<p>anyone else get into this? i did but i didn’t even know i applied…anyone know anything about it?</p>
<p>I believe someone wrote on a thread here that it is one of the more prestigious programs? My son who received the American Excellence Scholarship was admitted to AU Public Affairs and he had not applied specifically (along with admission to Honors Program). </p>
<p>So I think it is generally a good thing.</p>
<p>Yeah, I got admitted into the School of Public Affairs too. Maybe it’s for the major? I put down political science as mine.</p>
<p>It is – if you put down Political Science or Pre-Law or something similar as the major you thought you wanted, then you get accepted to the School of Public Affairs. It is a good thing as one of the most popular and prestigious schools at American University (along with the school of SIS). </p>
<p>From there you can declare:
- Government (which has specific concentrations in American Government, Comparative Politics, Law and Politics, or Political Theory)
- Justice, Law, and Society
- Public Administration and Policy
- CLEG (an interdisciplinary major combining Communications, Law, Economics, and Government)
- Or change your mind, as many do, and transfer to an entire major (and therefore another school within AU) altogether.</p>
<p>I got into the PUblic Affairs, but for Jan. start, I was one of 100 to do the Washington Mentorship Program … feel like I wasn’t good enough for the Sept. opening…even though
the program sounds great. what do you think??? anyone else get this?</p>
<p>Our daughter was accepted yesterday in to the SIS, but through the WMP program. She was disappointed at first. However, her attitude changed when I showed her the positive comments from AU students who participated in the program.</p>
<p>I was accepted for Poli Sci, changed my major to CLEG</p>
<p>The schools just relate to your majors.
It is easy to switch between them, if you so choose at any point.</p>
<p>You were admitted to AU. You were placed in SPA because of your major choice.</p>
<p>Some people who have inquired why American University has been ranked in the 83 or 84
slot in the USNWR rankings despite an excellent academic reputation, excellent faculty, highly rated Business School, School of Public Affairs, SIS and Communications may want
to know that President Kerwin discussed this issue last eek in a meeting with students. His
view is that the rankings are skewed and flawed because the USNWR methodology penalizes
AU for not having a medical school, for not having a few other academic programs which are outside of its normal scope of educational disciplines and because the endowment is not as large as certain Ivy’s and other top 25 schools. IMO this reflects that the ratings are based on artificial criteria and not representitive of the academic quality that the school offers. It should be noted that the rate of admission for the class of 2014 dropped by 10% to 43% which should with other factors move the school upward in the rankings.</p>
<p>Danielle2400, is it also possible AU faculty, many of whom have been practitioners in their fields instead of lifelong teachers, might be deemed less worthy by their academician peers at other institutions? From USN&WR:</p>
<p>“The U.S. News ranking formula gives greatest weight to the opinions of those in a position to judge a school’s undergraduate academic excellence. The peer assessment survey allows the top academics we consult—presidents, provosts, and deans of admissions—to account for intangibles such as faculty dedication to teaching.”</p>
<p>Academicians respect other academicians, but according to ratemyprofessor.com, AU students appear to like their teachers just fine. </p>
<p>Compare AU’s overall rating (3.46) to, say, Cornell (3.17), Emory (3.29), or Duke (3.32). </p>
<p>Sure, ratemyprofessor.com is not scientific, but neither are the opinions of unnamed professors polled by USN&WR.</p>
<p>Hello, I have been admitted to AU into the School of International Service but I will, if I go there, reallyy consider transferring into Kogod Business School of AU. Can anyone tell me if such thing is relatively easy to do at AU?
Thanks</p>
<p>Switching schools at AU is ridiculously easy – you don’t even need a form if you haven’t declared a major yet (which no Freshmen have). Once you declare a major, you do need to fill out a form to declare a change of major, which in turn changes your schools.</p>
<p>My S has been accepted into the school of Public Affairs (he declared his major as Political science). He is now saying he’s considering CLEG…I guess that means changing his major?? Can he do that as early as now, or should he wait?
(I’m an expat mom and new to the US college system…still trying to navigate it so thanks for patiently answering my questions!)</p>
<p>Also- we will be coming for the Freshman April 8th day, but I heard there is an overnight visit April 4/5 for school of PA students- does anyone know anything about it? Which would be better to attend?
Thanks for any thoughts :)</p>
<p>@proudmom</p>
<p>Political Science and CLEG are very similar, you take many of the same classes, and you don’t have to declare until sophomore year, so there’s no need to worry about it now, there’s plenty of time to consider options</p>