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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]American gave me pause. Didn’t offer any merit aid and seems to have fallen in quality. [/quote]

Are you saying it has fallen in quality because you sat in the classroom and compared to when you were there or because there was no merit aid offer? :) I had two kids accepted to AU over the years. One got a ton of merit aid and the other practically nothing. The first kid matched what they were looking for 100% and the other did not. Different kids, different outcomes. So I suspect this might have been the case for you as well. I am sure that just like my second kid, yours is thriving at a different university that was a mutually better fit.

As far as academics and rankings, under the new president AU is moving in the right direction - just recently gained R1 status and their QS (Quacquarelli Symonds’) [i]worldwide[/i] ranking for 2026 went up: 
 Social policy (No. 33): the highest top 50 ranking in the field since 2018
 Politics and international studies (No. 41): the first time AU has been ranked in the top 50
 Development studies (No. 48): also represents a debut appearance in the global top 50
The business school has also been on the rise. Also in the top 50 this year.

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