<p>I applied to American because it was free on the common app. I didn’t check the rankings until after I was accepted and when I did look them up I was a little put off, but my mother urged me to look at their website and to take a visit. I was sold on my visit. Don’t get me wrong, American definitely has room for a lot of improvement, food and the shuttle program being at the top of my list. But I digress. Before I applied to American I didn’t even know it existed. However, since coming here, I have been pleasantly surprised by the faculty and programs. Of course there are the occasional bad professors but so many of professors have been great educators and really have a passion for the subject they teach. Some of my professors have amazing connections that they are more than happy to put you in contact with. I started out in SIS and one of my first professors used to be an advisor to the Russian Justice system. I am now a Public Communications major and one of my professors works for USA Today and another used to be a speechwriter for many congressmen.<br>
I feel like one of the reasons it gets ranked lower is because it gets overshadowed by GWU and Georgetown. But after being here for 2 years, I now know that American’s ranking definitely deserves to be higher. They have great schools and our career center is ranked as one of the best in the nation</p>