American University
Breakdown of “Social Life” at American
By Gender
| Males | B |
| Females | B |
By Major
| Accounting | B |
| Biology | A+ |
| Business - Management and Administration | B- |
| Civil Engineering | F |
| Communications | B |
| Computer Science | A |
| Criminal | B |
| Cultures/Civilization | B+ |
| Economics | B+ |
| Education | B |
| English | B |
| Finance | A- |
| History/Histories (art history/etc.) | C |
| Journalism | A- |
| Language - French/Spanish/etc. | A- |
| Math | A+ |
| Music - Performance | F |
| Other | B- |
| Philosophy | B- |
| Physics | F |
| Political Science | B+ |
| PreLaw and Legal | C- |
| Psychology | B |
| Public Policy | B- |
| School of Information | A- |
| Undecided | D |
| Video/Media | A+ |
Against similar schools
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Social Life
“... Social scene is mediocre as well because it is a dry campus and the school does not help with off-campus housing ...Read full comment
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You will find yourself wondering how in the Hell 70% of the kids here passed High School, and the other 30% are socially inept ...Read full comment
“... There isn't a big social scene, and do not plan on being able to approach people ...Read full comment
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As far as social life, American is home to a number of Greek organizations but, you do not need to participate to go to parties or have a soci...Read full comment
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“... I also had time to socialize and develop enduring friendships...Read full comment
“... The social scene is really great - campus is removed enough from downtown that students still form strong bonds on campus, but close enough that ...Read full comment
“... AU has plenty of opportunities from what I can see in IR, Social Sciences program in our School of Public Affairs (SPA), and Kogod School of Busi...Read full comment
“... The social lifestyle at AU is awful ...Read full comment
“... Socially, AU is a very diverse school ...Read full comment
“... Social life here is also brilliant ...Read full comment
“... Unlike the academic aspect, the social life at AU isn't that great ...Read full comment
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Social sciences, international relations, and languages are good ...Read full comment
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+Ugly campus
Mediocre: + Social Life ...Read full comment
“... Everyone here is stuck up, pretentious and socially inept ...Read full comment
- #1 Top Accounting School Ranking in District Of Columbia
- #1 Top Finance School Ranking in District Of Columbia
- #1 Top School Ranking in District Of Columbia
- #2 Top Education School Ranking in District Of Columbia
- #3 Top Finance
- #4 Top Economics School Ranking in District Of Columbia
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