<p>Can anyone who goes to or has been to Auburn University tell me the best thing about it?</p>
<p>I did not attend Auburn. But since no one else has jumped in yet, I will give you my views based on having been there for various reasons a number of times and knowing several graduates and a couple of professors.</p>
<p>Being from the midwest, I am reluctant to say that Auburn is one of the nicest places that one could choose to go to college. Very nice campus, excellent programs, friendly employees and administration, and the town is pro-college. College spirit, including for sports, is huge at Auburn. Sororities and fraternities are also big. Despite many modernizations, it maintains an old school mentality that is like watching an old movie where everyone on campus is expected to act pleasant to everyone else. It still has, I believe, the street crossing rule that says anyone can cross a street anywhere and cars are expected to drive slowly and stop. Like any large campus it can have large campus problems that may leave one feeling anonymous sometimes but there are many profs who go out of their way to make themselves available to students. It is Southern, and, though on paper it shows a relatively high number of out-of-state students, most of those come from nearby Georgia (for many in Georgia it is the closest public university). It awards a lot of merit money but that is spread around -- many can get small amounts. Most that I know who went to Auburn suffered Auburn's senioritis -- when they got close to graduation, they did not want to leave, and tried to figure out ways to stay.</p>
<p>Note a major downside is housing. It does not guarantee on-campus housing for freshman because it does not currently have enough. Also, it awards housing in the order of when people apply for it. You cannot apply for housing until you accept the offer of admission but its rolling admissions begin in July (that may be changing) and those who apply and accept early are the ones who have the best chance of getting on-campus housing. Note, many who end up not attending, apply early, get accepted, and then apply for housing right away because of the housing scarcity and then, when they decide not to attend, Auburn refunds amounts paid except for about $100, but that also results in a number of spaces opening up at the last minute.</p>