American University

boysx3
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:41:05 +0000

My son just graduated from AU. He found the students to be very diverse…from all over, and all over the spectrum on any given issue. Judgmental people probably don’t fit in real well. Students tend to be very intelligent, ambitious, and focused. Many don’t have a set direction freshman year, but exposure to so many possibilities generally helps students find what they really want to pursue. Students on campus are the type that thrive on being busy and tend to develop impressive time management skills. Students tend to be rather independent compared to some at other schools–because so many students develop off-campus interests volunteering and working in internships, there is very little of moving across campus in a herd after the first few weeks of the first year. My son always had close friends that he spent a lot of time with, and also pledged a fraternity ( to which not all of his best friends belonged) but he also didn’t mind going to the dining hall solo when that was what worked with his schedule. My son was active in his fraternity and on the campus fraternity board, played a club sport, played on several intramural teams (his grades go down when he doesn’t have a lot of physical activity), was active in one campus group and one volunteer activity (all 4 years–and had leadership positions in it), and had internships all semesters after first year (actually, beginning the summer after first year). He was a B+ student at AU; he was also a B+ student in high school. I am not sure when he ever slept.