primary vs. other language

[uproarhz]

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Hi eveyone,
I was wondering if anyone can help me out on this. I was born and raised (for the first 17 years of my life) in another country. So technically my primary language in not English. But I can speek Englisk almost as well as my primary language. So here's the question:
Should I put my other language as my primary language on AMCAS and English as my other language? Would it have a negative effect on adcoms? Or should I just put English as my primary language and put my native language as other language?
Any one who was in the same situation: what did you do?
Thanks for your comments.

 

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Hi eveyone,
I was wondering if anyone can help me out on this. I was born and raised (for the first 17 years of my life) in another country. So technically my primary language in not English. But I can speek Englisk almost as well as my primary language. So here's the question:
Should I put my other language as my primary language on AMCAS and English as my other language? Would it have a negative effect on adcoms? Or should I just put English as my primary language and put my native language as other language?
Any one who was in the same situation: what did you do?
Thanks for your comments.

I would put your native tongue as your primary language and English as your second. If you have a medium to low verbal score, it will help you and if you have a high verbal score, it will look impressive. Don't even worry about it. Being fluent in multiple languages is a big plus in the application process.

Good luck!

 

[josephgoro]

Hi eveyone,
I was wondering if anyone can help me out on this. I was born and raised (for the first 17 years of my life) in another country. So technically my primary language in not English. But I can speek Englisk almost as well as my primary language. So here's the question:
Should I put my other language as my primary language on AMCAS and English as my other language? Would it have a negative effect on adcoms? Or should I just put English as my primary language and put my native language as other language?
Any one who was in the same situation: what did you do?
Thanks for your comments.

You should just take the advice of your own tagline.

 

[uproarhz]

I would put your native tongue as your primary language and English as your second. If you have a medium to low verbal score, it will help you and if you have a high verbal score, it will look impressive. Don't even worry about it. Being fluent in multiple languages is a big plus in the application process.

Good luck!

Thanks, I totally missed seeing it in that light. I think I will do that.