<p>Were you responding to my post? Um...I want to major in Communications. I went to Au's open house and they have an awesome program and such great connections in the industry. So I'm nervous about choosing another school even though I'm pretty sure that I will.</p>
<p>I want to go to the college of my dreams, Pace University in Pvill, NY (I'm also looking at tcnj). But I'm worried that I should make my decision based on a school that is really going to help my career. But I still think Pace still has great conncections, AU just seemed to have more resources to that specific industry.</p>
<p>Also DC is such a unique area. but then again NYC is NYC after all. :)</p>
<p>@aeria (sorry i didn't see your post until now!)</p>
<p>umm. i've chosen the honors floor, hughes hall. i know it's the quiet (esp. honors), and i don't know if that's me, but i'll REALLY be needing the peace, i get distracted easily when studying and i need a 3.6-7GPA to get into dental school :o.</p>
<p>For now i got into american u and University of miami..just waiting for fordham and NYU to make my decision. If i get into any in new york i doubt I would go to American.If not still would have to think about it but probably yes</p>
<p>As an international, I got accepted to AU with pretty good FA. However, I also got accepted to GWU, but they havent sent me the mail package yet. As I am reading all these posts about Au and GWU, I am leaning towards AU. Why do you guys dont like GWU?</p>
<p>One difference is having a traditional campus vs a city campus. Depends on which one you like. I heard the dorms are better at gwu, but I visited au's dorms and they weren't bad.</p>
<p>Swamp147
I didnt visit either of them so I am completely dependant on other peoples opinions. Would you say GWU is somehow better in academics or atmosphere? I am just trying to find reason why to pay 7k more. I like the traditional campus more so it is point for AU:)</p>
<p>If it means anything, AU ranks substantially higher according to Business Week in undergraduate business (28th v. 65th), and Foreign Policy Magazine ranks them equal for undergraduate international relations. My d. didn't like the meal plan at GWU, and felt the academics were much more impersonal, with less advising and mentoring.</p>
<p>But there isn't an international relations major at AU - there is a political science major & an international studies major (which is different)</p>
<p>I don't understand the rankings made by Foreign Policy magazine, because at least half of the universities don't have an undergraduate international relations(Columbia!!, Duke!!and Cornell!! for instance) program, but are on the list?! Yes, they do offer a major in Political Science, but PS is not the same as IR..</p>
<p>First of all, the major at AU is "international service". In almost all cases in the IR rankings, there are "concentrations" within other departments - very common (see Berkeley). I think the question worded in Foreign Policy is "which undergraduate school prepares one best for a career in international relations"? It has a very, very high participation rate (greater than 50%) of international affairs academics and researchers throughout the country.</p>
<p>My son is considering honors at The College of New Jersey vs. American University honors. Price is about the same and he is not yet set on a major. My concern is that if he's not going to do international studies as a major would American prepare him well enough for acceptance to a grad school. It's a vague question, but just thought to get some input if anyone out there is familiar with the 2 schools.</p>
<p>I don't know anything about the College of New Jersey (never heard of it), so I can't provide a comparison. But I do know about AU and its honors program.</p>
<p>International relations is the largest major at AU (about 26% of undergraduate students), but it does not dominate the university. The other top 10 majors are business administration (13%), political science (11%), journalism (4%), public communication (3%), psychology (3%), CLEG (3%), history (3%), visual media (2%), and economics (2%). You should not assume that students in programs other than international relations (especially honors students) are any less prepared for graduate school.</p>
<p>My personal experience is as an honors student with a double major in political science and economics. After graduating from AU, I received an MBA from a top-20 program. I had no problem gaining acceptance to graduate school or performing well once there.</p>
<p>Additionally, during my senior year, I shared a house with 6 other honors students; here's what they majored in at AU and what they ended up doing for graduate school:</p>
<ol>
<li> Literature; MS in library science</li>
<li> Biology; MS in biology, PhD in statistics</li>
<li> Biology; MS in chemistry</li>
<li> Business; JD</li>
<li> Audio technology; no graduate school</li>
<li> International relations; no graduate school</li>
</ol>
<p>My D got into AU- they offered nothing at all…they think we are wealthy I guess? Or money is tight this year? Either way we visted the school, liked the campus and it took some getting used to see such an international school. Compared to some schools we visited down south (which were more like from the 1950’s…American looked like starfleet academy from Star Trek.</p>
<p>The school did not convey a heavy political orinetation although we heard it is political- what the heck they are located in DC…not sure she will go…others have offered some merit aid and in this economy that is very attractive…but I would say were were impressed with AU</p>
<p>My S had quite the opposite experience. He got a Presidential Scholarship from AU worth $27K but not a penny from GWU. No scholarship and determined “no need.” So guess where he’s going to school?</p>