast that's how we got orientation on stuffs like learning the language et al. What the dude posted from A to zett is negativity. How will that encourage anyone who's out there dreaming quietly? That there's a high chance of regretting? How are people now doing it? How did he do his own? Well I believe only a dummy would let a random post by some dude online daint their aspirations. Keep dreaming bloods, keep working hard, give your very best and always be smart about it all. Trust me you won't have regrets. Das ist alles.

You are reacting this way because you read his post with closed mind, you don't want to read anything other than fairy tale story about life in . This is very common reaction in any thread in this section, many hopefuls will see it as negative and start posting like you are doing now but the moment they got their visas and left you hardly see them here again posting because reality had set-in and struggle is real.

Good luck bruv and all the best with your preparation you will learn from the experience.

Lol. You got jokes!

justwise:
[b]

You completely missed the point! Somebody just told you the 'other side' of the reality and you failed to understand that. Wait until you get to and learn the hard way then you will this post.

dennisMOD:
Okay, so I had my interview yesterday and nobody even cared to ask how it went? #sadface.
Anyway, it went well, I thank GOD. Three hours after my interview, I received a mail from the Embassy to bring "Declaration of Age", deposed to by one of my parents, to the German Consulate asap in order to complete my application or send through courier service. They said Birth certificate by NPC alone is insufficient so pls take note guys.
They also included in the mail that I should fund my blocked (...wey DB never gimme any acct details yet) and send a receipt of the payment as soon as I can.

So the test Question goes thus; (I don't all pls). It comes first before the oral interview.

1). What is Osmosis
2). Please draw a DNA strand
3). How many classes of animals do we have?
4). How many bones does an adult have?
5). Explain what you understand by "Survival of the Fittest.
6). What is the difference BTW Na+ and Na?
... That's all I can guys.

Then the oral questions are the same questions we've been familiar with. It's just that the chinco-looking German really worry me gannn.
She kept asking same question about 3-4 times randomly. She just wanted me to change mouth. She kept challenging every thing I said.
For example, I told her has the largest economy in Europe... She said NO WAY! Where are u getting ur informations from? Have u even read about UK, Finland, Denmark and some other European countries before? Omo! At first, I became confused but I stood my ground in everytin I said. Finally she stamped my port and gave it back to me. Smiled and told me, u will get your documents through mail soon. That's how it went. Success to all other guys going for interview next month. By the way, my intending course is M.Sc Environmental sci. I hope this would be useful for u guys going into same field. Best of Luck.

Sorry for nt asking. But it is good that you r sharing with us how it went. Pls would like to knw wat ur bsc course was?

@Schwartz said "If you intend to borrow your blocked money to come to to study, forget it!”. And you said he’s not discouraging anybody…I’m afraid you’re the one who’s missing the point here. If I don’t have rich parents/guardian/sponsor or someone who can finance my studies….And I have dreams of studying abroad, and I intend to raise the money by borrowing from family and friends, @Schwartz said I SHOULD FORGET IT! That I will run into problems because of some issues some people have in . What’s that? encouragement?

I’m not a weakling bro. I’m a go-getter. I don’t give up on my dreams. And I will not have any issues in by the special grace of God. If that’s what you wish for me, then your wishes won’t come true. Sorry to break your heart.

BTW - Happy New Year sire. How’s the weather treating you out there?

justwise:


I know that many of you will get the wrong end of his post, he was not discouraging anybody but rather telling people to manage their expectation and prepare before leaving Nigeria. Don't expect everybody to come here to tell you what they are going through because people like you will call them enemy of progress and accused them of discouraging you from achieving dream of studying abroad.

Its very easy to dream big influenced by unrealistic expectation while still in Nigeria but when you get out you stopped picking calls from home.

I’m not yet in bro. I’m still waiting on my visa. It will be well by God’s grace.

ohakskid:

@hampy do stay in ? Some pips are even trying to port to canada, I really don't was going on there but I strongly believe in my God that my stories will be different and even the stories of everyone planing on going to . Amen!!

justwise:


You are reacting this way because you read his post with closed mind, you don't want to read anything other than fairy tale story about life in . This is very common reaction in any thread in this section, many hopefuls will see it as negative and start posting like you are doing now but the moment they got their visas and left you hardly see them here again posting because reality had set-in and struggle is real.

Good bruv and all the best with your preparation you will learn from the experience.

Yea I'll learn to excel despite negativity. I'm not fiending for German fairytales. Ironically, your reaction is also a very common one in any thread, no be oga justwise again? You've just been reading his mind since and analyzing his imaginary subliminal points. Would've made brain if he came out to discourage illegal migration, planning on going to marry some woman for port and co. Rather his post attacked even students with good intents. I'll be waiting for someone in to read it with "unclosed mind" and say going for studies in Deutschland is not really worth if afterall, that we should stay back (the nairaland buddies he mentioned inclusive)Till then..

My people let's us please try and have a plan before traveling just like wat rubber said. Let's keep our faith and hope alive, it's not easy anywhere my people even the so called Nigeria we are in, a lot are really suffering. We need to leave Nigeria and get expose to other things.

Rubbers:



Yea I'll learn to excel despite negativity. I'm not fiending for German fairytales. Ironically, your reaction is also a very common one in any thread, no be oga justwise again? You've just been reading his mind since and analyzing his imaginary subliminal points. Would've made brain if he came out to discourage illegal migration, planning on going to marry some woman for port and co. Rather his post attacked even students with good intents. I'll be waiting for someone in to read it with "unclosed mind" and say going for studies in Deutschland is not really worth if afterall, that we should stay back (the nairaland buddies he mentioned inclusive)Till then..

This story of how difficult things are abroad is on almost all travel threads and is nothing new. In my opinion I believe the advantages in the end outweigh the disadvantages. Going to as a student with unrealistic expectations of a rosy life is obviously simplistic of course, especially with just Blocked . And finally we do not know why those in do not come back to comment regularly again, but most of them do make clear how difficult adapting to the new academic life is. So we can't just run to conclusions yet as to why they aren't regular. What's more? Most would begin their exam soon or have even begun. I also eagerly wait with bated breath for them to come share their experience as well.

I just laugh when I see some posts. Some things r just common sense. Before one takes a huge decision such as moving to a foreign land it's logical to make adequate plans Whc will align with ones goals in life. Not everyone has the luxury of huge financial from family nd relatives but sm have a dream nd a pertinacious spirit to achieve it. If such person thinks he can borrow the money nd go thru the struggle to meet up I dnt think it's a bad idea esp wen the person is focused nd has a goal. I believe some risks r worth taking wen a man knows wt he wants nd has a well defined goal with adequate plans to it backup even an angel investor will grant u loan when u have a profitable idea with a laid out nd viable plan to execute it. we all hv different experiences nd our grace differs, same thing dt some set of ppl r complaining abt is wt sm folks r finding easy esp wen God is involved. Its not easy anywhere, I see on diff threads on NL where ppl just cme nd say all sorts of hw it's not easy bla bla (like nigeria is any better) yet upon all the harsh conditions over 85% r not willing to cme back to naija it's not even among their options. The ones dt come bck even mk things difficult for folks here with only nigerian certificates cos they r given preference in the job market. Irrespective of how good or bad the picture of a place is painted, if u desire a good life for urself u hv to brace urself up nd work hard for it cos nothing good comes easy. Follow ur hrt, walk with God nd u will see hw things will fall in place. It will all end in praise

No one has mentioned that at the moment and many other countries are overrun with potential immigrants from Syria and Libya.
People are protesting on the streets about the lawlessness and crime.
Not the place to stand out as a black Nigerian hussling at the moment!

lol at the waking @ 4:00am to go to work in when people already do that in Lagos daily without a single complain. What was the op expecting? to roll out the red carpet for him when he arrived. It is tough everywhere and there are Nigerians doing well financially just as some are equally struggling in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, etc including Nigeria. I do agree with the op on the need to manage expectations but I think tips on getting and balancing work, school as well as achieving good grades would have been much more appreciated to further help applicants make informed decisions.

Hampy:
@Schwartz said "If you intend to borrow your blocked money to come to to study, forget it!”. And you said he’s not discouraging anybody…I’m afraid you’re the one who’s missing the point here. If I don’t have rich parents/guardian/sponsor or someone who can finance my studies….And I have dreams of studying abroad, and I intend to raise the money by borrowing from family and friends, @Schwartz said I SHOULD FORGET IT! That I will run into problems because of some issues some people have in . What’s that? encouragement?

I’m not a weakling bro. I’m a go-getter. I don’t give up on my dreams. And I will not have any issues in by the special grace of God. If that’s what you wish for me, then your wishes won’t come true. Sorry to break your heart.

BTW - Happy New Year sire. How’s the weather treating you out there?

Your assertions about borrowing might be true based on location and your level of language profiency...
Men, the thread don reach 400 pages...

What i can say is this, is not for the lazy bones (when you are working for 8 hours, you only have one hour break in between to chat and rest, for the working period, you will certainly be on your feet (literately or other wise)
You are certainly going to work at odd hours for some jobs.

If your heart is set towards making some money, then, DON'T go to backwater towns with little economic activities especially if you don't speak the language.

Some cities will not offer you long term extensions, as that guy mentioned, you could even get 8 months. (Luckily, Munich gives between 24-30 months at least but rent here is the highest in the country )

There are jobs here, plenty of them begging for workers but the language will restrict you in many. So, for those coming, your single most important meal ticket here is the German language, Learn, and you won't have any complaints like the majority of us here.
And men, the level of education here is on another level, if you are mediocre, make sure you pump up your energy to the power of ten, combining work and school will place some demands on your mortal flesh.

Walesby:
unfortunately am not in lagos, am in Bayelsa and i guess raising a draft also involves submitting at the british council and none in Bayelsa.

Go to gtbank at sani abacha road

Obtain a bank draft in favour of British council

Go to port hycourt

British council has a branch there GRA

Hampy:
What exactly is your point here? That people shouldn’t pursue their dreams of studying abroad, even if it means borrowing the funds? You’ve been very informative with your post, thank you. But you’ve only succeeded in playing on people’s fears and you may have discouraged quite a few peeps in the process. You may never know. You criticised those you say come on here and paint glory pictures of , while you have done exactly the same thing by painting sorry pictures of . How about those that borrowed money to fund their blocked s, got to , paid back their debts, go to school, work the regular menial jobs you say are available, make good grades and come back home with a very good certificate? It’s either those people are not in or you’ve just been so unlucky not to have met them.

IF YOU HAVE DREAMS OF STUDYING IN - DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED! DO NOT LET ANYTHING STAND IN THE WAY OF YOUR SUCCESS. FORGET THE STORIES THEY TELL YOU ABOUT THIS PERSON OR THAT PERSON. BE READY TO PURSUE YOUR DREAMS - EVEN IT IT MEANS “GOING TO WORK AT 4AM, COMING BACK AT 2AM, OR HAVING ICE BLOCK FALL ON YOUR HEAD”.

Over and Out.

i wander too ooo like say no b dis same i de dey chill and enjoy without stress in of jobs and study i hv no prob at alll..........well ma advice b say make u sabi d city u de go wella b4 headin dere cos some can make life kinda hard bt neva d less am v sure u will survive truout ur studies here in so ma pple stop listenin 2 all dis stuffs, i guess d guy wu posted dis is in a city dat has bin stressin him, anyway i don c pple wey don send dier block acct go 9ja finish here in berlin and i don send over 4k go ouse sef doe ma acct is still blocked with dis monthly stuff of 670euros so i work and earn without touchin ma block acctount again sef so y should u jst say make dem no borrow money enter abeg if u fyt do ritual enter sef do oo lolz jst kiddin no go de too desperate oo all i jst wanna clear is d fact dat u can return d money bck early if u r in d right city with alot of job opp........abeg i no vex any1 oooo jst xplainin cos na same deutschland i de, lolz wat a lovely country. i hop dis motivate sum1
luv u all and stop being panic
signed out

Guys , nothing has changed..... If you have the intention of coming to , do so at ALL 'COSTS'.
As much as some of what Herr schwarz posted is true, it doesn't apply to me and people in my immediate circus. Life is always tough in a foreign land,so some of those things applies to US, UK CADDY etc.
Considering the situation of things, is still an infinitely better choice than the UK and CANADA. (My opinion)

All thanks to God, Munich, eke40seven, seunstein and God again, I don't have to worry about bills, residence permit or anything.

If I'm to point to a major disadvantage here, it is their overly intensive education, which is a far cry from that of the UK /US.

Like eke pointed out, try to go to a major city like Munich/Berlin where you get longer rp and jobs are in abundance.
All in all , na God get power.
If some people regret coming to , it's their opinion..... As for me I don't .... And I'll make the choice a thousand times over

fapper:





i wander too ooo like say no b dis same i de dey chill and enjoy without stress in of jobs and study i hv no prob at alll..........well ma advice b say make u sabi d city u de go wella b4 headin dere cos some can make life kinda hard bt neva d less am v sure u will survive truout ur studies here in so ma pple stop listenin 2 all dis stuffs, i guess d guy wu posted dis is in a city dat has bin stressin him, anyway i don c pple wey don send dier block acct go 9ja finish here in berlin and i don send over 4k go ouse sef doe ma acct is still blocked with dis monthly stuff of 670euros so i work and earn without touchin ma block acctount again sef so y should u jst say make dem no borrow money enter abeg if u fyt do ritual enter sef do oo lolz jst kiddin no go de too desperate oo all i jst wanna clear is d fact dat u can return d money bck early if u r in d right city with alot of job opp........abeg i no vex any1 oooo jst xplainin cos na same deutschland i de, lolz wat a lovely country. i hop dis motivate sum1
luv u all and stop being panic
signed out

Gbooooooooossss!!!!! make I dey tap positive Testimony ni temi

fapper:





i wander too ooo like say no b dis same i de dey chill and enjoy without stress in of jobs and study i hv no prob at alll..........well ma advice b say make u sabi d city u de go wella b4 headin dere cos some can make life kinda hard bt neva d less am v sure u will survive truout ur studies here in so ma pple stop listenin 2 all dis stuffs, i guess d guy wu posted dis is in a city dat has bin stressin him, anyway i don c pple wey don send dier block acct go 9ja finish here in berlin and i don send over 4k go ouse sef doe ma acct is still blocked with dis monthly stuff of 670euros so i work and earn without touchin ma block acctount again sef so y should u jst say make dem no borrow money enter abeg if u fyt do ritual enter sef do oo lolz jst kiddin no go de too desperate oo all i jst wanna clear is d fact dat u can return d money bck early if u r in d right city with alot of job opp........abeg i no vex any1 oooo jst xplainin cos na same deutschland i de, lolz wat a lovely country. i hop dis motivate sum1
luv u all and stop being panic
signed out

I sight you baba