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My experience applying to AAU as a transfer studen...

My experience applying to AAU as a transfer student was absolutely horrible, almost laughable, really. The day after I submitted my application, I received 5 calls within two hours from the same recruiter. It seems that they outsource recruitment to a call center because when I finally was able to pick up (I was at work) she had to re-route the call to an actual advisor. I told the advisor that I was at work and asked if she could just send me an email with any information she had for me, which she did.

After this, a different advisor named Johann began contacted me persistently. He called 3 times one day and 2 times the next day. When I asked him to email me (again, I was at work) he insisted we must talk on the phone. I went ahead and submitted my FAFSA and had a (scheduled) phone call with Alice, who was kind and professional. I informed her that I needed some time to think about the plan I had received.

Johann continued to contact me and leave voicemails. When I was able to pick up, he ripped into me about me needing to cancel my application because I was not a "serious" enough applicant. In reality, I work full time, run a business, and travel frequently. I do not have time to constantly make phone calls. He rushed me several times to pay the enrollment fee and begin classes - either that or cancel. Keep in mind that it was January and I applied for the fall semester. He seemed annoyed when I said I wasn't quite ready to commit to AAU as I was also in the midst of applying to SCAD which was my first choice, so I was a little more preoccupied with them. I was so fed up at this point that I emailed Johann and told him to please withdraw my application and that I did not feel comfortable speaking with him. Of course, he calls me again to tell me he will not be withdrawing my application because he wants to talk with me about it first. To be honest, I was completely over the whole situation at this point and did not respond.

I continued to receive emails from AAU, so I emailed the admissions department to ask them to make sure my application was cancelled and that I would receive no more contact. I did not receive a response. Today I received 2 more calls from Johann, telling me he can't withdraw my application until I tell him why. I don't know how I could possibly be more assertive in telling them to cancel my application, but I have sent him one last email.

I encourage you not to apply to this for-profit school. All they care about is getting as many students in as possible and rushing them into paying the enrollment fees ASAP. I definitely learned my lesson. Another thing to note is that their "full time" status is only 12 credits, and when you want to do the e-Learning program you must do a half time semester first. If the school seems like a good fit, I wish you luck! And if you have to deal with Johann, I'm very sorry.

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