The American Dream

The location and opportunities that I would have access to while attending American University seemed great and suitable for my area of study. Also, they guarantee to meet your total financial need when applying early decision, which is what I did. I took a lot of AP classes in high school to prepare for college, which helped in the decision process due to my commitment to learning. The School or International Service is very highly ranked among colleges in the U.S for studying international relations, which made me very interested in studying here. I became interested in this field of study due to my interest in law, and I discovered that this major would be a good path as an undergraduate degree leading up to law school....Read More

Overall experience is very good personally, I found the teachers more supporting in every aspects....Read More

I applied to 5 colleges; I was accepted in 3 and rejected in 2 Carnegie Mellon University, Admitted King's College London: Admitted American University-Admitted Oxford University-Rejected Brown University-Rejected I believe that I received a rejection from the two colleges, as they are very competitive and difficult to get admission into. Furthermore, I applied closer to the admission deadline, which may have impacted the decision as most seats would have gotten full. I chose this college as it was ranked very highly, gave me a good scholarship and I had the opportunity to work in Washington, DC which is the hub of policymaking. I had to take the IELTS test and get a minimum of a 7-band score. Additionally, I had to write a statement of purpose and answer a question provided as a prompt. The student needed to show well-standing academic achievement and leadership experience and score at least a 7-band IELTS score. The overall admission was simple but the site would glitch sometimes, which was irritating. I applied to the 2023 fall intake. The scholarship, location in Washington, DC, and prestige of the program made me apply. I started working on writing my statement of purpose for the application in the third week of February 2023. However, I had already procured LORs from my professors in the 1st week of February 2023 and gave the IELTS exam in December 2022. I applied in the last week of February, two days before the deadline. I was accepted into the program after five days of applying....Read More