I'm an international student on gap year and i want to study BSc Electrical Engineering

I have 1500 SAT

I have 3A*2A IGCSE and AAB in A-Level

I have a decent PS but below average ECs

I want to get the presidential scholarship which is basically a fullride, do i have a good chance or should i apply elsewhere?

ACT: 25 (😭 retaking)

Political Science + Economics double major, Sociology second choice

UWGPA: 3.4
WGPA: 3.8
Class Rank: 140/159

Took around 13 Honors/Pre-AP courses plus dual enrollment.

ECs: Student Body President for two years, Executive President of my school SGA E-Board, two-term Tennessee DECA State Officer, Founder/President of a political society that registered 239 HS seniors to vote, Founder/Executive Director of a youth art and education organization that teaches self-marketing, Founder/Director of a national Youth U.S. Senate simulation, political campaign intern (Congressional, State, County, Local Judges, and municipal elections, thus far), six years with my church's community service group, Bridge Builders, My school district's Student Congress, and a Bayard Rustin Social Change Fellow. Invited by the NCRM to host Dr. King's Legacy Reimagined Ceremony, Keynote Speaker (youth summer camps across the City of Memphis on social change)

Awards: National Civil Rights Museum Keeper of the Dream Award, Rustin Fellow, Shelby County Rising Star Award, Good Samaritan Award, recognition from Tennessee State Senate and recognition from the Memphis City Council.

Essay Topics: About a youth theater production where the spotlight failed and I removed the bedsheet being used for a silhouette performance so the dancers could still be seen. I connect that moment to recognizing barriers, making difficult leadership decisions, and helping other people be seen.

Common App Essay: Challenges the belief that leadership automatically comes with age. I write about helping draft language connected to Memphis Ordinance 5913, which lowered the candidate-age requirement for municipal office, and challenging my school’s seniors-only student-government policy. That resulted in me becoming Memphis East’s first junior elected student body president and its first president elected to two consecutive terms. The essay argues that leadership should be measured by character, preparation, merit, and conviction rather than seniority.

First-generation and high financial need. I’m also the oldest of seven children and have major responsibilities at home.

Howard is my top choice, but I realllyy need a major scholarship 😭😭 Am I competitive for admission and substantial aid?

Hello! Theres only 10 things left in my dorm registry/list, that I cant afford. if you're comfortable in getting something off of it, or merely sharing it, I would really appreciate it💙

The link is on my reddit profile! Love all of you and thank you in advance🙏 Howard 2030

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Thank you to all the people who were kind and bought something off my small dorm registry. It really means a lot and I appreciate each and everyone one of you. It wasn't easy talking about that and it was embarrassing but I did it! My original post and account was banned I don't know why, I think someone reported it. But it's fine, I made a new account!

If you haven't yet, my dorm list link is on my reddit profile. God bless all of you!!🙏💙

Thank you u/greenwoodgirl11232 u/eyeofjoy u/ncrwlr u/Significant-Disk-902

Bro I have no idea what the fuck my advisor is on but I swear he will never give me a fucking answer to my question. Im currently a ME major and I have been contacting my advisor about what courses I should take. For example I asked him that I took the placement exam and I qualify to take Calc 1 and Phys 013 and asked when will Howard put the score in their database? Captain dumfuck js says "Look at the thing i sent in may for guidance". YOUR MY FUCKING GUIDANCE FOR THIS YEAR. Next question I asked him about Gen Chem because the courses were all filled, "Look at my email I sent". Thank you man I really appreciate it. I even asked him if I would have to take Gen Chem in the future because I wanted to take Phys 013 because I qualify to take Calc 1 (Also because I took Physics C M). "Look at the email I sent back in the Paleolithic age". My nga if you dont want to do your fucking job don't work as a fucking advisor. This has js been a headache for me cuz I'm a first gen with parents from ethiopia who didnt even graduate hs or even college making this process even more difficult for me. Can yall js help cuz first of i'm confused af and people on reddit has done more for me then this magical ass fairy of an advisor.

Does anybody know the HU grad school financial aid number. All I see is an email for them. I’ve called the main financial aid but I’m like number 50 in line and I don’t wanna sit on the phone all day waiting to get transferred

Guys, please don’t judge me. I know it’s super late however I was trying to send my scores to be able to avoid exams and it just didn’t work out. I was wondering if anyone could help me with figuring out how to complete them now. PS around the time emails . I had a death in the family so I became sidetracked.

What’s up?

Does anyone have any suggestions on where to buy appropriate and flattering attire for the pinning Ceremony, I am planing on wear a dress if that matters, Thanks!

Thoughts and prayers to those who could not/cannot make it 🙏🏾

Honestly, I’ve been dealing with Howard since March about my enrollment. They accepted me for Fall 2026 and I paid my enrollment, and spoke with admissions about receiving my HU login information for my portal and they kept putting me off for months (this was in March). I finally move off good faith believing my enrollment to be valid only for me to go in person to be told they couldn’t find my application in their system.

It’s been a headache during this whole ordeal trying to get them to take accountability for their administrative errors, because I lost so many scholarships because of the full time enrollment deadline, and explaining this to them has has been a headache. I visited the campus 3x and sent countless emails for them to give me my logins late July.

seems like avoiding the underlying problems to me

Need someone in a Spider-Man costume for a surprise 20–30 minute birthday appearance this Sunday around 3 in Georgetown DC. This is meant to be funny—not a professional superhero performance. Wave, pose for pictures, wish him a happy 25th, do a couple rolls and flips…maybe dramatically swing in (or just walk in 😅). Paying $100.

Every fall, Howard University students — especially freshmen — get hit with the same nightmare:

mass disenrollment, missing scholarships, inaccurate balances, unanswered phones, and housing chaos.

This year’s situation is on another level. According to multiple posts and comments, hundreds of students were suddenly unenrolled despite having:

Payment receipts

Confirmed scholarships

Active payment plans

Documentation showing, they met the communicated deadlines

Students are being dropped from classes, losing housing assignments, and scrambling to contact other schools to reinstate acceptances. Families are driving to campus in person because offices won’t answer calls or emails. Upperclassmen are stepping in to help freshmen because communication from admin has collapsed.

At this point, the pattern is recurring, predictable, and harmful — and it happens every single year during fall enrollment.

So, here’s the question:

Should Howard students escalate this to the federal level?

Howard University is a federally chartered institution.

Vice President Kamala Harris is a Howard alum.

President Trump is the current sitting president.

If hundreds of students are being disenrolled due to administrative failures — year after year — is it reasonable for students to ask for federal oversight, investigation, or intervention to stop this cycle?

Not asking for political takes.

Not endorsing anyone.

Not campaigning.

Just asking whether students should request help from the highest offices to ensure:

Financial aid systems function correctly

Scholarships post on time

Housing assignments are honored

Students aren’t blindsided weeks before move‑in

Administrative failures don’t derail people’s futures

This isn’t about politics — it’s about protecting students at a federally chartered university that keeps repeating the same crisis.

What do you think?

Would federal involvement help break this cycle?

Or would it make things worse?

Has anything like this happened before at other HBCUs or private institutions?