<p>rodney: They have that option. Sophomores have the hardest decision with staying on campus v. off campus because they really don’t get bumped up into many new dorms with American accepting large Freshman classes. They have a chance of maybe getting into Centennial Hall or switching to another one of the underclassmen dorms. So thats the year where there is the biggest incentive to live off campus. Nebraska is strictly upper classmen. So it’s not hard at all to get housing on campus as a upper classman, you get priority choice. </p>
<p>It should be noted. That students living on campus returning from study-abroad in the Spring often get placed in Tenley campus. It should also be noted that once you live off campus it is nearly impossible to move back on to campus. So it’s a weighty decision to be made. </p>
<p>AU does offer workshops, to groups of 5 or more (by request) to help with moving off campus. “Moving-On, Moving-Out” Workshops are offered to groups of 5 or more and are designed to help prepare students, staff & faculty who are interested in living-off campus. The workshop will cover topics such as: Off-Campus Housing Options, Working with Landlords, Financial Planning, Transportation Services in DC, and the Ins & Outs of Signing a Lease.</p>
<p>tx, AU transfer…now I understand why sophs have an incentive to move off…yet, I see why some would want to stay on…so if you want to eventually be in Nebraska there is a good reason to stay on as a soph…</p>
<p>AU: if juniors stay on campus for the fall and go abroad spring, are they still put on Tenley? or only if they do the reverse?</p>
<p>Rodney: I won’t say its impossible, but I haven’t heard of a situation where thats the case if they’ve turned in their housing pref. forms on time.</p>
<p>And no CR: Sophomores can’t be forced into triples.</p>
<p>Getting on to a more pleasant topic, are everyone’s kids coming home for Thanksgiving? Are they bringing home friends from school, or perhaps going home with friends if they live too far to commute? I can’t believe how fast this semester is going by!</p>
<p>I have not heard of AU sophs or upperclassmen getting housing on campus. My son and his friends actually are considering remaining in Anderson, or maybe requesting Centennial (which is in the same complex) because they really like the location.</p>
<p>Spktruth,
my oldest son graduated from Emory in 2007 and is working in DC. My youngest son is a first year at American.</p>
<p>Both boys were extremely happy with their academic and social experiences. Both boys are the recipients of excellent educations.</p>
<p>My son had invited one of his friends from England to come home with him for Thanksgiving, but he accepted an invitation to Texas instead…he thinks he’s going to see cowboys! (actually, one of the students in my son’s group of friends does have grandparents who have a ranch…and they will go there for a day or two!)</p>
<p>He had a sudden business trip to DC for today.</p>
<p>He thought he would surprise S3 and S1 and his wife. Booked himself for the weekend because I have some business meetings this weekend.</p>
<p>Well, he called S3…who was on the Metro to visit a good friend at the University of Maryland for the weekend for friend’s birthday, and to go to a big-school football game. They are also going to Chabad for Shabbat dinner tonight, the rebetzzin is making friend’s favorite dinner.
Calls S1–he and his wife are hosting a Shabbat Dinner tonight for their minyan, and have a wedding to go to tomorrow night for someone in DIL’s office.
So H is going to S’s for dinner, which will be nice, but not the time alone he was looking for! and they will do something together in the afternoon tomorrow, but H will be alone tomorrow night, and is flying back Sunday in the morning.
Poor H is so disappointed.</p>
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<p>Thanks JEM, but I believe I said as much when I started this thread last week. I think it was the original AU Parents thread that deserves the opprobrium, not this one</p>
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<p>No, you do not apply to a specific school. You do, though, tell them which school you’re interested in. Admissions decisions are not school-by-school–you either get accepted to AU or you don’t; there is not a school-specific admissions decision.</p>
<p>Yes, you can double major in programs in different schools (I did it). The student just has to work proactively with academic advisors to ensure that all requirements are met for both majors.</p>
<p>It really depends on the major: If they’re close together like Government (SPA) and International Relations (SIS) – a lot of classes overlap. But if you picked a social science and a hard science, then I can’t imagine too many (if any) overlapping.</p>
<p>And then of course all Gen-Ed requirements remain the same.</p>