TheFeedingHand
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Well, how many German students do you know outside of GAF? I think there's still a big overlap of gaming enthusiasts and people interested in engineering.
As for numbers, last year one third of German male first semester students chose engineering. (81.600 of 249.600)
I also found this slightly old article, which says that 48% of all students starting engineering don't finish it. Average for universities overall is 35%, for Fachhochschulen 19%.
Of course I'm just basing my observations on GAF Germans
Nonetheless, those are some impressive numbers, especially if you add up all the Science-related students.