American University Mentorship program

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Link http://www.american.edu/spexs/mentorship/mentorship-curriculum.cfm

Spring 2018 Admissions with Fall Mentorship students have higher stats than needed to get into American. The application/resume demonstrates they would be able to manage an internship in the fall while attending classes, and a strong sense of experience and self that they would succeed right off the bat, even without being a part of the fall freshman class. It’s definitely not for everyone.

  1. Students have an internship abroad or DC and attend classes with “mentor professors”.
  2. Students are housed with other internship and transfer students, not in freshman living space.
  3. Students offered spring matriculation do not receive merit aid while attending American.
  4. Mentorship credits transfer into your American degree program in spring. Decide American is not the right place - credit for the fall mentorship is not recognized at other universities.
  5. Most classes offered to these students in the fall are not the regular classes for freshman.
  6. Mentorship students are not invited to local admitted freshman receptions. Mentorship students have a different orientation and a fall Welcome that are not part of the fall freshman admitted students.

Does the student want a traditional freshman experience or hit the ground running with an intership this fall? It’s about the experience the student wants and willingness to pay full tuition/expenses for it while having other options from other institutions that include merit aid. Read all the fine print about Fall Mentorship/Spring Admissions and ask lots of questions.

I believe American looks at these students as very desirable but knows that these students have other options. American is concerned with offering Fall admissions and having it not being accepted. AU may look at your fafsa for possible affordability. American has nothing to lose by offering Mentorship because it’s non-matriculating and will not be represented in admissions yield.

I don’t think that demonstrated interest in American is a big factor here. It’s the admissions yield.

Don’t sweat the spring admissions, your child will find the right place.