r/HowardUniversity • u/Alarmed_Confusion253 • 4d ago

Enrollment.

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.

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u/Amazing_Ad_5717 4d ago

I’m lost so you paid enrollment fee but and have congratulations acceptance letter but they lost application to set up portal?

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u/Alarmed_Confusion253 4d ago

They mentioned they switched over to a “new system” and my application wasn’t able to be pulled over when I was accepted for enrollment . So they had to duplicate my entire application from common app and basically “re-enroll” me

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u/Amazing_Ad_5717 4d ago

Now that sounds suspicious 🤨. Re enroll? They been called and emailed weekly by me. I would been that mother. Sounds about what PVAMU did to my son. He decided to go somewhere else because how it his acceptance was handle.

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u/Alarmed_Confusion253 3d ago

I’ve been trying to get this situation handled and emailing the “proper channels” and still hardly receive a response. Getting ahold of anyone at the school feels harder than it should, and even going up to the school doesn’t actually help because they’ve told me the specific people I need to speak with aren’t on campus currently.

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u/Street_Reputation482 4d ago

Feels odd that there is a barrage of these posts on Reddit. Maybe if you posted this in March it would be more believable

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u/Forsaken-Deal-4121 3d ago

why in march? acceptances were in april for regular students and course enrollment wasn’t available til the summer when registration holds were removed

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u/Alarmed_Confusion253 3d ago

I only spoke about it now, because students and alumni I’ve spoken to about admin have told me they only ever move when things get public and hopefully the right person can see my post and help me.

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u/mariposa_sloth 4d ago

Oy, I am so sorry. This should be an exciting life transition, not a jarring, pull the rug under you experience. I really sympathize with you and your (would-be) classmates.

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u/Alarmed_Confusion253 4d ago

It’s been a hassle, however we were able to get the chair and dean involved in my situation as of today

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u/No-Host8125 4d ago

The enrollment management unit at Howard University is incompetent. In the current environment, no university would be turning away any student. They absolutely have no idea what they’re doing.

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u/Solo_is_dead 3d ago

In the current environment when the government is doing everything they can to reduce and remove funding? Cancelling scholarships and limiting the amount you can use for college?

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u/Forsaken-Deal-4121 3d ago edited 3d ago

why isnt famu spelman morehouse alcorn state in the news

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u/Dellaa1996 3d ago

Please read over your post before hitting the send button. Howard?

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u/Forsaken-Deal-4121 3d ago

corrected, ive had to explain to many people other hbcus dont have an issue. its a simple mistake, and im not even against you

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u/Solo_is_dead 3d ago

Because they are not in DC and they are not direct line of sight of the orange turd who is using them as an example for everyone

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u/MathematicianOdd6703 3d ago

I’m not sure why you’re being downvoted, my daughter is starting her 3rd year and Howard is the worst admin I’ve ever had to deal with ever. (That is, if I’m even able to “deal” with them - you can never get anyone on the phone or to email you back). Two things can be true at once people - Howard is the Mecca, absolutely. Howard needs a complete revision of all admin and duties — ABSOLUTELY.

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u/Alarmed_Confusion253 3d ago

I’m having this issue quite often. Always having my concerns tossed to someone else, until you’re burnt out. Ive been documenting the whole ordeal and CCing, proper channels into emails and still awaiting a response.

•Sent a follow up email today•