Hi everyone! I’ve just sent in my application (ED1) for American University, and I was wondering if anyone else has as well.
I’ll be submitting mine soon!!
I will be submitting soon! Why is the ED rate so high? (ive heard a few different things)
Hi! I submitted my ED application a while back! Did you guys have any interviews with a local rep?
I submitted about a month ago!
ED rate is so high because AU is happy to accept just about anyone who will pay full price. They then use the RD pool to pump up their stats in order to look like a selective university.
@KAR120Cismyplate I’m sorry that you had a bad experience with AU admissions, but your statement is very inaccurate. Not all ED applicants are full pay and they certainly don’t accept just anyone. It actually harder for a high stats student to get accepted in the RD round because AU is very concerned about being a “safety” school for GTown & GW. It’s the reason my son went ED last year and even though we are full pay, he was still offered a merit scholarship. AU is very clear that they value the applicant’s interest with ED being the ultimate indicator of interest. They want students to be happy to attend AU as those students tend to become involved and stay at AU.
I applied ED already!
applied ed… they say we will hear back by december 30th but I am hoping for a speedier decision because if I do not have to work on regular decision applications, I would love not to. Anyone know if we will hear back before the very last day?
I’ve heard that some people have seen their admissions decisions online before they received their letters in the mail, so I would just check there regularly maybe?
Last year admissions decisions came out on December 15th for ED1. I think there may have been a tweet regarding letters being sent out. Once the letters are sent out some people were able to log into their MyAU account. You can try to make an account at myau.american.edu. You need your AUID number (found on the bottom of emails AU has sent you) and the last four digits of your SSN. You should be able to see you financial/scholarship award letter. It can take time for all the portals to be created so not getting into the account immediately does not mean a rejection. I wish AU would use technology like other schools and notify via email and portal. This workaround trying to backdoor the portal is not fun. Best of luck to you all!
does anyone have an idea when applicants will hear from American? I applied ED1 as well.
I applied a few weeks back for ED1, patiently awaiting the letter! I hope its a good one! Good luck to all 
Hi, I applied ED1 too! Good luck everyone!
Hi all! I just spoke with my rep and he told me that AU was still reviewing apps through next week for ED1 and would likely have decisions out by then as well. Good luck to you all! Go eagles!
Did you get a date or an estimate?
@Messi123 No, he just indicated sometime next week. Historically it’s been a Friday, and I’m guessing if they’re still reviewing apps next week they’ll probably release decisions on the 21st!
did you get an estimated time frame that they would be out?
on our portal?
What did you ask? Do you think I should email my rep? And did they mention where decisions would come out? Good luck to all!!