<p>my D got into Emory and GW… she still said “no” to both!! because the atmosphere of a small campus,small classes and the high rank of SIS+the good reputation of the business school made her choose AU! and she is an excellent student with a 33 act and 3.9 gpa there are a lot of kids like her at AU! of course Georgetown is an excellent school but AU is also very good with the advantage of a diverse curriculum ,small classes, real campus atmosphere and down to earth people! by the way SPKTRUTH , my D got waitlisted at Georgetown, it’s super hard to get in, you’ll need to prepare your kid right now if this is your goal! good luck!</p>
<p>spktruth,
I find it curious that with all the positive experiences discussed on this forum, you have jumped in to focus on one individual’s complaints. Don’t let this one poster (one most of us think is either a fake or completely neurotic) influence your perception of AU; her daughter’s purported experience has not been shared by the children of any other posters here. AU may suit your child, it may not. When the time comes, research, visit, speak to students and staff, and come to your own conclusions. But since your child is just a freshman, it’s awfully early to be visiting College Confidential and certainly way too soon to be looking at forums for individual colleges. You’ll drive yourself crazy.</p>
<p>I’m wondering if the problems cadmiumred’s daughter is experiencing are of the “eye of the beholder” variety. I have developed an impression of her (which could be incorrect) that she is a child who is used to having things her way, that she has a narrow comfort zone, and that when things don’t go her way or she is uncomfortable, her parents jump in to “fix” things. I also have the impression (which also could be incorrect) that her mom jumps at the first hint of any complaint and goes in to hyperdrive.</p>
<p>I rather doubt her floor on McDowell is a den of iniquity. But I wouldn’t doubt that there might be students talking or laughing in the hallway late at night, and that the D finds this bothersome. But it’s also not something the RA is going to come charging down the hallway about, either.</p>
<p>And the university administration is not going to get involved in petty roommate disputes either. If the roommates grumble when the D is getting ready for morning classes, she has a choice… she can ignore them and not respond; she can say, “deal with it” or she can say 'sorry…doing the best I can".</p>
<p>As far as places to study… a dorm with 400 residents may not be a good choice for a place to study as there are always going to be a lot of distractions. The dorm is not meant to be quiet like the quiet areas of the library. Kogod is right next to the D’s dorm with lots of good places to study. The student center is right there with good places to study. Katzen is across the street with good places to study. And the library is right there with tons of places to study, some more social than others and some deadly silent, depending on which environment works best for her. If the D thinks some of these places are too isolated to study alone, she should bring along a friend as a study partner.</p>
<p>My understanding is that the dorms on the south side of campus each have 2 lounges on each floor, one for study and one for socializing, and that the north side dorms each have only one lounge per floor. If the D wants, perhaps she could get together with some like minded students and reserve one of her dorm’s floor lounges for a formal study group one or two nights a week, just like any other club or student group. Or she could go study with a friend on a floor or in a dorm that has a quieter study lounge. She has a number of alternatives available, just needs to choose one.</p>
<p>Or more likely, all of your suggestions will be ignored (like everyone else’s) and CR will find something new to rant about.</p>
<p>Thank you boyx3.</p>
<p>Oh Hello5:</p>
<p>There are numerous posts earlier of many your kids drinking for the first time at AU As you all expressed it as "exploration and helping kids with alchohol poisoning vomiting all night; was that Momma J. I think? Check the older posts. By the way, if you get detripled , could they put you in a single with another or or any possibility of bunkbeds in a small double? If she is lucky enough to get detripled my daughter doesn’t want another a lofted or bunkbed near a window.</p>
<p>Mini:
I never stated which dorm my daughter lives in sir.</p>
<p>If your daughter is detripled, she’s going to have to find someone willing to be her roommate–to that end, perhaps she should try getting along better with her peers. But, really, why bother? She’ll probably just get moved to another filth encrusted hovel located in a hallway filled with swine flu-ridden drunks carousing from midnight till dawn, and be faced with a roommate who is majoring in basket weaving, leaves snotty tissues in her shoes, molests her belongings and yells at her whenever she needs to pee. You know, the typical AU dorm situation.</p>
<p>Okay, I’m going back to watching poor Patrick Swayze in the wonderful “Dirty Dancing” on the ABC Family Channel. Cadmiumred is certainly entertaining, but the movie is much better.</p>
<p>Beware of bunkbeds!!!</p>
<p>MommaJ:</p>
<p>What do you mean by willing to be her roommate? These pairings are forced by housing when the kids are detripled right? Only one kid in the room has to agree to decide leave the triple by a certain date and time frame and then gets moved into the room. You don’t have to obtain any approval by the doubled roomie you are being placed with as I understand it.</p>
<p>Patrick Swayze was gorgeous. Dirty Dancing is one of my favorite movies also, and I always love to watch the last scene with Baby doing the final dance of the summer. It will make me sad to watch it now knowing what happened to the poor guy.</p>
<p>Why are only some floors and areas of the library designated as quiet?? It is a library right?</p>
<p>“I never stated which dorm my daughter lives in sir.”</p>
<p>I don’t believe she lives in ANY dorm (because I’m not sure she exists), but alcohol violations and disorderlies are listed for ALL American facilities.</p>
<p>"Mini & ginger2-- Just out of curiosity, where do you find the stats on “binge drinking rates”</p>
<p>Both schools participate in the “Core” survey (from SIU) in meeting one of the federal aid requirements. Sometimes, they publish the data in the campus newspaper. Others keep them close to the vest, but if the you ask the campus “alcohol and drug coordinator” (usually a dean), they are required to give them to you. </p>
<p>Business Week ranks G-Town 24th for undergrad business, AU 28th. Both rank in the top 20 for undergrad international relations. But it is true that, if you are premed or major in poetry, G-Town has a much better rep (along with a much, much wealthier student body.)</p>
<p>“Why are only some floors and areas of the library designated as quiet?? It is a library right?”</p>
<p>In modern times, libraries are often used for group research and projects, as well as group study.</p>
<p>Mini,
As much as I like American and as happy as my son is there, realistically, Gtown is much more difficult to get into. Overall it’s more well known and respected and has a reputation for academics that exceeds AU’s.</p>
<p>Mini:</p>
<pre><code>I never asked you about binge drinking stats? Just because my daughter is having negative
</code></pre>
<p>dorm experiences in her particular dorm and your kid isn’t, in a different dorm, how does that mean she doesn’t exist? That implies that you believe the school is perfect in every way, shape or form. There have been other gross things going on that I won’t even describe here.
Perhaps you guys have such limited communication with your kids or work in the PR dept. at the school, you won’t entertain anything that conflicts with your beliefs or knowledge. My daughter grew up in a very civilized , cultured environment. She doesn’t feel the “need” to “explore” as you all put it, or engage in dangerous activities such as drinking or staying up all night making noise. She is actually there to study, a new concept perhaps? Simply put, civilized vs. uncivilized.</p>
<p>Oh please please pretty please tell us the “other gross things going on”!!! From your postings, I would think you believe parents should be aware of everything that occurs in every dorm. (Even though we raised our kids to be uncultured and uncivilized.)</p>
<p>And could you compare the atmosphere at AU with your son’s experiences at that bastion of culture and civilization, Cornell, where underage drinking and all-nighters surely NEVER occur?</p>
<p>I need to stop reading this ridiculous thread and get a life… but I’m addicted !!!</p>
<p>People, really, you’re being had. Check out these other threads:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/774230-iclicker-question.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/774230-iclicker-question.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/775177-submiting-papers-early.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/775177-submiting-papers-early.html</a></p>
<p>It is highly doubtful that Cadmiumred is a parent. Ignore it and it will go away.</p>
<p>^Ginger2 - d is McD 6th, also very quiet. No wild parties…she is quite happy and they <em>seem</em> to be making the triple/double work, too.</p>
<p>I disagree. I really think that CR is a helicopter, who may or (MAY NOT) be echoing problems from her daughter. I don’t think, at this point in time, that any assumptions should be made about her daughter. There is no reason to believe that said daughter has any problems at all, other than those posted by CR.
Who’s a lawyer around here?
I think a deposition is in order!</p>
<p>I also think that CRs posts at Cornell, are less obnoxious, only because she “perceives” Cornell as a “better” school.</p>
<p>Sorry for this, My H is away for 2 weeks on B and I’m bored!</p>