Advice for Russian Native and College Grad

Graduate School
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<p>Any advice for a female college graduate from Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia with dual majors in Linguistics and Teaching?</p>

<p>I am studying for the GRE, my iBT TOEFL was 114/120.
I received all 5's in my undergraduate courses. They don't give out letter grades, they give out number grades. 5 is the highest. Does anyone see a problem with the U.S. colleges not recognizing my undergraduate degree or grades?</p>

<p>My interest is in International Relations but I currently live overseas with my husband in Frankfurt, Germany. I am currently an intern for a City Hall in a suburb of Frankfurt. Native language is Russian of course but I am fluent in English and German.</p>

<p>Should I consider an online degree or wait until we go back to the states and get a master's in the classroom? Do I have a chance of getting accepted at a prestigious master's program at maybe Georgetown or American or will they not take my transcripts and degree seriously?</p>

<p>Need some advice...</p>

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<p>Graduate Schools in American universities are quite familiar with degrees and transcripts submitted by international applicants. As long as your degree is equivalent to a US bachelors degree, you should have no trouble with admission to a good program.</p>

<p>I would strongly advise against an online degree.</p>