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Technical question help please....
If you grew up speaking more than 1 language, how would you decide which was your "primary language"?
Also, if you grew up in more than 1 country, how would you decide what to fill in for "primary childhood country"?
I'm kind of confused because I grew up speaking English (American) as well as 2 other languages. I've been most fluent/comfortable with my english but because I've acquired a 'foreign accent' over the years I fear making an interviewer think I'm lying. As for the country, would you decide strictly based on the total number of years up to the age of about 15 (end of childhood?), or would you toss out say the first 5 years?
I know these questions may seem trivial for the AMCAS, but I really fear an interviewer thinking I'm trying to misrepresent myself in any way. I remember reading on SDN how one guy was literally thrown out of an interview coz the interviewer thought he had lied on his AMCAS. (Turned out, like me, he had a background that wasn't easily defined through the checkboxes of the AMCAS though ). Advice and examples would be appreciated. Thanks.
If you grew up speaking more than 1 language, how would you decide which was your "primary language"?
Also, if you grew up in more than 1 country, how would you decide what to fill in for "primary childhood country"?
I'm kind of confused because I grew up speaking English (American) as well as 2 other languages. I've been most fluent/comfortable with my english but because I've acquired a 'foreign accent' over the years I fear making an interviewer think I'm lying. As for the country, would you decide strictly based on the total number of years up to the age of about 15 (end of childhood?), or would you toss out say the first 5 years?
I know these questions may seem trivial for the AMCAS, but I really fear an interviewer thinking I'm trying to misrepresent myself in any way. I remember reading on SDN how one guy was literally thrown out of an interview coz the interviewer thought he had lied on his AMCAS. (Turned out, like me, he had a background that wasn't easily defined through the checkboxes of the AMCAS though ). Advice and examples would be appreciated. Thanks.
