American University

Date: Aug 03 2015
Major: Journalism (This Major's Salary over time)
I transferred from a terrible nearby university so it made me appreciate AU a lot.

AESTHETICS:

Campus is gorgeous. Flowers and botanical gardens. The buildings are either either new and updated or old but well kept. Never lived or "partied" in the dorms so I can't say much about that. Always a little construction going on which can be an eye sore, but its never that bad.

ACADEMICS:

Very bright and qualified professors for the most part, but every school has some bad teachers. Almost all I have are very passionate about their work. You really learn a lot from just coming to class and I've NEVER been given any 'busy work.' Classes are also small when you take major specific classes.

TUITION:

Very expensive, definitely too much but its worth it (as long as your student loans are under $100k.)

TRANSFERRING:

I'd suggest going to community college for 2 years for a cheaper college as its is much less expensive that way (like I did) and transferring is great. That accepted almost all of my credits as classes they take. If youre going to transfer in I suggest taking a lot of liberal arts classes (take Calc!)so that you can take classes in your major which really matter.

CAREER HELP:

The career center is very good for resume help, interview prep and internship search, but when you're looking for a job talk to the professors. They know everyone in DC and can definitely get you an in even if your industry is hard to break into.

STUDENTS:

So rich snobs but lots of cool, regular, poor people like myself. LOL