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<p>I’m a Pacific Islander, and that sounds like complete ******** to me.</p>
<p>You and your parents need a serious reality check.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about Texas, I admit. I do know that many people don’t like USoCal because it’s very near Watts & the site of the Rodney King riots. We were faced with considerable flak when our kids wanted to attend. </p>
<p>We wanted to tour the campus but our friends (who only live 30 minutes away) would only drive by the campus during broad daylight and not stop because they had heard it was a dangerous neighborhood. Nonetheless, our kids attended. S just graduated and D will graduate in 2012. It DOES have some crime on and near campus and it is in a “working class” neighborhood, with more than its share of homeless. Both kids have learned “street smarts,” and have not admitted feeling scared for their personal safety. Neither know anyone who was assaulted or injured on or near campus.</p>
<p>I know it’s a different U, but there are steps that students attending that U take, as I’m sure the students at the campus you are considering take, to be as safe as they can while getting the education at the school of their choice.</p>
<p>I agree with other posters that it makes sense to tour the campus with your mom & other loved ones, ask questions at the U and make an informed choice. We chose NOT to get our kids pepper spray or anything similar, as statistics show that such items are frequently used as weapons AGAINST the victim rather than providing protection. These items are often illegal as well, so please consider this all carefully in making good choices that you can be comfortable with.</p>
<p>Good luck in making your choice. For what it’s worth, the University of Hawaii (UofHI) also has an excellent Travel Industry & Management (TIM) School and the tuition here is very reasonable, even for out-of-state students. My brother graduated in TIM from UofHI decades back. Maybe they’d consider this one more school for your list?</p>
<p>That was a single person, not all of the Pacific Islander.
I think you need a reality check. Houston IS a dangerous city.
You’re a Pacific Islander?
Have you ever been there?
If you have, than I respect your commentary and opinion. But if you haven’t, then you need to find a different spot to post your opinion. </p>
<p>If women (of all races) weren’t targets of crime (for ANY crime), then I think I can safely say that almost 50% of the crime that happens would be cut down. But unfortunately it’s not like that.</p>
<p>I was actually at a sports thing yesterday and it was in a not so nice area and we were one of two white schools that were there (the other thirty schools were black schools) and it was awful. They were incredibly unfriendly and made us feel like outsiders except for some of the guys who were saying stuff (it was just the girls team from my school) that was obviously because it was a bunch of (mostly) white girls and we stood out</p>
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<p>Thanks! I talked to my mom about it, and she also said that I would probably get in more trouble for carrying it around rather than it improving my safety. Besides, it can’t be quite easy for someone to just knock it out of my hand anyway… If I were in that situation.</p>
<p>I heard about that University in Hawaii!!!
Please tell me more! When I looked at the website (I think it was a couple of weeks ago) I couldn’t find too much information regarding the Hotel Management section. Perhaps I was looking at it wrong?</p>
<p>Exactly my point.</p>
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“There”? Yea, I’ve been to Houston plenty of times actually. More recently, Sugar Land. My family lives there.
Are you talking about the Pacific Islands? If so, they have individual names, dear…</p>
<p>Good luck wherever you end up, though.
One thing I suggest is talking to people who attend the University of Houston and see if they can reassure your rather close-minded parents.</p>
<p>If racism could be measured on the richter scale, this young lady would be a valdivia. </p>
<p>(Google it you twat)</p>
<p>Hawaii? Fantastic choice!
Heart of the resort industry. Young and fun</p>
<p>How exactly is it racist to assume that areas with a higher minority population are going to have higher crime rates. They do and you can’t really deny it.</p>
<p>No offense, but you seem to have taken up some of your parents fears and prejudices.</p>
<p>Not by choice, it’s actually pretty common.</p>
<p>^Racist when you assume all.</p>
<p>Alright, I’ve lived in the ghetto. Multiple ghettos.</p>
<p>I’ve seen people get shot right in my own neighborhood.
I’ve seen drug busts happen daily.
Thugs coming by your house every night.</p>
<p>You determine your own safety level.
if you want to go the U of Houston, establish pathways that work.</p>
<p>I hate being the lowest of the 5. </p>
<p>It’s spamming time.</p>
<p>@ Almost there, Settle down bro. Go back to the kitchen table and munch on your wonder bread.</p>
<p>Yeah don’t come to Florida if you’re parents are so scared of Blacks, Mexicans, & Arabs cause our schools are full of them. Seriously though please tell your parents to wake the eff up cause you can go to an all-white school and still get mugged darling. Its not a race thing, it’s a people thing. UF, FSU, USF, UNF, UM, & FIU are full of minorities. But if you’re parents are looking for a “safe” school then check out Rollins or Flagler College, there aren’t too many scary minorities there. Good luck though. Hope you go to whatever college you feel is best. Respect your parents opinions, but don’t pick the college you want to go to based off of them.</p>
<p>I joined this board to learn about colleges, financial aid, etc. for my daughter. Within 24 hrs I have witnessed disgraceful behavior, name calling ( of a truly disgusting nature), petty catfights and racist stupidity. If this is what College Confidential is about, God help our children!</p>
<p>But you’re more likely to get mugged in a low-income neighborhood.</p>
<p>^^ You should probably calm down this is HSL maybe you should look at the parents forum</p>
<p>OP: I’m having trouble figuring out your real question. Can we step back for a minute? Here’s my sense of it:</p>
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<li> You also believe the college is in a dangerous location and</li>
<li> Despite this, you still want to attend it, and would like to convince your mom/boyfriend that you should.</li>
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<p>If I were trying to make the case, I would emphasize: the cost, the quality of the program, and one thing you didn’t mention: four years is not really that long. You will either adjust and never worry about the crime, or, at worse, you can remind yourself that it’s very temporary with benefits that outweigh this particular risk. </p>
<p>There are a lot of reasons to think that people tend to exaggerate the risk of crime, and while I agree with that, I have no way to know for sure about UH. But I would say this for certain: four years (especially four academic years) is much less time than most entering freshmen realize.</p>
<p>So is the OP’s issue with her mom thinking its dangerous? Well [YouTube</a> - Parents Just Don’t Understand](<a href=“DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Parents Just Don't Understand - YouTube”>DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Parents Just Don't Understand - YouTube)</p>
<p>Here’s the link for the Travel Industry Management School at the University of Hawaii, <a href=“http://www.tim.hawaii.edu/default.aspx[/url]”>http://www.tim.hawaii.edu/default.aspx</a>. If it gets deleted, just search Travel Industry Management University Hawaii on any search engine and it will pop up. My brother enjoyed the courses but found the field did match his vision for his lifestyle. He ended up going to law school and practicing law & now corporate attorney for a bank instead.</p>
<p>I think everyone just needs to step back and calm down!</p>
<p>To the OP - have you visited the campus? I’m sure that the neighborhood may have “high crime rates” - but pretty much ANY big city has crime, and MOST parts do - cities aren’t gated communities in the suburbs, or huge farms in the country! You’re going to run into lots of “blacks, arabs, and mexicans” in big cities - if you’re not comfortable with that, I would suggest finding a different school. But, I think you should be comfortable with it . . . People are very different then we portray them to be, we can’t base a neighborhood off of one person or one person off a neighborhood!</p>