Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

Chapter 29

Before nine o'clock the next morning, Dong Qiangqiang arrived in the corridor outside the university's admissions office.To his surprise, the corridor was already full of people, with the most faces of Chinese students.

Dong Qiangqiang made a rough count, and there were more than 30 people. If there were no foreigners in line, he would have thought he had arrived at the school affairs office of a domestic university.

Because he arrived late, Dong Qiangqiang was in the back row. Seeing the people in front happily go in and come out dejected, his heart sank little by little.

By the time he entered the house, it was almost 12 o'clock, and the working hours in the morning were about to end.

In the suite on the left after entering the door, behind a large desk, sat a middle-aged woman with gray hair.She looks about 40 years old, wearing a pair of brown thick-rimmed glasses, behind the frame is a pair of eyes that look a little harsh, with dense crow's feet around the corners of the eyes, and two nasolabial folds hanging from the nose to the mouth side.The whole person looks dignified.

She glanced at Dong Qiangqiang and gestured for him to sit down.

Dong Qiangqiang sat down and took out the materials he brought from his backpack.

"Hello, I'm Ms. Miller, who is in charge of student affairs at the university." As soon as she opened her mouth, Dong Qiangqiang was taken aback by her masculine tone.

"Oh, hello, I'm Dong Qiangqiang, I'm from China. I applied for a master's program in National Economics at Hannover University before, and I've also received a notice from the university." Dong Qiangqiang said and put the materials in front of her, "But I saw a notice posted outside the door. It said that Chinese students who registered for student status in September this year need to provide an APS certificate. I want to ask, what should I do in a situation like mine? Thank you."

Ms. Miller looked at his notice, picked up his other materials, and said to Dong Qiangqiang: "Your notice is not a notice of enrollment, but a notice to take the university entrance exam, and this The notification letter was sent to you by the university. From now on, all Chinese students must provide an APS certificate in order to apply to the university or register at the university. If you want to take the university entrance exam, you must also submit the APS certificate. Also I noticed , you have a junior college degree before, according to the relevant regulations of the University of Hannover, even if you pass the university entrance examination, you cannot go directly to the university."

When Dong Qiangqiang heard that he had to provide the APS certificate no matter what, he was a little surprised, and he was distracted and didn't understand what she said later.He asked vaguely, "You mean...even if I have an APS certificate and pass the college entrance exam, I can't go to college?"

"That's it." Ms. Miller helped the frame, stacked the materials and returned it to Dong Qiangqiang.

Dong Qiangqiang was a little flustered. He had never thought about this situation. How could the consultation result in a worse result?Not only have to provide an APS certificate, but also can't go to college?This, what's the matter?

"Then...then what can I study after passing the university entrance exam?" Dong Qiangqiang squeezed out a sentence between his teeth.

"College prep." Ms. Miller looked blankly at his face. "There's another situation, of course."

"What's the situation?" Dong Qiangqiang asked.

"You can also directly apply for the preparatory examination of the university. Of course, you also need to submit an APS certificate to register for the preparatory course. If you pass the preparatory examination, you can go directly to the preparatory course of the university. After graduation, you can apply to the relevant major of Hannover University according to the graduation results. ."

"Then I'm in Germany now, how can I apply for an APS certificate?"

"You'll have to ask the authority that issued the certificate. I can't answer that question."

"When will the preparatory exam start? When will it end?" Dong Qiangqiang felt that his head was getting bigger, and he felt that he had more and more questions.

"You can sign up in early June, and the deadline is usually mid-July."

"So, when is the pre-university exam?"

"This year's preparatory exam is expected to be between early August and mid-August, but the exact time will not be determined until late July. If you pass the exam, the school will start in September."

After answering Dong Qiangqiang's last question, the clock on the table rang a crisp bell, and it was exactly 12 o'clock.

Ms. Miller glanced at him: "Whatever exam you want to take, it's important that you provide an APS credential."

In retrospect, Dong Qiangqiang thought that he should have walked out of the admissions office in despair.There was no one in the corridor, and it was surprisingly quiet.

He walked down the stairs in a daze, and his mind was blank. He thought that the wonderful life of studying abroad was about to unfold in a colorful way, but what he didn't expect was a bowl of cold water.

As of now, it's no use worrying.Or call and ask the agency that issued the certificate first.

Due to daylight saving time, there is a 6-hour time difference between Germany and China. It is 18:[-] in China, just after get off work, so he can only call tomorrow to ask.Thinking of this, he wrote all the answers he asked just now in his notebook, thinking as he wrote what questions he would ask tomorrow.

Just when he finished writing and put away the notebook, there was a sudden "pop" and something fell from the folder of the notebook and fell to the ground. He looked down and saw that it was Jin Yuan's student ID.

Only then did Dong Qiangqiang remember what happened at dinner last night. He hurriedly called Jin Yuan's mobile phone, but the phone's voice prompt was indeed: The other party is no longer in the service area, please call again later.

Maybe he's in the subway.Dong Qiangqiang thought about dialing again later, and walked out of the main building lobby.

When he walked down the steps, he suddenly remembered the last time he met Lu Wei at the entrance of the library. There should be many Chinese students in the library. If you go to inquire about it, you may get useful information.

Thinking of this, he made three steps and two steps to the university library.

The library is a two-story glass building. When you enter the door, there is a storage room on the left and a revolving door on the right. After passing through the revolving door, you can enter the hall of the library.

Dong Qiangqiang stored his bag, walked through the revolving door and walked inside.

The hall of the library is equipped with bookshelves containing various journals and magazines, and there are sofas and tables next to it. Students in twos and threes are reading newspapers or magazines, and the hall is very quiet.

Dong Qiangqiang took a look and found no Chinese students, so he went to the computer room again.When he gently opened the door, he saw dozens of computers neatly arranged in rows on the white desk.

He looked around and saw in the front right corner, a Chinese girl was sitting in front of a desk and was writing something on the computer intently, and he quietly walked over.

"Classmate," Dong Qiangqiang said in a low voice after approaching, "Hello."

When the girl heard someone say hello in Chinese, she raised her head quickly and saw that she was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, looking very quiet.

"Hello," she replied quietly.

(End of this chapter)