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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP with the friend who studied undergrad in Germany and then went to US for graduate degree -- did she find it difficult getting into US grad school with the German degree?  [/quote]

HIGHER ED professional who did undergrad in Europe here. I have multiple masters and a PhD. No issue in applying or getting accepted to competitive programs. You do have to pay a 3rd party company to certify you have the equivalent to a US bachelors degree and it won't be necessarily recognized if you work for the government. I have an American friend who is respected in his field and works for the government but whose degrees from Europe are not recognized.

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PP with friend here. No difficulty getting into US grad school. She was accepted into multiple programs, but that may also have been a function of her field of study (International Relations or International Business/Communications, I think).

Forgot to mention one other thing. The German students were, on average, about a year older than her. Not sure why that is, but if your child wants to do a "gap year" and beef up on German at say, a Goethe Institute in Germany, that would bridge the age gap.[/quote]

That's because like in other countries in Europe they have 13 years of school before University instead of 12 in the US. We finish highschool at 18-19 instead of 17-18 in the US[/quote]

?? Most school systems in the U.S. have 13 years -- K through 12. Are you saying there are 13 years of school in addition to kindergarten?[/quote]

Yes. Basically we have 5 years in HS instead of 4.[/quote]

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