It is probably highly dependent on the university and program. If you are unsure, contact the study association ('Fachschaft') of the program and ask some foreign students about their experiences before applying.
Also you often don't know how much different people profit from the current situation as it is. For instance, if the president would directly profit from the ridiculously high rents of the foreign students all he would care about is keeping the situation quiet. A complaint may yield absolutely nothing or worse.
That is definitely true, for foreigners this starts at an even more basic level - all the relevant regulations are written in (bureaucratic) German. So, even if you want to read up on your rights, it can be difficult, unless you have near-native reading comprehension.
Luckily, there seem to be positive changes in this area. E.g. our faculty is now translating the exam regulations for English programs.
Citation needed. Never heard of any differences in fees for foreigners.
> Then they hardly get access to the public student dorms
Not in my experience. Dorms are full of foreigh students.
> and are put 3-6 people in old, unclean apartments far away from university (partly without public transport access)
"Are put"? What you describe is a "WG" ("Wohngemeinschaft" roughly "living community") which is simply a co-rental. So nobody "is put" there, you search and rent what you can find. WGs are generally recommended for foreign students because it allows better socializing and integration.
> EACH of them pays as much as a German would pay for the whole apartment
What you state is that a foreigner typically pays 3x-6x compared to a native, which is false. The price for 1 room in a WG is normally somewhat lower than for a 1-room-appartment.
> Old dudes (teachers, profs, organizers) dating barely legal girls in exchange for favors also is accepted practice.
University typically starts at the age of 21-23. Since you call this "barely legal" this points out that you either not know what you are talking about or intentionally make false claims.
I live and work in Germany since 2001, I've worked as a researcher at a university institution 2001-2004 and knew a lot of foreign students, also as close friends. Your post is not compatible with the reality that I know.
Yes, there are normal WGs, and if you get a room in a WG your payment is usually a fair share.
But there is also the situation where foreign students have to sign time limited (unkündigbar) contracts for beds in WGs. I'd be happy to hear that this doesn't everywhere, but I was basically the guy who delivered the students to these apartments on their first day, so it certainly happens at one university.
And sadly I know that there are foreigners who rent private apartments in the same fashion to foreign students from their country with the same method, all over Berlin, so probably also in other cities. However that's not the exploitation I'm talking about.
Lastly let me repeat that: I talk about an experience here, that I was part of because I didn't know it at first. I don't interpret general newspaper knowledge or something.
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"I haven't seen foreigners getting treated any different." HU is not the smallest university. Mine was much smaller, but still I didn't know until I worked directly in that area.
I don't want to mention the name of the university.
Preposterous, given that you have total anonymity and anyone reading your extremely general rant without any details would have any idea who you are. I was willing to accept your comment as an opinion based on your personal experiences, but after this turn in the discussion I can't take you seriously, because it's obvious that you are creating a lot of drama that doesn't actually exist. Posting the name of the university is a non-issue - unless you fear people who are actually there might dispute your claims... given the very general and broad claims you made you must be incredibly well-connected to a lot of people in a lot of different departments at that university. Not easy to believe even without your refusal to give a simple name to the place.
I highly doubt that a lot of "barely legal girls" would be in universities since, in Germany, 16-year-olds are considered fully "legal" in that particular regard.
Not quite correct. See https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__182.html and https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__174.html