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> At first they pay more than German students for the same semester Citation needed. Never heard of any differences in fees for foreigners. > Then they hardly
by orless 9y ago
> At first they pay more than German students for the same semester
Citation needed. Never heard of any differences in fees for foreigners.
> Then they hardly get access to the public student dorms
Not in my experience. Dorms are full of foreigh students.
> and are put 3-6 people in old, unclean apartments far away from university (partly without public transport access)
"Are put"? What you describe is a "WG" ("Wohngemeinschaft" roughly "living community") which is simply a co-rental. So nobody "is put" there, you search and rent what you can find.
WGs are generally recommended for foreign students because it allows better socializing and integration.
> EACH of them pays as much as a German would pay for the whole apartment
What you state is that a foreigner typically pays 3x-6x compared to a native, which is false. The price for 1 room in a WG is normally somewhat lower than for a 1-room-appartment.
> Old dudes (teachers, profs, organizers) dating barely legal girls in exchange for favors also is accepted practice.
University typically starts at the age of 21-23. Since you call this "barely legal" this points out that you either not know what you are talking about or intentionally make false claims.
I live and work in Germany since 2001, I've worked as a researcher at a university institution 2001-2004 and knew a lot of foreign students, also as close friends. Your post is not compatible with the reality that I know.
- erikb 9y ago> "Are put"? What you describe is a "WG" ("Wohngemeinschaft" roughly "living community") which is simply a co-rental. So nobody "is put" there, you search and rent what you can find. WGs are generally recommended for foreign students because it allows better socializing and integration. Yes, there are normal WGs, and if you get a room in a WG your payment is usually a fair share. But there is also the situation where foreign students have to sign time limited (unkündigbar) contracts for beds in WGs. I'd be happy to hear that this doesn't everywhere, but I was basically the guy who delivered the students to these apartments on their first day, so it certainly happens at one university. And sadly I know that there are foreigners who rent private apartments in the same fashion to foreign students from their country with the same method, all over Berlin, so probably also in other cities. However that's not the exploitation I'm talking about. Lastly let me repeat that: I talk about an experience here, that I was part of because I didn't know it at first. I don't interpret general newspaper knowledge or something.