Augustana College

Date: May 16 2009
Major: Political Science (This Major's Salary over time)
I graduated from Augie in 07. Overall I had a good experience, and if I had to do undergrad all over again I wouldnt mind gong to Augie. If you live in the region and you want a good undergrad education and dont mind having \(120,000 in student loan debt then Augie isnt a bad choice. Its a small college in a small (boring) town, and unfortunately the campus is located in the ghetto so its not the safest of areas. You won't get the full college experience that you would if you went to a state university in a college town, but you will also leave with something more than a McCollege degree. Honesty, the lack of entertainment can often be a good thing. Being free of distractions will leave you plenty of time to work hard and get the good grades you will need to get into grad school. But back to not getting the full college experience. For example: SRF:ELEMENTS:6xsrfSRF:ELEMENTS:7xsrfSRF:ELEMENTS:8xsrfSRF:ELEMENTS:9xsrfBottom line: Regionally, Augie is a well respected college. Im from Illinois, and I have yet to run into a person in my profession that hasnt at least heard of Augie, and people have a positive perception of it. My B.A. helped gain me an entry-level position in IL State Government, as well as admittance into grad school. Outside of the region, having a degree from Augie will do nothing for you as far as name recognition goes. It will be just another undergraduate degree from an accredited university. If you have plans to work professionally or attend graduate school out of the region, save yourself a lot of \) and go to a state university. If you want to work in Chicago, or get into a good grad school like Northwestern, U of Chicago, Loyola, etc., having a degree from Augie can be a useful tool. The lack of distractions forces you to study (what else are you going to do with your time?), and the student “ teacher ratio assures you will be in class (or have your absence noticed). No 400 seat lecture halls to skip out on, sorry. My biggest complaint = the system they have in place for signing up for classes, which is so inadequate it is unforgiveable. I can only hope they have gone electronic by now