AU parent here for parent questions

Britty512
Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:38:32 +0000

This is a tough question. As an underclassmen, I spent the bulk of my time hanging out on campus, and heading off campus to parties on the weekends. I am in my last year now, and have been living off campus since the summer before my junior year. The only time I spend on campus is studying in the library, and going to class. This isn’t to say, however, that I am not hanging out with other AU students. For example, this summer I was downtown for events every other day, and every Friday met up in the sculpture gardens for free Jazz and Sangria…There is so much going on in DC that most students eventually venture off once they feel comfortable with the area.

As for professors, I established excellent relationships with the professors I really clicked with in class. I email and stop by office hours of professors I had in other semester for help in current classes, and for post-graduation advice. Many professors will host additional lectures or events if enough students are interested, and since most are truly committed to teaching at AU, very few distance themselves from cultivating relationships with their students as well…