<p>Give it a rest, Mini. Much like Cad, you’re beginning to be a one note song.</p>
<p>Boysx3:
Thank you. I will relay that info to my daughter.</p>
<p>Sounds like it may be time for a "new’’ “NEW” AU parents’ thread.</p>
<p>How would my daughter meet kids at GW? Are there socials that combine the schools? It is not easy to get there. You must transfer to the Blue Line_Not safe for a girl at night.</p>
<p>You could make sure she gets to GW safely by escorting her there yourself, taking care to hold her hand while she boards the metro so she doesn’t get separated from you. An added bonus: if she meets a young man there you can assess him right away and decide if you approve.</p>
<p>My d. works every Friday night by Eastern Market, and returns after midnight. Hasn’t been an issue.</p>
<p>The weekend we visited my d., there was a dance in Mary Graydon, and open dance parties at the sororities. Howard had formal dances downtown (open, I’m told, for the price of admission). There were parties at GW. There are clubs for the under 21 set in various parts of town. </p>
<p>Then there is the very well-known and very famous strip club only two blocks from the Georgetown Library…;)</p>
<p>Tannylou,
My S is in Leonard. The location doesn’t seem to be an issue, but I know he feels that there’s a lot more going on in Letts and Anderson. He was placed in Leonard by Univ.College.
I would get the smallest meal plan available and use the difference for additional eagle bucks. For freshmen, I believe it’s 150 swipes. My S had 200 the 1st semester and had meal swipes left that couldn’t be carried over.
Good Luck at AU</p>
<p>Seconding the recommendation to get the smallest meal plan–D tired of the dining hall rapidly and preferred to take meals elsewhere on campus (which required cash or Eagle Bucks), had many many meal swipes unused at the end of the semester. Wish someone had given her this advice, she wasted quite a bit of money. </p>
<p>The skewed male/female ratio at AU is pretty typical of colleges other than those with large engineering/computer science schools–or the military colleges! Just a fact of life these days.</p>
<p>According to S and his buddies, socially desirable females have no trouble getting guys…</p>
<p>Even though S and his friends have no desire to pair off right now, their group does like to go out to clubs and dance parties and the like. His group of guys has a particular group of girls they like to hang with, and they are very friendly with some other groups of girls as well.</p>
<p>The girls don’t seem to have any inclination to want to pair off at the beginning of their academic careers either. </p>
<p>Most of the first year students are focused on finding their way in their new world, both academically and socially, and don’t want the additional burden of a relationship at this time in their lives.</p>
<p>Mini: Are the dances at GW sponsored by GW or are they private frat related drinking parties?
My daughter didn’t seem to know of any dances at AU? Are you sure they exist, and are there just about all girls at them? If you are not into frats or drinking what social activities really exist? Please do not suggest again that my daughter run socials and start clubs to have socials. She does have her studies to deal with. Quite frankly, the school itself should have people in charge who encourage and arrange social events for the kids to have fun, like aother schools. They really shouldn’t have to resort to frats and sororities if AU has zero tolerance for drinking supposedly.</p>
<p>We know why your supposed d. doesn’t know of any dances at AU. </p>
<p>But I saw the signs for the one at Mary Graydon with my own eyes. If your d. was really there, she’d have eyes, too. She’d know who runs what, where, and under what auspices. And, if she chose, she’d know the same for GW. And Howard (my d. went to a dance party there as well.)</p>
<p>My daughter frequently takes the metro to GW to visit friends–no problem. She feels comfortable taking the metro at night because there are always lots of people around. She hasn’t needed formal socials or dances to meet people. She has made lots of friends in the dorms, and friends introduce friends, etc.</p>
<p>For students who are worried about meeting people, I recommend applying to University College. Students in the class are placed on the same floor and do activities together throughout the year, especially the first semester. And they start out with a common interest in the class they applied to.</p>
<p>But with or without the University College placement, freshman dorms are cauldrons of activity and there are endless opportunities to meet people. And everyone else is looking to make friends too so it all works out for most people.</p>
<p>Theres quite a lot going on that doesn’t involve drinking: movies, game nights, milk and cookies all arranged by the Residence Hall Association. All of this information is sent in an email to students daily so it shouldn’t be a problem hearing about all these events as long as you check your e-mail!</p>
<p>I believe other schools have minute dating events, baking events, trips etc. that my daughter has not yet seen here.</p>
<p>Yes, CR, they do. College activities are organized by college students. They are not children who need activities planned and supervised by grown-ups. If your daughter would like to go to an ice cream social or a dance, she should plan one; or if she is not capable, you should plan one for her.</p>
<p>Cad,
Since you manufacture new imaginary complaints about AU every week, I suspect there is more going on there–perhaps she wasn’t quite ready to leave home yet, or you weren’t ready to let her go. At any rate, perhaps counseling is in order for both of you. Most students haven’t experienced the kinds of problems your daughter has. What others might see as inconveniences or learning experiences, she seems to experience as all-out crises. And some of your descriptions simply don’t ring true regarding AU. I would guess that no school would satisfy either one of you right now.</p>
<p>Are there any female students out there experiencing the same difficulties as Cad’s daughter?
Cad, you may get better suggestions for your daughter if you start a new thread which more students may see.</p>
<p>Yes, because someone needs to address the disturbing lack of minute dating events at AU…</p>
<p>The new thread cadmiumred really needs is one entitled “If you find the academic and social life at your daughter’s college completely horrendous and fear for her emotional, physical and artistic well being, when is the right time to insist she work on her transfer applications?” It would fit nicely in the Transfer Students forum. Or maybe the “Making stuff up about AU as a leisure activity for eccentric students at other schools” in the “College Life” forum. There are so many possibilities!</p>
<p>Happy New Year cadmiumred. Keep cracking us up in 2010.</p>