American University

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
  My god, what the hell would you do with a Masters of Fine Arts in Poetry?

I think teaching is about the only thing

[Barcelona]

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
  ended up graduating undergrad from UNC-Asheville

UNC Asheville, that seems a nice place to go to college, nice town, and for its size it seems like a good number of bands play there. what about the one in boone?

[chancegardener]

I graduated from AU way back when (in the 80s) but enjoyed it very much.  It's in a very suburban and pretty swank and safe part of town, but the connections to the rest of the city via Metrobus, the school's shuttle bus to the Tenley Metro, and/or a 20 minute walk to the Tenley Metro, makes it fairly convenient to everything DC has to offer. If you have a bike, then you're pretty much set, and you'll get plenty of exercise as the AU campus is on one of the highest points in the city. As for the dorms, I survived 2 years there and partied heavily and made a lot of friends; eventually moved into a few group houses off campus and started taking my school work seriously.  My best times there were being a DJ on the school's radio station ... don't know if that AM station is still up and running; there's probably an on-line version of it by now.  All in all a pretty good school; not great. And be prepared to be paying it off for a good ten years to come (get financial aid if you can; do work-study jobs, all that stuff). Good luck!

[definitivedoodle]

i went to au for a show.
 
 tons of hot females, wishing i was back in skool.
 
 but not better than jmu.

[muschi]

my new squeeze went to AU. she's very adventurous.  

[MaLo]

i knew 4 kids at JMU who started off at AU and then transferred to JMU

[definitivedoodle]

Originally posted by MaLo:
  i knew 4 kids at JMU who started off at AU and then transferred to JMU

jmu is lovely

[CookieMnstr]

Definitely as far as hot girls with nothing better to do, JMU is the place to go.

[MaLo]

There is plenty of stuff for hot girls to do in Harrisonburg, like...go to walmart
 
 actually, i heard the walmart is no longer in the valley mall...so i don't know what the hot girls do down there any more

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

And here I was thinking that central/western VA was filled with retarded, buck toothed rednecks.
 
 

Originally posted by Cooke:
  Definitely as far as hot girls with nothing better to do, JMU is the place to go.

[MaLo]

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
  And here I was thinking that central/western VA was filled with retarded, buck toothed rednecks.
 
   

Originally posted by Cooke:
  Definitely as far as hot girls with nothing better to do, JMU is the place to go.

[/b]

no, that's Springfield

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

For the most part, I'd agree with that. Though there are exceptions.
 
 

Originally posted by MaLo:
   

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
  And here I was thinking that central/western VA was filled with retarded, buck toothed rednecks.
 
   

Originally posted by Cooke:
  Definitely as far as hot girls with nothing better to do, JMU is the place to go.

[/b]

no, that's Springfield [/b]

[definitivedoodle]

Originally posted by MaLo:
  There is plenty of stuff for hot girls to do in Harrisonburg, like...go to walmart
 
 actually, i heard the walmart is no longer in the valley mall...so i don't know what the hot girls do down there any more

theres the super walmart
 
 where you get seen all the necks and the hot chicks.
 
 damn i miss that place

[vansmack]

I highly recommend going to college very far away from home.  It's much easier to establish your own identity when you're nowhere near home.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

If you're choosing your college based on the city, I'd highly recommend choosing a school in New York, Chicago, Seattle, or San Fransisco over one in DC. Or Portland.