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<p>what you need to apply to University of Heidelberg as a foreign student
NOTE</a> # 8 is particularly applicable to this thread.</p>

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The following documents must accompany every application for admission to the University of Heidelberg:</p>

<p>1.</p>

<pre><code>An officially certified photocopy or replication of the certificate or diploma which entitles a student in their home country to pursue university studies (e.g. Abitur, Baacalaureat, GCE - A & O Level, School Leaving Certificate, university admissions exam etc.) including the accompanying list of grades. In addition, except in the case of certificates in French or English, an officially certified translation into German of the certificate or diploma is required.
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<p>2.
Officially certified photocopies or replications of all university certificates (colleges, academies etc.) that have already been obtained as well as the accompanying lists of grades, per semester or year of studies. A certified translation into German of all documents, except those in English or French, is also required. Proof must also be submitted, in the form of matriculation certificates (originals or certified copies), of any semesters already completed or still underway at a German university.</p>

<p>3.
Certification of the successfully completed assessment test (Feststellungspr?fung), if such an exam has already been taken in Germany. This must be accompanied by a record of the individual grades.</p>

<p>4.
Officially certified photocopies of successfully completed university admissions exams taken overseas as well as the accompanying grades and, if applicable, proof of matriculation. An official translation of these records is also required unless the originals are in English or French.</p>

<p>5.
Proof of German language ability.</p>

<p>6.
Passport photo (in a format of at most 4 x 5 cm).</p>

<p>7.
3 international postal response coupons (Coupon-R?ponse International).</p>

<p>8.
Proof of the student's ability to finance the course of study.</p>

<p>9.
Copy of passport - page with photo and personal information. (Optional)

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<p>From the same webiste:

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Letters of rejection, including the reasons for the rejection, are sent out within 8 weeks after the conclusion of the application period.

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<a href="http://www.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/AAA/english/info_hd_zula.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/AAA/english/info_hd_zula.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Why don't American universities do that?</p>

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Is the bar higher for American applicants? How much higher? Based on what you say, it doesn't appear that they are treated equally.

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<p>Not it's not higher. As you surely know, German students do have to pass the Abitur as leaving examination. This requirement ensures that foreign students fulfill the same prequisites.</p>

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<p>wow - this thread has me all wound up! Sulipro - the bottom line is why should you get FA when our own US Citizens of the same caliber as you frequently don't? Cornel made it as clear as possible - they don't give $$ to international students except in the most outstanding of circumstances. Clearly you do not qualify as that since you didn't get $$$, nor were you even accepted to the other US schools you applied to. Take your $1000 opportunity in Germany. It is clearly a much better deal and will give you a good education and stop complaining about not getting free money in the US. You are not entitled to US Financial Aid. Surely you recognize that gaining a university education in Germany for only $1000 is clealry a good deal. Obviously the education value is significantly more than that and the university must be getting the balance of the money from someplace, perhaps taxes? If you are entitled to anything, it is in Germany where your family has supported/paid taxes.</p>

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<p>now, tell me how do you expect to receive financial aid from Cornell if you can't make the cut at Trinity?</p>