Student Profile
Leah
- Class: Freshman
- Major: Pre-Law
- Gender: F
- High School: Sehome High School
- Transfer Student: N
Big Picture
In my experience, AU has been a wonderful place to attend university. The location of the school is amazing, with shuttles to the metro from which any part of the city is readily accessible. The size of the student population is ideal, there are enough students to still discover new friends in different classes but not so many that finding familiar faces proves difficult. There is always something to be doing in DC and the (free!) venues available to students (like the Smithsonians) are a wonderful resource.
Academic Life
Classes and faculty have been wonderful; professors are easily approachable and itÕs rare to find a class with over 30 people, meaning students receive a lot of individual attention. Most professors learn your name within the first couple weeks and work hard to remain approachable. Often times, meeting with your professor outside of class is easy enough to arrange, especially with the ÒUniversity ClubÓ program in the main dining center, where professors may eat and invite students to dine with them. Course difficulty varies from class to class, naturally, but the overall workload is fairly manageable. Finding room in the packed library to study before finals time requires some effort though!
Student Body
AU students tend to be very tolerant individuals overall. With a large gay and Jewish community (hence the nickname ÒAU: Gay-JewÓ students are hardly ever discriminatory. All persons at AU are welcomed despite their differences. Most AU students seem to hail from the New York and New Jersey area and are very, very politically aware. In 2006, AU was ranked the #1 most politically active campus in the US.
The Best Things
The location
The Worst Things
Our library
