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Applying to Free University of Berlin | Study in Germany
Mar 31, 2026
Learn more about this university and how to apply: https://globalscholarships.com/institutions/free-university-of-berlin/
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Okay, hi everyone. It's Global
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Scholarships and I'm your host. As I
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hope you're all doing well, I hope
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everything is going great. And today
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we'll see the application procedure of
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Free University of Berlin or Freie
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Universität Berlin, whichever you
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prefer. So, as always, you can just
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start by Googling the name of the
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university or you can do what I do and
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Google the name of the university with
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globalscholarships.com,
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which will take you to our page for this
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university. It's in
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globalscholarships.com.
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This is a free platform where you can
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get kind of free information about
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scholarships, about application
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procedure, and that type of thing. So,
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yeah, here it's in Berlin, about 33,000
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people. We have six different
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scholarships. You can scroll down to see
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those.
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Full tuition, full You don't really get
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a lot of full funding scholarships in
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Germany because, you know, tuition is
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already free mostly. But you do get some
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external scholarships that are full
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funding like this one, D A A D Maria
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Skłodowska, etc. Anyway, scroll down. If
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you have any questions about the
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university, about scholarships, you can
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leave them in our comment section. And
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Heonly, who's the founder of Global
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Scholarships, he answers every single
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one of them. As you can see, you don't
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have to create an account or anything.
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You can just leave them here Leave your
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questions here and he'll answer them for
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you. Here we have other information as
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well like admission deadlines,
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tuition, which is free for most German
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universities,
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about application or admission process.
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I can click here to go and see their
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page for
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application, degree seeking, study
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abroad, etc. etc. But basically, you
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apply through Uni-Assist and we've made
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a tutorial about Uni-Assist as well. You
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can also see that. But we're going to go
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through application procedure for
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Uni-Assist here. If you don't know,
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Uni-Assist is a platform that gives you
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the ability to apply to a lot of German
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universities except all. So, basically
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here Here you can click on how to apply
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or my assist, which will take you to a
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page where you can search for like what
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what courses are available for applying.
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You can type in Berlin or Freie
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Universität Berlin. You can apply to
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this and search, which will give you all
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the programs that you can see. As you
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can see, [clears throat] all master's
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and bachelor's programs are available
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for application right now. I'm going to
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choose this, which will ask which then
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will ask me to sign in. We don't have an
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account, so we're going to create a new
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account here. We're going to need email
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and password. I'm going to use a
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temporary email. Then I'm going to pick
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a new password, sign, and create a new
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account. Thank you for creating an
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account. Your account, you you will
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receive an email with an activation
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link. To activate your account, please
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click on the activation link within the
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next 24 hours. Basically, they're going
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to send you an email. So, I went and
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clicked on the activation link in my
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email.
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Your account has been activated
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successfully. Click on sign in now. I'm
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going to type in my email and my
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password, then click on sign in, and
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boom, we're in. So, first we're going to
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give them some personal information,
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contact information, and then
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educational history, etc. etc. I'm going
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to give them some like made-up
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information, but this is only because
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this is just a fake application for
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demonstration purposes. In the end, I'm
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not going to send them the application
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application anyway. By the way,
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application is free, but Uni-Assist
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charges you about like 70 or 80 euros
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because like they have to make sure like
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it's it's providing you a service. They
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have to make sure that your educational
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credentials are up to date, like are
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compatible with German universities,
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which for which you also can get
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something called VPD. It's all just go
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If you're interested in that, just go
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and watch the Uni-Assist tutorial in
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which we go through this very in very
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much detail. Anyway, I'm going to choose
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gender, first name, last name. Please
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select your citizenship. If you're a
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citizen of several countries, you must
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select all the countries of which you
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are a citizen. Are you married to a
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citizen of the European Union or the
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European Economic Area, EA, who is
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working in Germany? I'm going to choose
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no, and then I'll come to Germany as a
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refugee and I'm interested in further
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information. I'm not going to choose
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that. So, the ones with the asterisk are
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mandatory. I fill those in and click on
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continue. Contact information. Okay, and
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then we click on continue. This is only
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necessary for DOSV. Again, like this is
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this doesn't concern most of the
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students, but like you can just go and
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see our tutorial on this one. You You
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don't need to do this. Let's click on
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continue. Educational history, school
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leaving qualification and degrees. Have
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you graduated from school, basically
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high school? In which country you have
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graduated from school or will be
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graduating shortly? I'm going to choose
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my own country, high school leaving
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certificate. So, here I'm going to
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choose
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high school diploma, 12-year secondary
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school diploma basically. Or you can
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choose other and then you have to name
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them as well. Have you passed the
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Feststellungsprüfung?
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Basically, this is something called
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There's something called Studienkolleg.
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That's a That is a preparatory course
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that you can get in Germany and in the
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end you go through a test, which is this
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one. And you If you pass that exam,
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basically it means that you are you
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qualify for German universities.
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Otherwise, you will have to give them
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You'll have to give them your documents
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and they will then decide if your
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education is compatible. I'm going to
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choose no. After graduating from high
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school, have you completed or will you
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soon complete a first degree program or
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at least of at least three years? I'm
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going to choose no. If you choose yes,
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you give them the information about that
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as well. I read and do accept the
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current terms and conditions. Again, I'm
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going to give them my password. Your new
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inbox. Any messages from Uni-Assist will
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be made available to you in your inbox.
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I hereby confirm that I regularly check
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my inbox for new messages. I'm going to
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click on okay here. Okay, so we've
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created our account. We're going to have
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to answer some questions and upload some
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documents, but that only comes after we
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choose our program. Let's choose Berlin,
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Freie Universität Berlin, search, and we
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choose bachelor. It's pretty much the
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same for master. And as you can see,
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this is our kind of like bugs here, kind
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of like a cart. And here as you can see,
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we have one in here, which is the only
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selection. Please answer all mandatory
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questions marked in red. Only then you
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will be able to submit your application.
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Here we have our questions, unanswered
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mandatory questions, and here we have
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online only application for this
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application. The university accepts an
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online only application for Uni-Assist
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pre-check. Simply upload all the
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required documents to your My Assist
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account. In some cases, you will need to
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submit further documents and or
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officially certified copies to the
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university later. You can click here to
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upload your documents. And then again,
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you will pay about 75 euros. So, let's
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start with the mandatory questions.
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Unfortunately, this part is completely
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in German. Even though if the university
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maybe offers English programs, doesn't
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matter. This part is English, so you can
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If you know German, obviously that'll be
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easier. If you don't, you can use
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translate, which is what I'm going to
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do. We have general questions about
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about the high school that we've been
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to. Okay, the first part is about our
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about the last secondary school that we
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have attended. And this is the period of
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school attendance from month year to
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month year. Just type that in. I'm going
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to say something 2021 to 2025. Name and
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place of the high school, something
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random, where it is, name of the
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certificate that we got, which will be
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For me, it will be This is a diploma
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which means in Turkish high school
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diploma. And the date we've got that
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certificate. Okay, let's say April 1st,
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2025. If you have been to more than one
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high school, secondary school, or maybe
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you get like you have an additional
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school qualification, fill that in here.
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And then this is if you have taken the
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university entrance examination. I can
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choose yes or no. And then you can give
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them the information you have. I'm going
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to say no here. This is about like the
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studies or training that you have
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completed outside of Germany. Have you
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begun or completed any training or study
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outside of Germany? You can choose yes
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and give them the information or you can
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choose no. Keep in mind that like it's
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better to give all the information that
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you can give to them. So, like
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just check all of these these out. Like
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if you know German, obviously that's
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better, but like if no, use translate.
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And here I'll just give them the
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mandatory ones, the ones that have this,
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you know, you can see them. The ones
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written with the red, these are
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mandatory. So, I'm going to scroll down.
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But make sure that you can give them all
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the information you can. So, this is
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about Studienkolleg. Again, that's kind
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of like a different
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If I remember like one-year preparatory
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course where like if you are not
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qualified, if your secondary school high
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school education in your own country
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does not qualify you for an education in
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Germany, it's not compatible, then you
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have to go and study in Germany for a
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year. It's called Studienkolleg. And
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then in the end, you go through a test
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to make sure that you are you are
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qualified, which is this. And if then,
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you then have to apply for a program
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using that test. So, this is what it
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asks. Like do you have one? Like you've
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been through Studienkolleg, you've done
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your exam, and you have your
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qualification from Studienkolleg. If you
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did, you can choose yes. If you did not
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and you're applying for the first time,
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maybe you will maybe you think you
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qualify with your high school education
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or maybe you will apply to the
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university and then apply to a
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Studienkolleg, then you'll choose no.
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And then like again, this is the ending
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examination of the Studienkolleg. So, if
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you didn't go through the Studienkolleg,
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obviously you didn't go through the
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exam. If you did, go choose yes. This is
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if you're attending the Studienkolleg
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and you will take the test soon maybe.
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Uh going to choose no here as well and
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then scroll down. More information about
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student colleg. Okay, so this is about
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whether you have completed any education
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or started any education
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in Germany, university education in
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Germany. Did you begin or complete a
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study in Germany? You can choose yes or
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no. If you choose yes, obviously you
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will have to fill this in as well. And
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maybe if you have more than one program
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that you have completed in Germany This
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is for the second one and the third one.
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And here they do have kind of like a
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they have like country specific
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information here. You can click on this
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one, this link here to learn more about
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your own country. And let's choose
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English here. You can find important
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additional country specific requirements
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for several countries on this page. If
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your country is on the list, take note
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of these requirements and the
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information under assemble your
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documents. Let's see if Turkey is here.
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Yep, Turkey is here.
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Yeah, you'll need to submit the
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following documents which this is a high
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school diploma, transcript of record,
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records, etc. etc. You get the
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information here.
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And I'm pretty sure we've answered all
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the mandatory questions. And let's click
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on save. As you can see it it went away.
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No unanswered mandatory questions. Now
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we're going to have to upload our
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documents and then we can send our
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application. Let's click on here upload
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my documents. Please only upload PDF
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files. Please upload a document with
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several pages in one PDF file and in the
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correct page order. Please upload
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different documents etc. etc. So we have
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some different categories here. Uh it's
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they're all in German so you will have
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to upload about nine different
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documents. I'm going to upload something
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some random stuff here but make sure
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that you upload everything correctly
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because even just one
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wrong document can ruin your entire
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application. So let's say this one for
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the first. It's pretty much the same
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when you upload it it
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it appears in here. So I'm just going to
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flash forward to when I'm done with all
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the documents in here. Okay, so as you
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can see I've uploaded some random stuff
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for each one of these. A document
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document copy document copy copy
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document copy copy copy document copy
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you get the idea.
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Again, make sure all of your documents
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are in order
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and they are like they fit the
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descriptions in here. Uh but if you have
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uploaded everything it should be fine.
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Again, we're going to go to to our
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application by clicking here. This is
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our box.
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Um now this is upload my documents but
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all of them are
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as you can see are uploaded so there is
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no from first to last it's it's all
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uploaded. So I'm going to go here.
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Our questions are done. Our documents
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are done. And basically we are done. We
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can just send our application. Again,
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the university doesn't charge any any
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application fees but you do have to pay
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about 75 euros to Uni-Assist for but you
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have to pay Uni-Assist about 75 euros to
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you know check your documents etc. and
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send your application. So here we choose
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choose payment option. I can choose
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credit card or online bank transfer.
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I'm going to choose credit card. You can
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pay online with Visa or MasterCard using
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3D secure. To do so you need to be able
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you get the idea. Proceed to check out.
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75 euros let's
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check all of these and to payment
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process.
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And then you give them your credit card
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information Visa, Master, UnionPay. And
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then basically your application is sent.
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If you are qualified to be able to study
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in Germany, it's all good. Your
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application is accepted. If you're
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applying with a VPD or if you're
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applying
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after you have taken student colleg exam
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like any exam, you're good to go. But if
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you are not qualified you might have to
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take a one year preparatory course.
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There's a lot of there are a lot of
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videos on that on YouTube and in our
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channel as well. You can just see those.
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But this is pretty much as far as I can
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go with this application. I hope you
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found this video informative. If you
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did, please be sure to give us a like.
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And if you can give us a and if you can
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support our channel with a membership,
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that would also be great. That enables
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us to share free information with people
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from around the world, international
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students. So yeah, see you in the next
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one. Bye. Bye.