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I'm looking to start a bachelor's program in translation next year (fall 2011). My native language is English and my second is German, and i'm looking at schools in Germany. I've had 6 years of German in school, will continue studying over the next year, and eventually go on to take the TestDaF and hopefully score a 4 out of 5, which would fulfill the language requirement for the universities i'm especially interested in. There are a couple of programs where i can study with English as my A language and German my B-language, which of course fits perfectly since English IS my native language. However, there are other programs that only seem to allow German as an A language and English as a B language. I would like to apply to these programs as well, but would studying with German as my native language when it's actually my second put me at a disadvantage or otherwise be inappropriate? I'm planning to have German be my only foreign language, so i would only have an A and B, not an A, B, and C. Plus, i will obviously be living in Germany for the duration of my studies. I'm more concerned about approaching the material as if German is my native language because of how the course is structured, versus approaching it all with English as my native language.