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This is the province where I will live this year. North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populated federal state in Germany.
For my senior year of high school (2010-2011), I will be residing in Europe! I received the Congress-Bundestag Award, which is a full one-year scholarship from the U.S. Congress and German Bundestag to study abroad in Germany (www.usagermanyscholarship.org). I applied while I served Congress as a Republican Page to the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, DC. My stay is from July 23rd, 2010 - July 8th, 2011.