College of Business Administration — Local services in Savannah

We went for a college to Savannah State, visiting in July 2019. We didn't do an official visit because they only do those 2 days a week in the summer, and that was fine. This is one of MANY college visits my husband and I have been on with this being our fourth and final child who's preparing for college. This was a unique experience. We got to the campus and was stopped at an entrance gate by a security guard.

I graduated in 6 years since I was a double major (electronics and math), but I had a great professional and educational experience. LSAMP and RIMI were two of the research programs I was a member of. These programs gave me the opportunity to conduct research, travel and share my research with students and faculty at other institutions. Currently (June 2016), I attend Iowa State University (a PWI) where I have successfully defended my master's thesis in mechanical engineering.

While at SSU, I had my times with financial aid and other departments within the university...so did most of my friends...but we understood that we were adults and couldn't depend on our parents to fight all of OUR wars (especially the ones we started). Long story short, we found jobs and found jobs for our friends and worked hard to graduate. We partied hard and learned from those mistakes, and we P.U.S.H.ed each other. We also saw the decline of some fellow students early on (college is not for everyone). My younger brother was actually a few feet away from one of the gun incidents on campus (he transferred). I won't criticize anyone for bashing SSU, but I will challenge those individuals to offer solutions for the problems they encountered if they really care about SSU and HBCUs in general because it's easy to criticize.

I enjoyed my SSU HBCU experience. I made lifelong friends. I met my wife (recently married 6/11/16), and the experience prepared me for the PWI that I'm succeeding in today. I had every opportunity to fail, but I...

I honestly hate to write a negative review however I want to tell the truth about my experience at SSU. Fall of 2016 i started my freshmen year at SSU with a positive outlook, very excited to begin college. I heard all the negative things said about Savannah State but refused to believe them and wanted to see for myself (looking back i wish i had listened). I was a Political Science major and had no academic adviser for the whole school year (Fall 2016-Spring 2017). Apparently the political science adviser had a medical issue, which caused her absence. The school never replaced the adviser and i struggled the entire year to register for classes, get advice, drop classes and add classes. The other advisers were expected to pick up the slack but had TERRIBLE attitudes about having extra students to advise and didn't want to see me or other other Political Science majors. Moving on to campus life : the students are ghetto (fights everyday), the food is nasty, many robberies on campus and the administration is rude and unhelpful to the students. I stayed in Bowen my first semester and it was awful. The dorms had mold, were very old and the bathrooms never had tissue and were always dirty (I moved to Tiger Place 2nd semester and it was much better). This is not a school i would recommend to others. On a positive note, the teachers were...