Howard University — Attraction in Washington

If you like organization, then Howard is not the school for you. I am an incoming freshman for Fall 2017. The campus is nice and I visited. They have my program and gave me a good scholarship. I thought that the school name "Howard" was awesome and the experience would be like no other. That may be true. There are, however, MAJOR cons to attending. Move-In information was released one week before move in was scheduled to take place. No information about roommates were given to most students; others were lucky to be given the names of their roommates. This year Howard admitted far too many students; double rooms are turning into triples and some freshmen are being moved into upperclassmen dorms. I've had an extremely difficult time navigating the administration regarding class scheduling (I didn't know what classes they scheduled for me until a week before move-in), financial aid, and residence halls. I've sent many emails to their departments and receive no answer (after weeks and even months of waiting). Howard takes the crown for leaving students high-and-dry when it comes to help. Good luck getting Howard to pick that phone up, and if you think you can just leave a message, I forgot to mention, all the voicemail boxes for each and every department are filled and there's no room for you to leave a message. And in case you want to send an email, it's good for you to know that they probably won't respond. Even if it's a major issue you need fixed, Howard says "oh well." So if you don't live in the DC or DMV area, great luck getting what you need to be done -- done. I'm extremely frustrated and haven't even reached campus yet. Howard is unorganized, uninformative and unhelpful in the transition from high school to college. From the outside looking in, Howard is not a place I want to be. (Unfortunately I'm finding out the hard way-- after accepting admission) I only hope that I think differently from the inside looking out. I'm starting to think they forgot their motto: "In Truth and Service." Isn't part of their service to help students? What I think is really in truth though, from the outside looking in, is that Howard is overrated. If you're thinking about attending Howard, I strongly advise you to reconsider those thoughts. Strongly. When I get on campus, if I think any different, I promise I will come back and edit.

EDIT: I've completed 7 days on campus; "Freshmen Week." You will meet nice people, will never "fit out," there are events, church services, and services for religions other than Christianity, and good experiences for those who are not used to the predominantly black, big-city-like environment. However, let me start by saying that Howard University, once again, has proved to be EXTREMELY unorganized. Move-in day is an occasion that I assumed would be chaotic, as probably with every school. Howard's move-in, however, was UNNECESSARILY A MESS. I first waited in a very unorganized line in the car (where we weren't given clear directions on where to line up). After waiting two hours, we were told that we had another 4 hours to wait to move in. On move-in day and throughout the week, students did not have beds (only mattresses to sleep on the floor). MANY students were missing desks, dressers, beds, and wardrobe closets in their rooms. Almost every person I knew had SOMETHING missing. I had a very low bed; Howard told me that I was going to get a higher bed, then came back to tell me that they were NOT going to give me a higher bed and that I had to BUY risers for my bed. It took 6 days for Howard to bring my desk and chair. The academic advising appointment I made to finally get credits transferred and my schedule updated has been cancelled 1 hour before my appointment. And they want US to cancel 24 hours in advance if we can't attend appointments. Should've seen that coming, right? I could ramble on much more.

Howard University, you are terrible to your students. Your students create almost every positive aspect of the experience, not the...

I had to stop working in September of 2016 and our daughter chose to attend Howard University all 2017, following her high school graduation. I was given rights by our daughter to speak to anyone on her behalf. She signed and submitted the FERPA form We were informed that the school offers a program “Special Circumstances” that can help beyond scholarships. We have been trying to get some assistance from this program but since July 19, 2017. We have submitted every possible document they have requested, and I mean “every” including my surgery report and prognosis. But every time my daughter takes the requested documents into the financial aid office, she is asked to go back and bring another document. They don’t even have a printout of the specific documents required, just what ever comes to the person answering the call that day. WHY SUCH A DELAY IN GIVING THE STUDENTS AN ANSWER TO THE “SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES “ REQUEST.

So far we have over 90 pages of documents to give them but now they want my 2018 taxes or a statement from the IRS stating that I did not file that this year. I am at a lost for words here how do they expect the IRS to give me a statement when the tax season is still in effect and 2018 hasn’t ended yet??? My daughter applied for a loan about two weeks ago but Howard did not process the loan documents, instead we received a bill for 6700.00+ which is due to be paid by March 17th. No one to answer our questions but they cowardly wrote us requesting payments from the students prior to her returning to classes. Now I don’t know how we are going to get any information on the loan she applied for when everyone at the school is on vacation again. It appears that the university is runned by students that lack the proper professional training. Students are reporting that their names have been sent to credit bureau and their scholarships revoked because they have a balance on their account and the amounts keep changing. This I know for sure, the amounts owe does change from one week to another. We dealt with that last fall. The inadequate administrative staff is bringing this historic university to ruins. Now I have to get a attorney in the Washington DC area, on a plane and go to Howard university myself to clear...

Accepted applicants to Howard University School of Medicine have some of the lowest mean GPA & MCAT scores of any Med School in North America, with only San Juan Batista Escueala de Medicina in PR admitting less qualified students. Additionally, despite receiving Federal dollars, Howard makes no attempt to hide their bias against Caucasian students. Of Caucasian applicants scoring in the 95th to 98th percentile on their MCATs(Howard avg for accepted applicants is 51st percentile) and having GPAs between 3.6 and 3.8 (3.4 avg for accepted applicants) only 8% were admitted, while at other Medical Schools this student subgroup was admitted between 83% and 97%, demonstrating clear discrimination at Howard University School of Medicine. If it were Harvard instead of Howard, and superiorly qualified African American students were discriminated against instead of Caucasians, DOJ, DOE, NAACP, UNCF, BLM, and every other pro black group would be demonstrating infront of the Dean's office. Everyone is against institutional racism, provided the color satisfies the narrative. The only unprotected class is the straight, white,...