<p>I have dual citizenship: U.S. and German
I am a Junior and have lived in the U.S. for 10 years and have attended 1-11th grade here. However, I attended kindergarden in Germany and still speak fluent German.</p>
<p>Would I gain any advantage by applying as a German citizen, though it is a stretch, or will doing so discredit my application since I've been in the U.S. for so long? </p>
<p>Thanks for the Help</p>
<p>i doubt it will affect admissions, unless you take active part in german culture or have a passion in german.
otherwise it's nothing except for an extra language, which amy or may not factor in.</p>
<p>If you're white (which I assume), it probably won't help too much</p>
<p>It's actually harder to get into most schools as an international. If you need any aid, it's much harder.</p>
<p>I agree with suze. When colleges said that they want diversity, it is mainly URM's. Even in terms of diversity, you wouldn't add anything to the campus in that sense; and if they looked into it, it would appear to be a stunt.</p>
<p>URMS ARE BOGUS... they are no point... they only reffered to African Americans, latinos, and native americans.. Except for the natives... why hasnt the other two race have done something about them being a urm... For example the country bangladesh gots its independence in 1971 and the blacks got freedom around 1968s... Both races had to start out from scratch... why are Bangladeshis are not considered urms but african americans are? THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE.. DOES NOT PROMOTE EDUCATION AS SOUTH EASTERN ASIAN COUNTRIES DO!</p>
<p>Wow. That's highly offensive. Racist even.</p>
<p>bestmiler1 had a thread asking if he, as a Bangladeshi, was a URM. I think the problem is about him not being a URM rather than about the people who are.</p>
<p>I agree that affirmative action is BS and one shouldn't get any leverage based on race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, etc (I believe in equal opportunity). To be quite honest, if affirmative action is required for schools to have diversity, then it just isn't worth it.</p>
<p>i agree with Heavenwood</p>
<p>bestmiler1: I thought your position was that you wanted to be an URM. :)</p>
<p>As someone once said, if you're applying for aid, applying as a German citizen would set you back. Also, if you're applying for in-state universities, it would make sense to use your US citizenship in order to get reduced fees. Also, there are some schools who are really obnoxious about TOEFL requirements for internationals, despite if they've learned in an English-medium school all four years of high school or more.</p>
<p>If, however, you can fully finance your education and are not applying for in-state universities and your list of schools are those who will waive the TOEFL because you're fluent in English and you've given proof (either in SAT I or years of schooling), I don't really see the harm in applying as a German citizen. From what I can gather, and this may be skewed, as I haven't research even a fifth of the 3600th schools out there, the US doesn't receive many applications from Western European citizens...?? Please, correct me if I'm wrong!</p>
<p>That is probably correct, but I'm not sure if it would help the OP anyway. When the colleges refer to diversity and culture, it does seem to be mainlly directed towards URM's. If they just wanted diversity, there are many, many more internationals applicants that they could take from everywhere in the world. I suspect the limits on intl's would be a problem.</p>
<p>True, but college brochures seem to like bragging about how many countries/native languages are represented on the campus. Or many I just notice that as an intel.</p>
<p>Colleges want diversity... all you see Eastern Asians... Two years ago I went to Columbia to sit for a entrance test to a summer program.... when i went there.... all i saw was more eastern asians than whites, blacks, browns, hispanics. whats up with that</p>