http://www.daad.de/blog Das Blog der DAAD Stipendiaten Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:00:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/taking-the-testdaf/ http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/taking-the-testdaf/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:00:36 +0000 Raoni Duran http://www.daad.de/blog/?p=8162 Last Tuesday I took the TestDaF for the second time. This time taking the test itself was much easier because it was in São Paulo. I didn’t have to travel since my parents live near the city and I could sleep over at a friend’s house so I would already be in the city at [...]]]> http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/taking-the-testdaf/feed/ 1 http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/willy-brandt-school-welcome-reception-2011/ http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/willy-brandt-school-welcome-reception-2011/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:04:07 +0000 Solomon Appiah http://www.daad.de/blog/?p=8071 On the 16th of November 2011, a welcome reception was held for the new students of my department at the University of Erfurt, called the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy. It was a grand occasion and present were many distinguished guests. The location was the Erfurt City Hall—a very lovely setting indeed. The program [...]]]> http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/willy-brandt-school-welcome-reception-2011/feed/ 3 http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/5-things-i-learned-about-german-universities/ http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/5-things-i-learned-about-german-universities/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:03:46 +0000 Stephannie Mello http://www.daad.de/blog/?p=8064 http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/5-things-i-learned-about-german-universities/feed/ 1 http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/preparing-for-the-testdaf/ http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/preparing-for-the-testdaf/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:04:56 +0000 Raoni Duran http://www.daad.de/blog/?p=7969 In November I’m going to take the TestDaF again. I have been preparing for it since April when I took it for the first time and even before that, but in the next weeks I plan on preparing more specifically for the test. The reason for this is that, although the TestDaF evaluates your general [...]]]> http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/preparing-for-the-testdaf/feed/ 0 http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/finishing-my-bachelors/ http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/finishing-my-bachelors/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:00:07 +0000 Raoni Duran http://www.daad.de/blog/?p=7793 Moving to a higher level in the academic life requires two things: looking forward and looking back. Looking forward means preparing, planning, getting the information and doing what it takes so you can make the transition. Looking back means thinking about what you have done so far, what were your choices and where did they [...]]]> http://www.daad.de/blog/studium/finishing-my-bachelors/feed/ 0