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I'm considering going to the American University in Cairo for my undergraduate degree, I love Egypt and I want to live and work there. I currently attend a top prep school (private school) in the U.S. so I'm used to academic rigor and this is not something I am worried about. However I was just wondering if anyone could fill me in about the social dynamics of life in AUC??? I know that the environment is pretty liberal and secular, and that many students are from the upper class families of Cairo. I have even heard that there is a place on the campus called the "Gucci corner". I'm from an upper socio-economic background as well however I am really looking to get away from western elitism and consumer culture for a while, I like AUC as a school but It might feel like less of a cultural change for me if everyone there is like all the privileged kids i know here. I was told that in AUC girls who wear the hijab are considered low class and scholarship students, is that true?
I'm considering going to the American University in Cairo for my undergraduate degree, I love Egypt and I want to live and work there. I currently attend a top prep school (private school) in the U.S. so I'm used to academic rigor and this is not something I am worried about. However I was just wondering if anyone could fill me in about the social dynamics of life in AUC??? I know that the environment is pretty liberal and secular, and that many students are from the upper class families of Cairo. I have even heard that there is a place on the campus called the "Gucci corner". I'm from an upper socio-economic background as well however I am really looking to get away from western elitism and consumer culture for a while, I like AUC as a school but It might feel like less of a cultural change for me if everyone there is like all the privileged kids i know here. I was told that in AUC girls who wear the hijab are considered low class and scholarship students, is that true?
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