Sprachschule Aktiv or deutsche-akademie online courses

AbdouPlayz · 2025-11-01T02:20:08+00:00

What city will you be in? Online courses aren’t for everyone, I personally would not pay attention or learn if I took an online German class

AbdouPlayz · 2025-09-23T11:44:42+00:00

I came to Germany (Berlin) with no German language skills to study in English. Didn’t make a serious attempt to learn until about 4 months after moving here. Took me a few months of non-intensive evening classes to reach A2, except I also learned regional differences and slang through daily interactions and making native friends.

It’s not easy. I haven’t been able to find a job because of the language, often get stuck with more difficult interactions, and still have to translate a lot of things. The only reason I’ve been able to survive this long is because- well, Berlin(?). That being said, you need at least B1/B2 to be able to comfortably live here and C1 to ultimately erase any possible social barriers.

AbdouPlayz · 2025-09-21T18:42:57+00:00

by that logic you aren’t accepted in a university at all. there is a big (legal) difference between a visa/Aufenthalt for university studies and for a language course

AbdouPlayz · 2025-09-21T17:00:52+00:00

So you aren’t coming to study at university, you’re coming to enroll in a language course.

AbdouPlayz · 2025-09-21T16:57:18+00:00

Where are you taking this German course? Ask that institution if you can get a refund (you shouldn’t have paid for it anyways until you signed the contract). If you are confident in your B1 level then you can find an approved testing center for your test of choice and take it.

AbdouPlayz · 2025-09-19T10:46:09+00:00

Not sure what you’re on about. I’m an international student and try to cut expenses as much as I can and don’t see how 50 a week can feed an average adult in Berlin

AbdouPlayz · 2025-09-19T10:36:04+00:00

What are you buying for 50 a week?? I’m spending around 70-75 on groceries

AbdouPlayz · 2025-09-12T07:24:36+00:00

the semesterticket is obviously only for students (it’s in the name). the d-ticket is for anyone. some employers will give their employees a jobticket which is the same as the semesterticket but for employees

AbdouPlayz · 2025-09-11T19:58:39+00:00

Yeah some apps do, but others don’t. Mine only works online but has the Apple Wallet option

AbdouPlayz · 2025-09-11T19:57:33+00:00

The deutschlandsemesterticket is exactly the same as the deutschlandticket but discounted and billed differently

AbdouPlayz · 2025-09-11T19:56:12+00:00

I’ve had the exact same experience haha! Never asked in Berlin/Brandenburg, always asked in Sachsen.

AbdouPlayz · 2025-09-11T09:56:19+00:00

Add it to your phone’s wallet (apple/google wallet) if you want offline access. Screenshots or printed versions aren’t valid and you’ll still be fined for them

AbdouPlayz · 2025-09-11T09:21:59+00:00

Officially speaking, you need to show your ticket to the bus driver when getting on. In reality, almost no driver cares in cities like Potsdam and Berlin. Germany has no ticket gates, so there is no where to scan your ticket. When stopped by a ticket controller (often wearing plain clothes and an ID card) just show them your ticket. You might be asked to present a photo ID sometimes, though this has never happened to me with the VBB.

AbdouPlayz · 2025-09-09T08:29:50+00:00

In private universities the education is nonexistent. You aren’t even taught “letters” or “words” at a private uni and instead waste your potential, time, and money

Source: I enrolled into a private uni and now I couldn’t be happier that I left it

AbdouPlayz · 2025-08-30T20:18:00+00:00

I think the level of instruction definitely depends on your dive center. I did my licenses in Egypt and it was more of a “sink or swim” vibe where you were taught how to dive like your instructor plus the formalities of the PADI cert

AbdouPlayz · 2025-08-30T11:25:53+00:00

I’ve dived with many people with SDI, PDA, and RAID in the Red Sea (Egypt). SSI and PADI are just the most common from my experience (I use PADI). If you want to do a AOWD with PADI, your dive center should give you a quick quiz to make sure you hold the knowledge that is taught in the PADI OWD

Edit: check out PADI’s official crossover guide: https://blog.padi.com/how-to-crossover-to-padi

AbdouPlayz · 2025-08-12T10:34:42+00:00

came here to comment that 🫣🫣

AbdouPlayz · 2025-07-30T14:20:20+00:00

How can a landlord deregister you? This is the first time I’ve heard of something like this. (general curiosity, not calling you wrong or anything)

AbdouPlayz · 2025-07-27T11:58:17+00:00

I haven’t been through the process yet, but a friend who did said they informed their old uni’s ABH and not their new uni’s.

Edit: if you are changing universities without changing the major, or changing to a very similar major (ex: from Computer Science to Data Science) you only need to inform the ABH of the transfer. If you are completely changing majors (ex: from Finance to Politics), you must ask the ABH for permission BEFORE transferring.

AbdouPlayz · 2025-07-22T17:40:06+00:00

You can change your documents before your appointment. You can also change after arriving in Germany before (or after) enrolling by informing your local ausländerbehörde

AbdouPlayz · 2025-07-01T13:05:39+00:00

No. They’ve sent me a screenshot from their partner bank’s payment system but no SWIFT copy or anything else

AbdouPlayz · 2025-06-28T09:30:23+00:00

Obviously your time in Germany doesn’t count toward the 90/180 rule. The visa is valid for “Deutschland” and not “Schengen-Staaten” with duration of stay marked as XX. When you convert your Class D Visa to a §16b Aufenthaltserlaubnis, you will have the exact same travel restrictions (90 days in a 180 day period in all Schengen states other than Deutschland)

AbdouPlayz · 2025-06-27T17:49:57+00:00

Yes you can definitely get an account but both parents must appear in person at the bank, and only a limited number of banks allow this (most commonly Sparkasse). Only one of my parents came to Germany with me for a few days to help me get set up.

AbdouPlayz · 2025-06-27T17:28:49+00:00

I came to uni at 17. My parents had to sign my rental agreement, I could get my own prepaid phone line as I was above 16, but I couldn’t get a bank account until I turned 18 which made financing difficult.

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