<p>ok, i went to CC for two years and transferred to Howard University in DC. i took classes that matched another school i considered as a plan B -Point Park university- so when they added another year to my graduation year, i was okay with it: i figured by 2010 the job market would be better :)
Howard's known for messing things up (namely housing and financial aid, hence the protest in the news a few weeks ago), so when my housing was messed up, i wasn't surprised, and went to my plan B school, Point Park- not as prestigious, but i liked it. the administration between the two is night and day - i've seen people leave HU's Administration building crying and swearing, at PPU i was in and out in a half hour, and the people were SO NICE! their philosophy is "we don't leave until the last student is taken care of". the professors were very nice as well. the students at PPU aren't as friendly, being that most of the students are commuters, but i had friends from work and around the city, so that was never an issue. my only concern was that they wanted to add another year, so i decided to go back to HU, where i would graduate sooner.
when i transferred back last spring all i was told was there was another class i needed to take, and no one said anything about ACEJMC (the organization that accredits the school of c here, and only TWO in pennsylvania, both in philly) or that the two major classes i took in the fall would not transfer because PPU wasn't accred. by that org....until 3 weeks ago at the beginning of this semester when i tried to register for other classes, and they told me that because of that, i would be here until NEXT fall because the two classes pushed my pre-reqs back. i spent the last 2 weeks going back and forth with 5 different people about it: some said it wouldn't be a problem, some said they would not transfer, one said the listing they had for the ACEJMC schools was from 2003 so they might go. in all of this time, i tried to get into the other classes just in case, and i still have not heard a response. had all of this worked out, i would be the 2nd man (& the first grandchild- im one of the youngest) in my family to graduate from college/HBCU. between that, finding out this news, all the work trying to get everything together, and a host of other things, i sat in my room one day and swore i was going to have a nervous breakdown. so i called my mom and told her i was withdrawing and taking the semester off -something ive wanted to do all 4 years, but 1) i wanted to finish asap 2) i was scared that i would get comfortable and not want to go back.)
Now i can't decide if i want to come back to Howard or go to Point Park? i came here bcause i feel like everyone i know is pulling me into the direction THEY want me to go into, which is why i believe i canNOT ask anyone close to me. a lot of my family and friends back home have not gone to college so they do not understand my issue, my mother just wants me back for her own selfish reasons (she cut off her life for her mother and expects me to do the same, which is partly why i wanted to go far from home.) 3 of my friends that i transferred in with are in the same predicament, so of course they want me to stay. I know @ PPU i'd be done at least by next fall, but i feel like id be giving up on a dream i've had since i was 14 if i left Howard and didn't graduate from a HBCU.</p>