<p>Japanese, but lived in Europe for 5 years or so. Went to the international school in Switzerland, so yes, I'm from a german speaking part of the world as well.</p>
<p>Ich finde es toll, dass noch mehr Deutsch sprechende Schüler in diesem Jahr in Stanford beginnen. Ich bin in Mainz geboren, bin aber teilweise in Rumänien aufgewachsen.
In Deutschland sind die Unis zwar auch gut, aber es gibt keine wirklich herausragenden Hochschulen, so wie in den USA die HYPS usw. Deshalb habe ich unter anderem in Stanford beworben. In Deutschland braucht man sich nur bei der Uni zu melden und dann entscheidet allein die Note im "Abitur". Ich musste die Erfahrung machen, dass die Bewerbung an Top-Unis in den USA deutlich schwieriger ist. </p>
<p>Hast du eigentlich Englisch wie eine Fremdsprache gelernt, oder hast du Englisch und Deutsch beide als Muttersprache erlernt??</p>
<p>Hey KAZtro62, what international school did you go to? cos i also finished high school in an international school in switzerland :P while we're at it, that has also made me learn some german....</p>
<p>Mine was in basel, I guess the 3rd biggest city in Switzerland. I did the IB, so had to choose German as a 2nd language. I'm probably starting a new language, like Spanish at Stanford though. Had enough German for now.</p>
<p>mhmm! mine was isberne, not far from yours then. i went to isbasel once to play in a soccer tournament :P so yeah i also did the IB, i chose to do both french and german as second language... dunno what it is i'll pursue in stanford though =/</p>
<p>So you've already been to my (old) school. They built a new building a few years ago, so I guess the soccer field felt a little new as well. Where are you originally from anyways? I came to Europe because of my father's business, a really common reason to be abroad.</p>