American University

Date: Jun 02 2009
Major: Communications (This Major's Salary over time)
This will probably be among the most honest reviews given to the school. Academically the place is outstanding. The coursload is completed at a steady pace and given to you by outstanding teachers. All the teachers were willing to help, cared about how well you did and tried to make you feel comfortable. I was a transfer student, and there were several times I was met with difficult challenges, but each time the professors came TO ME FIRST and did their best to help me. At other schools its as if the teaching staff is TRYING to break you; that is not the case at AU. IF the professors are biased politically most of them do a good job hiding their bias.

The campus is very small yet looks very nice. The nearby Tenleytown neighborhood, on the otherhand, is very boring and is more like Maryland than D.C. The campus is wrapped inside the suburbs.

Certain aspects (financial aid) about the university remain unclear, so if you are confused about any payment options you have you had better call the school.

The students are among the most unbearable people you could ever meet. The strong majority of the school is made up of girls, and although they are very pretty, they are often snobbish, close-minded and ingorant. Most of them are white people from new jersey or new york, with the rest being foreign exchange students. VERY few blacks, and even fewer people from the DC area (noVA, MD and DC).

The guys there are very metrosexual, if not homosexual. Not many real men. The level of masculinity there is very low.

If you dont like politics, more importantly, if you are not a bleeding-heart liberal, you will hate this place. this school cares about politics like UNC cares about basketball, and the overwhelming majority of students are extremely liberal. A student body that cares so much about what politicians do is not something to be revered; its pathetic. these are people who are starting to grow up and theyre already boring.

After one semester I transferred out of here. The social lifestyle at AU is awful. As great as the classroom experience was (minus all the political banter from the students), the overall experience is very hollow. Once you leave the classroom time spent at AU is boring and the people are hard to get along with. The party scene is weak, and unless you join a frat and BUY your friends the party scene is even worse.

If you are a bleeding-heart white metrosexual liberal from the east coast who likes to study you will find yourself in heaven. If not, good luck having fun.