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I don't know about Germany, but in Finland universities have yearly quotas for incoming students. The applicants take an entrance exam and the quota is filled b

• rbehrends 14y ago
  Oops, I stand corrected. I was going by what I was told by a couple of Finnish acquaintances in Estonia a few years ago. My understanding was that while there was a numerus clausus procedure in most subjects, none of them were as hypercompetitive as (say) Harvard's or Stanford's admission procedures, nor did choice of university matter nearly as much for your career (plus, some STEM subjects were supposedly pretty easy to get into). If that's incorrect, I'll withdraw my statement.