Now, the thing is that German universities are incredibly hard, but not necessarily as good as American universities. Meaning that you have to learn an unbelievable amount of theoretical concepts and those in much much more detail than you would have to learn those at any university in the States. That calls for a lot of study time. Over 90% of that stuff you will forget again anyway, that's how much theory it is.

In the States, schools are a lot easier, yet you are also being given more latitude as a student and are actually applying a lot of concepts of what you learn. So it's a lot more integrated approach, which I personally like a lot more.

Professors and fellow students are also a lot more helpful in the States. As the schooling in Germany is mostly paid for by the government, they have no interest of getting you through and loads of people drop out. There's pretty much already quotas. So professors have their eyes on students that they might not like and once that happens you would not stand a chance no matter what you do. Especially as their are huge exams that may occur after 1 or 2 years of studying or so and can only be taken verbally. The professors can pretty much do with you what they want, without you having any rights or appeals. So it is the best thing over there for the professors not to even know that you are in their class, whereas in the States they will be a lot more helpful and like you if you show interest in their class or course.

Due to this reason, other students over there are incredibly competitive and have their elbows out. Do not expect study groups or many people helping you. Everybody wants to make sure that there are people who are worse than them, so they don't get targeted first.

Overall, the schools over there have a good reputation and are cheap, yet they are very hard and too theoretical. If you can make it through and make there, then I would say go for it. The schools over there are very good in engineering from what I know and have excellent contacts to the biggest employers.

You would probably have to check the daad or something like that on google in order to obtain more information. Sorry I can't be of more help, but I know tons of people who studied there, including a lot of people that dropped out and had to start all over. Never heard of anyone in the States dropping out in these programs.

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