Concerns and Questions!

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<p>Hi! So I recently visited AU and I loved it! However, I have a few concerns based upon the research that I have done!</p>

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<li><p>It is a dry campus and obviously it’s not the most important thing to me, but with that said, I obviously want to party. Is it hard to find parties? </p></li>
<li><p>As a female, it’s a concern that the female to male ratio is unequal. When I visited I didn’t seem to notice, but I was wondering if as a student you can definitely tell?</p></li>
<li><p>Do you find it easy to get into the city and how often are you going into the city?</p></li>
<li><p>Do you/know anyone who is in the BAM program? Thoughts on it?</p></li>
<li><p>Do you ever find yourself “bored” since it is a smaller campus and isn’t really near the city?</p></li>
<li><p>They didn’t take us to any work out facilities, are there any for students that just want to work out? Are there any like classes (yoga, spinning, etc) offered at AU or near the school?</p></li>
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<p>Okay that’s all! I realize it’s a lot but it would be nice to have some help!!! It’d also be helpful if you said anything that you hate and anything that you love about AU!</p>

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<p>I am a parent, but I can answer based on my D’s experience. Yes, there are plenty of off-campus opportunities to party, incl. frat parties and house parties. D also goes out to dance clubs in the city - underage admitted but not allowed to drink. D and her friends go “into the city” quite a bit, although eating out and going to clubs is expensive. She is a theatre major so she goes to see plays quite often, including Kennedy Center (lots of student discounts). Workout facilities - at the Jacobs Recreation Center. Yoga, Pilates and other classes are offered for a fee, but machines are free. Unequal guy-girl ratio? It is true, plus there is a sizable gay population. But that being said, there are plenty of guys and depending on your major you might not notice as much. As I said, D is theatre major - not so many guys there!</p>

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<p>1. It is a dry campus and obviously it’s not the most important thing to me, but with that said, I obviously want to party. Is it hard to find parties?
No, it’s not hard to find parties – at all. During Welcome Week all the fraternities will host parties in the neighborhood surrounding campus so you’ll find out early where they are and which ones you like to be at most. And just because it’s a dry campus, doesn’t mean that people don’t drink – there are 4 liquor stores within a mile of AU. It’s there for you if you want it, it’s not overwhelming if you don’t.</p>

<p>2. As a female, it’s a concern that the female to male ratio is unequal. When I visited I didn’t seem to notice, but I was wondering if as a student you can definitely tell?
I really can’t tell, it is definitely more evident in my GenEds, but in my upper level classes I’m quite typically one of two or three girls in the classroom. I’m a Political Science major so my experience is definitely different then Megpmom’s daughter.</p>

<p>3. Do you find it easy to get into the city and how often are you going into the city?
Yes. I go into the city quite often, because I have an internship. So I go into the city quite frequently, for that – and to go eat out and explore the many, many sources of free entertainment in the city. </p>

<p>5. Do you ever find yourself “bored” since it is a smaller campus and isn’t really near the city?
Nope. Quite frankly – if you’re bored here you need to reevaluate your schedule. AU students like to be busy. Just my academic and work schedule (17 credits plus 22 hrs at an internship) makes me booked solid Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm and that does not include homework or my on campus activities such as Greek Life and College Democrats. I’m never bored, and like I said, I go into the city frequently because the 20 minute commute from campus doesn’t bother me (10 on shuttle, 10 on metro to Metro Center) – but they do bring plenty of entertaining stuff to campus, speakers, entertainment (We had Cee Lo Green here a few weeks ago) and what not to campus to entertain people who really don’t like metroing places.</p>

<p>6. They didn’t take us to any work out facilities, are there any for students that just want to work out? Are there any like classes (yoga, spinning, etc) offered at AU or near the school?
Jacobs Fitness Center is the center on campus – located in Bender Arena. The workout facilities are very nice, but way too small for what the University is expanding to. For the first week of each semester (people trying not to gain the Freshmen 15, and then people trying to stick to New Years Resolutions) the fitness center is packed unless you get creative with the times you go. Other than that it’s pretty open. They have excellent Group Exercise programs – they are free to try for the first 2 weeks of every semester (get there early, because space is limited) and then you can buy a semester pass for ALL the classes (Zumba, Bootcamp, HipHop, Spinning, Pilates, Yoga, Belly Dancing and more) for $65. It pays for itself if you go to 1 class a week all semester by the 10th week. </p>

<p>Group Exercise Page: <a href=“http://www.american.edu/recfit/jfcgroupex.cfm[/url]”>http://www.american.edu/recfit/jfcgroupex.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;