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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Language - French/Spanish/etc.  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright The General Education program is a very useful program and requires students to leave their normal area of study to take courses in other areas. However, this program is not an easy program and can be difficult for many students. If there is a course that you want to take but you think will be challenging but you don't want it to bring down your GPA, consider the pass/fail rules. American University is becoming more and more competitive to get into so if you get in, make sure you come to campus and take a good look around and a look at academic programs before you look elsewhere. The extracurriculars are outstanding, with intramurals, 100s of clubs, religious activities, Greek Life, etc. 95% of faculty/staff are accessible and helpful. Technology has made communication between professors and students much more streamlined. A majority of students will communicate via Blackboard or email. The internship opportunities, the athletics (Division 1), the study abroad program, the community feel, and much more makes American University one of the best places to study in the country and world. Scholastic Success: A+, Faculty Accessibility: A- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jun 10 2008 3rd Year Female -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=49173&uid=261'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Public Policy  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Super Brilliant American gets a bad rap. I didn't like my first two years, but the school grew on me, and I now look back and think I made the best decision in coming to American. I talked about transfering, and I even prepared applications, but decided to wait it out. I made the right decision in retrospect. The school itself has a lot of issues, namely that the study body is entirely from the Northeast. The School of International Service, especially in the 300 (Junior) level and up is really great, and at that point the teachers are open to their students, offer great career and academic advice, and most every teacher I've had at the 300, 400 or 500 level has been exceptional. The student body (seems like at least) is from the Northeast, if you're looking to meet people from around the world like the school claims, have fun -sure there are foreigners, but for every student from outside the northeast, there are dozen from New Jersey/Massachusetts/Pennsylvania/New York. Fraternities are a joke at American, and the lack of a football team hurts school spirit, though making it to the NCAA tournament this past year helped the school a lot and changed the way students thought about their school, even if for a little bit. Education Quality: A+, University Resource Use: C Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 29 2008 3rd Year Male -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=48272&uid=261'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Economics  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright This school treats students like they don't exist. The school is too poor to afford anything good, thus the facilities are in general sub-par. Students here are generally not so bright, with the exception of top 10% students. This explains the sub-standard academic experience. Also, because this school is so poor, it heavily relies on tuition for its income, resulting in sky-high tuition and over-enrollment, as well as chronic nickel-and-diming of its students. Social scene is mediocre as well because it is a dry campus and the school does not help with off-campus housing. Greek organizations have no on-campus housing and the school loves to bust students for very small violations. Food is mediocre and the dining hall is way to small for the size of the school. There are virtually no on-campus options besides McD's and Subway outside school meal plan. Dorms are okay but they will charge you absurd amount for the smallest damage to the building. And if something is broke in commons area, it takes months for the school to fix it. This school has so many issues that are not readily apparents on paper, you really need to go here to feel all these super-annoying, awful experiences. But then again, save yourself some pain and go elsewhere. I'm transferring to a much better school. Thank god. Perceived Campus Safety: A, Individual Value: D- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 23 2008 2nd Year Male -- Class 2010    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=47486&uid=261'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save      Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 ... 16    Next

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