Still, an education there would have cost you something in the neighborhood of 73000DM per year, or €37000. That runs up to 292000DM or €148000 throughout the course of a degree. Not really a good deal, especially when you add in the costs of visas and international travel . . .

Though of course, MIT has a great deal of cachet and you could easily find a German-American international firm willing to hire you after graduation.