Schools Is the IPSP at University of Leipzig Right for a Future in Theoretical HEP?

[PiaM]

Hi, I am from Chile and am currently waiting for my TOEFL results to send my application for the WS 2018. I have already been in a physics program in my country but didn't like the university so I'm applying for this program.
I have read all the comments saying how hard the program is and I'm a little freaked out, yet exited.
I've already passed linear algebra and calculus in my studies, but I'm unsure about how deep the program will go into these courses, I have the level of Stewart's calculus and David c. Lay linear algebra, is that what the course covers or more?
Good luck with your applications

 

[Isaak_528]

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!

 

[Yasmine Gelbman]

Hi guys! I’m from America and am applying with a high school diploma and an ACT score of 29. My question is, that the ACT doesn’t give out copies of scores anymore, and you have to print out your scores. Does uni assist recognise these as official copies? Also, I’ve contacted the international office and they’ve confirmed for me that they don’t have a GPA requirement for the course, at least for American students, is that true? They also have a math prep course before the course starts and I wanted to ask if anyone’s taking it and if it was helpful.
Dankeschön!

 

[Yasmine Gelbman]

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!

Hi Isaac!
Did you take the ACT or SAT?

 

[Isaak_528]

Hi Isaac!
Did you take the ACT or SAT?

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]

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).

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]

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!

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]

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.

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.

 

[Isaak_528]

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.

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]

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.

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]

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!

Which email would you use to contact international office? Their website has so many emails that you could reach out to, and the one that I had contacted a few months ago never responded, so I'm not sure if it worked or not.

 

[Yasmine Gelbman]

I used this email: auslaenderstudium@zv.uni-leipzig.de
They were super helpful and answered all my questions!

 

[Manik Dawar]

Hey all. I am from India. I applied for the bachelors program. Uni-assist sent my application to the university two weeks ago, but I have still not heard from the university. Am I possibly missing something about the application process? Do I need to do anything apart from submitting my application to uni-assist? Also, has anybody received an admit?

 

[Ahmed el tantawi]

Hey guys
I'm considering applying for IPSP program and i have the paper ready since last year.. but i ran out of time and the deadline was too late for me.
I was wondering do i have to preapre all papers again or they won't mind that it's from last year?
I'm talking about the ilets certificate and my education certificates.

 

[Ahmed el tantawi]

Does anyone know if there is age limit for applying for this program?

 

[Isaak_528]

Does anyone know if there is age limit for applying for this program?

I don't see why there would be. Pretty sure you just have to have the educational background and you'll be okay.

 

[Yasmine Gelbman]

Does anyone know if there is age limit for applying for this program?

Hi there Ahmed,
Although I doubt that there will be any explicitly said age limit, it is common throughout Germany for there to be a cutoff for bachelors degrees and I think it is most of the time 25-28. May I ask how old you are?
Typically, you’ll only find younger people in these programs

 

[Manik Dawar]

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]

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.

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

 

[Manik Dawar]

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

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]

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.

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]

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?

I am not sure about the medicine part, and about the admission rate either. They did take my semester grades into consideration.

 

[Yasmine Gelbman]

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

 

[Isaak_528]

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

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.

 

[Yasmine Gelbman]

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.

Hey Isaak!
Once again, thanks for being so helpful. I saw that too and that seems to be the case. Let’s hope for the best! I’m applying next Monday

 

[Doyeon Jin]

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, It should be 3.0 according to them.

 

[Doyeon Jin]

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.

 

[Yasmine Gelbman]

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.

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]

Is it "Universität Leipzig c/o uni-assist e. V. Geneststraße 5 10829 Berlin GERMANY?"

 

[Yasmine Gelbman]

Is it "Universität Leipzig c/o uni-assist e. V. Geneststraße 5 10829 Berlin GERMANY?"

Yup!