Tyler Romans said:Hi everyone
I've been looking into applying for the IPSP program for around 9 months now (I missed the deadline last year) and can't believe I just now found this. Just reading the comments on this forum has been more help to me than everything I've searched through in the past few months. I still have a few questions though if anyone would be kind enough to help.
1. I'm coming from the U.S. where I have studied all my life. From my understanding, I don't need to include any proof of English competency documents, because it is my primary language. Please correct me if I am wrong.
2. I know I need a certified photocopy of my high school transcript and diploma, as well as my college transcript and degrees. What exactly constitutes a certified photocopy? Here is what I'm picturing: I bring my degrees (the originals) to the university from which I graduated, where they have some kind of licensed employee take a photocopy of them and put a stamp on the photocopy basically saying "this is real". I then scan the new photocopies of my degrees and send them digitally to uni-assist (along with the certified photocopy of my transcript), as well as sending the actual hard copies I just received through the post to uni-assist. Again, please correct me if I am wrong.
Thanks so much in advance!
Hi Isaac!Isaak_528 said:Hi, I'm from Oregon in United States where I'm just about to graduate high school. When I reached out to uni-Assist as well as someone at the university itself, they said that if I am to directly enroll in IPSP, that I will need to submit my SAT or ACT scores in addition to my transcript and diploma. I'm wondering if anyone who has submitted these know if my school can send in a certified copy of the scores or if I need to order myself a copy and then send in that? Hopefully I'll get in for Winter Semester 2018!
Hey Yasmine, I took both, but I'm going to be using my ACT score to apply (because I didn't do well on the SAT).Yasmine Gelbman said:Hi Isaac!
Did you take the ACT or SAT?
May I ask what you got? Also, are you doing a year of university and then applying? I am a high school graduate who is applying this year so I would like to know if there are others like me!Isaak_528 said:Hey Yasmine, I took both, but I'm going to be using my ACT score to apply (because I didn't do well on the SAT).
Yasmine Gelbman said:May I ask what you got? Also, are you doing a year of university and then applying? I am a high school graduate who is applying this year so I would like to know if there are others like me!
Hi Isaak!Isaak_528 said:I got a 30 on the ACT, so that plus my high school transcripts and diploma are making it possible for me to directly enroll instead of going to a Studienkolleg . I graduate from high school June 2018, so pretty much as soon as I graduate I'll be trying to finish up my application and then I wait until August to hear back. So no, I won't be doing a year of university, I'll ideally just be going to Leipzig after I graduate.
Yasmine Gelbman said:Hi Isaak!
This is great to hear since we are exactly in the same situation. I got a 29 on the ACT and will be doing my application in June 2018 as well, also hearing back in August. One question for you, when you send your ACT scores to Uni assist, what copy do you plan to use? The ACT stopped giving out hard copies and only let you print an online score report that doesn’t look official, which really concerns me. I’ll just send that, but is that what you’re sending? I’m not too sure what to do if uni assist does not accept it.
Hi Isaak, I did the same thing! Hopefully this will be enough, but it seems the university really wants to accept people since they’ve told me to email the international office if uni assist doesn’t recognise it, and that they’ll “take care of it”. Not sure what this means, but I’m pretty hopeful that they’ll help people like us out of something happens. I would email them too if uni assist doesn’t recognise the score!Isaak_528 said:Yasmine, its nice to hear that we're in the same spot! I went onto the ACT website and then went to send scores, selected the date of the test I am using, clicked on the continue with score report request, scrolled down to the bottom of the page and it says "personal copy." So I ordered that and it actually came pretty quickly. In terms of official-ness, its on nicer paper and looks probably more official than the one you can print yourself. I will most likely have my school look at my ACT scores and then write a letter saying that its authentic. But yeah, I don't know what to do either if UniAssist doesn't accept it.
Yasmine Gelbman said:Hi Isaak, I did the same thing! Hopefully this will be enough, but it seems the university really wants to accept people since they’ve told me to email the international office if uni assist doesn’t recognise it, and that they’ll “take care of it”. Not sure what this means, but I’m pretty hopeful that they’ll help people like us out of something happens. I would email them too if uni assist doesn’t recognise the score!
I don't see why there would be. Pretty sure you just have to have the educational background and you'll be okay.Ahmed el tantawi said:Does anyone know if there is age limit for applying for this program?
Hi there Ahmed,Ahmed el tantawi said:Does anyone know if there is age limit for applying for this program?
Congratulations.Manik Dawar said:Hi. I got in :D, and finished enrolling through the university's online system.
I will be happy to help if you need any information about the application process that I just went through.
MedLam said:Congratulations.
I just have a question, do they require the studienkolleg from you (because my country's high school leaving certificate is not equivalent to the abitur)
And I also studied a year in medecine? but took a year off
Even if it's medicine? and by the way, what's the admission rate? and do they take your grades in these semesters into consideration?Manik Dawar said:Thanks. I have completed four semesters of a Bachelors, Physics course here in India. I have the University Entrance Qualification for all types of Universities offering courses in Technical, Mathematical, and Scientific subjects. In India, one of the ways for one to have the University Entrance Qualification is for them to have successfully completed a year of studies in a recognized university, in a (subject-wise) relevant course. So, I don't require a Studienkolleg.
MedLam said:Even if it's medicine? and by the way, what's the admission rate? and do they take your grades in these semesters into consideration?
Yasmine Gelbman said:Hey, American students, in addition to ACT or SAT scores, what does your GPA have to be? Because the university says it does not have a GPA requirement but I’ve heard from many that it has to be a 3.00
Hey Isaak!Isaak_528 said:If you go to this link on the DAAD database on admission requirements https://www.daad.de/deutschland/nac...7293-daad-database-on-admission-requirements/ it let's you know what credits and what grade minimums you need in each of those classes (at least for American students, I haven't checked for other countries if it is as detailed). But it looks like you need a minimum C average in most all classes, which is a 2.0 average I believe.
Yes, It should be 3.0 according to them.Yasmine Gelbman said:Hey, American students, in addition to ACT or SAT scores, what does your GPA have to be? Because the university says it does not have a GPA requirement but I’ve heard from many that it has to be a 3.00
Yes, you definitely need to print out the application and send an official copy of all your papers to uni assist in Berlin. I think the address is on the university website but if you can’t find it I can definitely get it for you!Doyeon Jin said:How do I exactly apply for IPSP?
I have applied electronically via uni assist already, but have heard back nothing.
Do I need to pay application fee and send the application by post?
It's confusing.
Yup!Doyeon Jin said:Is it "Universität Leipzig c/o uni-assist e. V. Geneststraße 5 10829 Berlin GERMANY?"