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.
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