Freshman Days in April

AUTransfer
Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:54:49 +0000

I would only consider Freshman days vital if you haven’t visited AU yet – like 4kiwi – so if there are any of you struggling with the decision about whether or not to come out to DC in April, it is not imperative that you do so.

Freshman days include:

learning more about available programs and life at AU

meeting faculty within their respective schools, which provides the ability to ask questions about topics they’re interested in

in the afternoon, the parents and students split up for a question and answer session: the students go meet with other students within their school, and the parents go often go with an associate dean

It is often a really busy day.

Bottom line: I think Freshman Days are fantastic if you have the type of student who’s really excited to go to AU – and I think it can be helped by thinking about questions in advance that you/your student would like to ask. I have also seen students just sit there and then complain to their parents that it was a waste of time, which if you aren’t going to participate, I guess it is. This is the beginning of what I believe to be the greatest thing about AU, they’ll provide you everything you need to have a superior college experience if you only take the initiative to do so.