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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work in law and politics in DC and it is well regarded. Graduates are successful.[/quote]

the only grad I know from AU works in politics and prose[/quote]

DP.  I'm an AU grad - both undergrad & law school.  I'm a lawyer & live in a 5 bedroom house a few blocks from P & P.[/quote]

I know only two: one is about as high ranking as you can get at a prominent Boston hospital w/o being an MD. [b]The second has multiple real estate holdings in 7 and 8 figures and an influencer in the design world. [/b]

For the P+P disser, so much can depend on the prevailing market conditions when someone graduates. Students entering the job market in recessions often never close the wage gap with those older and younger than them. Some have a difficult time getting on a professional track later because they were not able to get on it earlier. I lucked out - graduated into a recession, but moved to another region for a short term unpaid internship. Ended up as a job and I was on better footing than a lot of my classmates who were still struggling to find consistent work. This also undermined the self esteem for a number of them. One of them really never found a professional job until 40s.[/quote]

yeah, quite obvious they came from wealth. [/quote]

And this is any different from successful graduates of Georgetown or GW?  I'd say those kids have more wealth.  If the student with the real estate holdings had that wealth before AU, don't you think they probably would have gone to a better university?  Bought their way in through donations or had some fancy private school education?  It's always "oh the students are average" but if AU grads actually succeed, "oh they are wealthy so they started on third base."

I don't get the AU bashing.  Look, it's not a top school, but it does attract people who are driven and eventually become successful.  I am the PP who went to AU undergrad & law school.  I grew up in a blue collar family in a blue collar community; I went to public school; I worked two jobs the entire time I was in college.  AU gave me an opportunity & the financial aid so that I could have a fighting chance.  And it turned out wonderfully.  It's not for everyone, but it's a good school with a good mission.  I don't understand the animosity.[/quote]

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