And you can also study in Germany (still) without rich parents.
Yep.
Nowadays, a student can get a student loan completely easily and all on their own (without mom and dad) (not BAFÖG), which parents would never get due to lack of collateral. Many don’t know this or don’t have to know it, because mom + dad already handle it themselves plus often the trendy apartment as a bonus.
Thus, every student (who is by the way an adult!!) can invest in their own future, later get a better-paid job on the job market, and pay back their previous future investment (student loan) quite leisurely. Perfect – that doesn’t exist in many countries!
In my opinion, this is a great and additionally healthy measure for young people, which is often sabotaged by parents themselves, while at the same time they like to complain about the high costs of their studying children. That is self-made and luxury that apparently people just like to afford!
When I talk to parents about this great option of the student loan, they just brush it off... we prefer to do it the way we have been so far... (and keep complaining)!
In Germany, ANYONE can study, even if they are a full orphan. Nobody has probably ever said that it’s given away here for free. There are probably reasons to be found more with parents why entrepreneurs and companies repeatedly complain about underperforming and phlegmatic applicants.