America's Best Colleges for B Students. Tamra B. Orr

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       Campus Setting

      Auburn is a multipurpose, land-grant university. It was founded as a private, liberal arts institution in 1856 and came under state control in 1872. Its 1,871-acre campus is located in Auburn. A four-year public institution, Auburn University has an enrollment of 24,864 students. Although not originally a co-educational college, Auburn University has been co-ed since 1892. In addition to a large, well-stocked library, the campus facilities include: art museum · herbarium · research center · research institute · flight simulators · animal clinics · special centers · laboratories. Auburn University provides on-campus housing that can accommodate 3,986 students. Housing options include: coed dorms · women's dorms · sorority housing · fraternity housing · single-student apartments · special housing for disabled students. Recreation and sports facilities include: aquatic center · coliseum · fitness and weight rooms · golf course · track · racquetball and tennis courts.

       Student Life and Activities

      Most students (79 percent) live off campus. Popular campus gathering spots include the Student Center, concourse, downtown cafes and restaurants, main library, cafeteria and residence halls. Popular campus events include A-Day, Freshman Convocation, freshmen leadership programs, Greek Recruitment, Greek Sing, Greek Week, Splash Into Spring, University Program Council-sponsored entertainment, Holiday Tree Lighting, Tiger Nights, Burn the (Georgia) Bulldogs, Homecoming Week, student government elections, outdoor and international movies, Rolling Toomer's Corner, athletics events, Step Shows & Tiger-Stomp, service opportunities/events, Welcome Week, Beat Bama Parade, Beat Bama Food Drive and Black History Month. Auburn University has 447 official student organizations. The most popular are: G.A.N.G. Student Ministries · Gay Straight Alliance · Historic Preservation Guild · Agriculture Ambassadors · American Institute of Chemical Engineers · Association of Certified Fraud Examiners · Mock Trial Competition Team · Public Relations Council of Alabama. For those interested in sports, there are intramural teams such as: badminton · cycling · lacrosse · rowing · rugby · sailing · soccer · table tennis · tennis · volleyball · water polo · water skiing · wrestling. Auburn University is a member of the Southeastern Conference (Division I, Football I-A).

       AUBURN UNIVERSITY

       Highlights

      Auburn University Auburn, AL (Pop. 56,908) Location: Large town Four-year public Founded: 1856 Website: http://www.auburn.edu

      Students Total enrollment: 24,864 Undergrads: 19,799 Freshmen: 4,522 Part-time students: 9% From out-of-state: 37% From public schools: 88% Male/Female: 51%/49% Live on-campus: 21% In fraternities: 21% In sororities: 31% Off-campus employment rating: Excellent Caucasian: 85% African American: 7% Hispanic: 3% Asian: 2% Native American: 1% International: 1%

      Academics Calendar: Semester Student/faculty ratio: 18:1 Class size 9 or fewer: 9% Class size 10-29: 55% Class size 30-49: 21% Class size 50-99: 9% Class size 100 or more: 7% Returning freshmen: 89% Six-year graduation rate: 68%

      Most Popular Majors Biomedical sciences Finance Psychology

      Admissions Applicants: 15,745 Accepted: 13,027 Acceptance rate: 82.7% Average GPA: 3.7 ACT range: 24-30 SAT Math range: 540-650 SAT Reading range: 520-620 SAT Writing range: 6-30 Top 10% of class: 29% Top 25% of class: 60% Top 50% of class: 86%

      Deadlines Early Action: on a rolling basis beginning October 1 Early Decision: No Regular Action: Rolling admissions Common Application: Not accepted

      Financial Aid In-state tuition: $10,200 Out-of-state tuition: $27,384 Room: $6,892 Board: $5,286 Books: $1,200 Freshmen receiving need-based aid: 37% Undergrads rec. need-based aid: 38% Avg. % of need met by financial aid: 45% Avg. aid package (freshmen): $9,889 Avg. aid package (undergrads): $10,492 Avg. debt upon graduation: $26,990

      Prominent Alumni Kathy Thornton, astronaut; Don Logan, CEO, Time Warner Cable; Rheta Grimsley Johnson, syndicated columnist.

      School Spirit Mascot: Tigers Colors: Orange and blue Song: War Eagle

       Academics and Learning Environment

      Auburn University has 1,184 full-time and 179 part-time faculty members, offering a student-to-faculty ratio of 18:1. The most common course size is 20 to 29 students. Auburn University offers 300 majors with the most popular being finance, biomedical sciences and psychology, and least popular being business/marketing education, music and economics. The school has a general core requirement. Cooperative education is available. All first-year students must maintain a 1.5 GPA or higher to avoid academic probation, and a minimum overall GPA of 2.0 is required to graduate. Other special academic programs that would appeal to a B student: independent study · double majors · dual degrees · accelerated study · honors program · Phi Beta Kappa · internships · distance learning certificate programs.

       B Student Support and Success

      Auburn's network of academic advisors is by department or major. Advisors assist students with selecting classes and career planning, and they also give general advice. Some department heads provide information about their departments to prospective applicants as well. Learning Communities bring together first-year students in the same major to take certain required classes as a group. This enables students to easily form study groups and to navigate classes cooperatively. Departments also offer help that is basic to a student's field of study. For example, the Auburn Office of Engineering Student Services provides tutoring for freshmen and transfer engineering students who need assistance in entry-level math, chemistry and physics classes. The tutoring is done by volunteer upperclassmen in group or one-on-one sessions.

      Auburn University provides a variety of support programs including dedicated guidance for: academic · career · personal · psychological · minority students · military · veterans · non-traditional students · family planning. Additional counseling services include: sexual assault. The average freshman year GPA is 3.0, and 89 percent of freshmen students return for their sophomore year. Among students who enter the workforce, approximately 81 percent enter a field related to their major within six months of graduation. Companies that most frequently hire graduates from Auburn University include: Alabama Power · AmSouth Bank · Baptist Health System · Cargill Steel Corporation · Chevron · Colonial Bank · DMJM Harris · Ernst & Young · Exxon Mobil · Georgia Pacific · Honeywell · IBM · Kimley-Horn & Associates · KMPG · Lockheed Martin · Lennar Homes · Merrill Lynch · Michelin North America · Milliken & Company · Northrop Grumman · Pepsico · PricewaterhouseCoopers · Proctor & Gamble · Regions Bank · Sony · Southern Company · Weyerhaeuser.

       Support for Students with Learning Disabilities

      Students with learning disabilities may want to take additional time to complete their degrees or lighten their course loads. In addition, the Program for Students with Disabilities offers a variety of Assistive Technology for students with learning disabilities. Text-to-speech software and electronic text are available for students with reading disabilities. Kurweil 3000, a scanning and reading software, and Dragon Naturally Speaking, a speech-to-text software, are available for student use in two locations on campus. Individual training is offered for students who may benefit from the use of assistive technology. Students with learning disabilities will find the following programs at Auburn University useful: tutors · learning center · СКАЧАТЬ