<p>Their financial aid is very good considering their endowment. AU costs 48K to go to – their average financial aid package is 29K. So, the average student, assuming they get absolutely no merit aid (which is unlikely) has to pay 19K/year. The average amount of need met is 93% – which I believe is the highest out of the three DC schools (Georgetown doesn’t report theirs). Also know that American also requires the CSS Profile, which is also required before they’ll consider your financial aid situation.</p>
<p>Slightly away from DC is a bit of a misnomer. It’s not IN DC like GWU, but it’s not far away either. AU sits on the red line, and is +/- 5 minutes from the National Zoo or Adams Morgan – THE place for AU students to go to bars on weekends, +/- 10 minutes from Dupont Circle, great food, good bars, and Kramerbooks and 15 minutes from “the center of DC” at the Metro Center stop. It may seem like a bit of a hike now (the same thing happened to me, since literally everything in my city is 5 minutes away) but that changes. On campus, yes, the Student Activities committee makes a point to keep students engaged on weekends with movies shown on the quad, concerts held in the tavern, or the 250 other clubs on campus are holding something. So I can’t really describe an ‘average’ weekend. I’m never bored, that’s for sure.</p>