CAR ASSIGNMENT

AUC is one of the most desirable universities in

Egypt. If a person can afford it, he/ she will probably
go to it as their first choice. The question here is
why AUC? Is it because of the quality of its
education? Or are there other reasons why people
prefer AUC?





















In my opinion people go to AUC for different reasons
other than the quality of education. According to the
AUC Fact Book, there are 14 different reasons why
students choose AUC, and while academic
excellence is the highest rated, the 13 other reasons
have nothing to do with it. In my opinion, culture
highly influences students choices to enter AUC. It is
even plays a bigger part in this decision than well-
thought, calculated reasons.























For example, the first two reason on the list in the AUC Fact Book (indicating what
the highest percentage of students say) are: The university has a good academic
reputation, and AUC graduates get good jobs. Each of them indicates why 96% of
the students enter AUC and why 94% of the students enter AUC respectively. The
questions is, who decides that?, why do AUC graduates have better jobs than any
other graduates in Egypt? It is not because they are the best graduates. Many
political science professors at AUC say that Political Science (Cairo University
graduates) are much stronger than AUCs political science departments graduates.
Nevertheless, AUC graduates always get better jobs because of their appearance,
charisma and language skills.
























For example, the first two reason on the list in the AUC Fact Book (indicating what
the highest percentage of students say) are: The university has a good academic
reputation, and AUC graduates get good jobs. Each of them indicates why 96% of
the students enter AUC and why 94% of the students enter AUC respectively. The
questions is, who decides that?, why do AUC graduates have better jobs than any
other graduates in Egypt? It is not because they are the best graduates. Many
political science professors at AUC say that Political Science (Cairo University
graduates) are much stronger than AUCs political science departments graduates.
Nevertheless, AUC graduates always get better jobs because of their appearance,
charisma and language skills.




















For example, the first two reason on the list in the AUC Fact Book (indicating what
the highest percentage of students say) are: The university has a good academic
reputation, and AUC graduates get good jobs. Each of them indicates why 96% of
the students enter AUC and why 94% of the students enter AUC respectively. The
questions is, who decides that?, why do AUC graduates have better jobs than any
other graduates in Egypt? It is not because they are the best graduates. Many
political science professors at AUC say that Political Science (Cairo University
graduates) are much stronger than AUCs political science departments graduates.
Nevertheless, AUC graduates always get better jobs because of their appearance,
charisma and language skills.




























Another cultural reason to why people attend AUC is my parents
wanted me to come AUC. I think this is the same as AUCians get
better jobs. Parents want their children to go to AUC to boast that
their children are at AUC. I think it is all very cultural- based. If your
children go to AUC this gives you, as a family, a certain status of
excelling in the standards of society.





















Another cultural reason to why people attend AUC is my parents
wanted me to come AUC. I think this is the same as AUCians get
better jobs. Parents want their children to go to AUC to boast that
their children are at AUC. I think it is all very cultural- based. If your
children go to AUC this gives you, as a family, a certain status of
excelling in the standards of society.



















The final cultural reason why people attend AUC is a family
member attended AUC. This makes AUC sound like a legacy
inherited from generation to generation, and it also gives a sense of
pride, that all the family could afford to enter AUC. This puts these
families into an esteemed social category.




















One internet source:
Spieler, Logan Variety of factors influence students to choose
particular colleges, Etchedinstone, 15/1/2014 17/4/2014
























Two Potential interviewees
Rana Hussein- student
1. How long have you been enrolled at AUC?
2. Why did you choose AUC?
3. Did you have a first other choice or was AUC your first?
4. After you enrolled at AUC, does it meet your expectations or
why you chose it?














Helen Rizzo, Sociology Professor at AUC, hrizzo@aucegypt.edu
1. How do you think society plays a part in Egyptians choices to
enter AUC?
2. Do you think AUC is regarded differently in different societies?
3. Does AUC represent just an educational institution like any
other? Or is it more than that to the Egyptian society?
4. If it represents more than just education, then how so?

Non- Internet source: B, Robbert , The Psychology of
Persuasion, 17/4/2014.