American University Top Questions

I wish I had known not just how I can afford to pay for a Private Institution, but how I could also afford to stay at a Private Institution. Finanical Aid only covers the cost of tuition, it doesn't cover the cost to live, to survive- those other expenses that occur. I also now have to learn how to prepare for the future and the debt that I will be in. Paying for college on your own is hard work. So I wish I was more financially knowledgeable before I arrived at American University.

I wish to work in internatioanl organizations with my internatioanl affairs degree.

How bad the food is.

That although you do have the best of both worlds- the city accessible by metro while the campus is in a nice green residential area, it is hard to get out of DC. It is very difficult to have a car here, so be prepared to stay in the city most of the time.

That it would be perfect for me.

The amount of money it cost to get on the metro as often as I did.

Very few straight men

AU is every socially awkward kid you ever met. Ever.

I wish I had know how hard it was for working student to register the courses they needed to graduate. I wish I had also known how pooly ran the financial aid office was.

You need to be very vocal when it comes to your advisors. Demand time with them to help figure out what is the best academic plan for what you want to do. Don't wait until senior year to come up with a career plan. And make sure that after every positive experience with a professor you ask for a letter of recomendation.