The American University of Paris — Local services in Paris

Horrible school with no meal or housing plan (they want you to partner with Comforts of Home, who completely rip you of thousands of dollars to give you as little as possible), and the counselor suggested i try smoking weed to ease the stress i was going through BECAUSE of them.

I was enrolled September of 2017 and per guidelines as a first year student you are required to find housing through Comforts of Home, which leases apartments to students for around €1,500 a month. I was in a three bedroom apartment with six other girls, sleeping in a room with three beds (one blocking the window so you couldn’t open the window, and one blocking the fireplace and another in front of the large single closet that was separated into three spaces. This is NOT enough space to live in and i quickly moved to another apartment through Comforts of Home in the spring. This was a three bedroom apartment shared by four other girls (five total, you could choose to pay 2000€ extra if you wanted a room to yourself, otherwise you had to share) which was much better. After multiple accusations of me and my roommates being loud and obnoxious (which to be fair we were about half of the time) we were eventually fined. Putting that aside, the immigration process can be quite stressful and AUP is SUPPOSED to help you with the process of getting your student visa renewed, and getting a card that will allow you to get a job in the city legally as an immigrant studying abroad. This takes months in advance to schedule and has to be done meticulously. AUP forgot to schedule an appointment to get my working card, making it impossible for me to get a job to help with my living expenses. I was stressed out looking for ways to budget my travel and living expenses and went to the dean and student counseling services multiple times as my grades were dropping, to which one of the counselors suggested I smoke weed to calm my anxiety down. Shortly after i stopped attending classes and by the end of the year i left the school completely to finish my degree elsewhere

DO NOT attend this school unless you have the funds to support yourself the entire time. Taking out loans will not help you. The faculty and/or student services have zero answers and even the school disagrees with the way Comforts of Home run their services but do nothing about it because they are under contract.

The only thing they have ever been punctual with is payment deadlines and emailing students on appointment dates for immigration needs (however there is no information on where to go or who to see, just an address and a time).

ALSO PLEASE BEWARE NOT ALL OF YOUR CREDITS WILL TRANSFER TO ANOTHER SCHOOL. AUP is accredited through the University of Delaware however when i transferred to a community college elsewhere in the US I was forced to retake specific classes to regain the credit. Save your time, save your money, save...

I wouldn’t let my pet goldfish get a SWIMMING CERTIFICATE from this waste of wood. According to Google, a good institution is defined by its “strong leadership, qualified and supportive staff, a clear mission, and a safe, positive environment that fosters learning and well-being” AUP lacks most of these, ESPECIALLY the “qualified and supportive staff” piece. It’s truly sad, because the TEACHERS and STUDENT ACCOUNTING at AUP are actually amazing, but the rest of the administration staff is nothing short of lazy, pathetic morons, who just clearly need a paycheck…nothing else. They barely respond to their emails, they give you false information then get upset with you when you show any sign of annoyance of THEIR incompetency, they prioritize their “colleagues’ reputations” over your well-being, and they have many scandals that are disgustingly true; including the one where the literal PRESIDENT of AUP has said the N-word and a plethora of other racist things in the past. There is even an entire article written about her and the things she said in the literal AUP magazine. Honestly, the only promising thing this school has going for itself is the fact that it’s located in Paris, but other than that, don’t waste your time, money, or energy coming here. This school literally ruined my Paris experience, I couldn’t even stand being in the city because it was always SOMETHING. So please, don’t let them get the chance to do the same for you. There are other ways to get a degree and/or...

The only convenience is the opportunity to earn an US degree while studying abroad.Sadly, it's a well-known fact on campus that the student development office is filled with unskilful people. The administrative staff is not knowledgeable about the US educational system. The student leadership office does not make any effort to make our student experience more enjoyable. It is definitely not worth the cost. There are tones of other programs that will allow you to study in Paris.If you are an international student, most universites in France are free and you will have a better...