<p>alyssa do you always generally have to wear shower shoes?</p>
<p>i do and as does everyone else. I mean the showers aren't like home. You have no idea who was in there last and what they did.</p>
<p>I know this may or may not be something you can answer but I have looked and looked, and yet I keep hearing conflicting answers from other people.. Does AU really not offer Chinese?</p>
<p>i have no idea.. but seeing as chineese is spoken by the most people around the world, i'm surprised that AU doesn't offer it.</p>
<p>Question... are you looking to major in Chinese or you just want to take it as an elective?</p>
<p>If you are looking to take some course in Chinese i'd look at what I found...</p>
<p>...so i did quick search on american.edu... and found this:</p>
<p>Chinese</p>
<p>The Language and Foreign Studies Department supports the growing interest in China and its culture by offering courses ranging from Elementary Chinese where the emphasis is to develop all four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The intermediate courses will stress better control in pronunciation and grammatical rules and the understanding of the language as an integral part of Chinese living. Technology tools and multimedia resources are integrated and used extensively as part of the language learning environment.
Courses offered</p>
<pre><code>* CHIN-112 Chinese Elementary I
* CHIN-113 Chinese Elementary II
* CHIN-212 Chinese Intermediate I
* CHIN-213 Chinese Intermediate II
</code></pre>
<p>for link go here: <a href="http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/lfs/lang_chinese.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/lfs/lang_chinese.cfm</a></p>
<p>hope that helps...</p>
<p>Thanks so much. For some reason I just couldn't find anything about Chinese on there. I want to major in IR but was looking for a minor in Chinese, but it's good to know AU at least offers the courses. I was surprised not to find any as well. I just wasn't looking in the right places I guess :)</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>So I am now room in 028 Anderson hall....does that mean im on the bottom floor of that really really really loud building....?</p>
<p>im in 336 in anderson!!!</p>
<p>Hey Jok3rr- yes it does.... a lot of my sisters (and a lot of people involved in Greek life) lived on Anderson T... Anderson... (especially on the terrace) is home to razy, loud, and fun people. Anderson T is located one floor below to where one first walks in. Like when you walk into the dorms, you will see numbers such as 101, 112, 130... to get to 028... you have to walk down a flight of stairs...</p>
<p>But do remember that if you are unhappy with your choice, there are many chances through out the year to move to a different room, a different hall, or even across campus. So don't fret!!! :-D enjoy anderson T... from what i hear... its QUITE an experience...</p>
<p>crimson4me: congrats on getting anderson 3... you have that middle ground of a lot of people, yet having the privilage to live on anderson 3... which has an AMAZING Honors lounge...</p>
<p>wait so im in the basement??</p>
<p>ummmm... yeah... like its the same as every other floor (like there is heat, AC, a lounge etc) execpt your located on the bottom floor of the building... but look on the bright side... when you have to exit when the fire alarm goes off... at least you don't have to walk up and down like a million flights of stairs...</p>
<p>again if your are REALLY unhappy... you can always move. Also what people don't realize is that it is really up 2 u how much time u want to spend in your room. You can always study in the library or hang out in other people's rooms... the quad... mgc... trust me... you'll be fine! :-D</p>
<p>lol so no window huh...great....</p>
<p>It could be worse, you could be in the lobby... Although one thing you should be concerned about is roaches. Im not sure if they are a problem at AU, but bottom floors of big buildings usually have the worst roach problem.</p>
<p>ewww... yick i have yet to hear about roach problems @ AU...</p>
<p>but ryan does have a good pt about the lobby floor (the first floor) when people stuble back drunk or they are walking back to their rooms at like 4am... if you live on the lobby floor they walk right past your room. Can be kind of annoying.....</p>
<p>i lived on anderson 1 this year and i chose to live there again next year. only on occasion is it annoying, most people use the elevators so they arent walking right past our rooms. i love the floor, theres only 10 girls using the bathroom instead of 20+</p>
<p>a good friend of mine lived on Letts 1... i'm not saying that the first floor is terrible or anything... its just that there are positive and negitive aspects of each floor</p>
<p>Does it feel like you are living in a Maryland suburb or does it feel like you are part of the city?</p>
<p>yes and no.... and thats why I love AU. I love the fact that there are nature walks around AU's campus, i love that there are houses and grass... i love that AU is located in a suburb. But I also love how I can take a quick metro ride right into the heart of DC... and i can experience all the city has to offer.</p>
<p>I scheduled a tour on July 7th at 10 AM, and an information session at 11. What else should I do on campus?</p>
<p>explore on your own. I was lucky to have a tour of just two people (i went at an off time much like you are)... but many tours can have as much as like 50 people in them, and everyone is majoring and minoring in so many different things, that YOU don't get a good chance to look around your particular interest.</p>
<p>Other things to do around campus... it depends on your area of interest. If you are into sports, i'd check out the fields and talk to coaches, if your into religion, i'd check out the kay spiritual center to talk and talk 2 program directors, rabbis, priests, etc. I'd pick up a school paper and see whats going on and if you like what you see.</p>
<p>Food is important, and esp as a frosh, i'd say about 70% of the meals you eat will be at TDR... the all you can eat dining room. If you can i'd eat a meal there. I mean the food isn't top notch, but its okay... i mean you wouldn't want to go to a school that had food that you couldn't eat!!</p>
<p>Do you plan on interviewing at AU? I don't know what your stats are, but an interview wouldn't hurt. I mean i didn't interview... but i know others who have.</p>
<p>When i went to visit schools my jr/ snr year, i would go up to like random people at like the student union area or like out on the quad and ask them "real" questions that i wanted to know that the tour guides and informational packets couldn't give me. If you feel brave enough go up 2 someone who doesn't look 2 busy and ask them a few questions about AU. Worst case situation they just say that they are too busy & can't answer your questions... but best case situation you can get a lot of questions answered that you wanted to know. </p>
<p>ohh.. also the north side and south side of AU has very different dorm situations. If your tour guide lives on north side (the quiet side) or south side (the louder side) but your interested in the other side of campus, ask if they or someone else can take you 2 the other side of campus to see the other side's dorms. </p>
<p>I can't think of anything else... just make sure 2 ask questions when they come up (i mean even if they are stupid... who cares... you prob will never see any of these people again... or if you do... no one will remember you or your questions..)</p>
<p>Have fun and enjoy your tour of AU!!! </p>
<p>~alyssa</p>
<p>I'm currently having problems with my parents about letting me go to American. They used to be okay with it, but recently they've been kinda trying to turn me away because of the price. Any thoughts here?</p>