<p>A little background on my situation: I was born and raised in the Pacific Islands (Hawaii and American Samoa) and I am now attending college in New Orleans (quite a ways off, eh?). I was originally on the NROTC HBCU scholarship which covered my tuition and had a school scholarship and pell grant to cover the rest. However, for multiple reasons, I no longer have the ROTC scholarship (which was made clear just a couple of weeks before the end of last semester) and it seems as if the school seems to be fixing to take their scholarship back too. </p>
<p>Not to mention that the school itself seems to be falling apart (budget cuts, laying off professors, dropping programs with little to no warning sometimes) not to mention it has a terrible administrative system. I have also caught word from a few faculty and students that they are looking to drop my program (physics/pre-engineering). The main problem though is the paying for it, because my mom (single parent) is going through a series of surgeries now and already has loans out and her credit is not very good. </p>
<p>The options I see now are to return home to Hawaii where the tuition would be manageable, but I missed the application date for University of Hawaii and may not get accepted for this coming fall. My two options right now (if I don’t get accepted to UH) seem to be to take a semester off and do either internships/find work, or to maybe take a semester at a community college there and the transfer to UH. Also, would the rapid transferring between schools hurt me on paper? Oh, and I am a rising sophomore with, by the end of the summer, 41 credits and a 3.90 GPA. I am also very passionate about my education, so I don’t think that a semester off would affect me continuing my education. </p>
<p>What do you all think of these options? Which would be better? Also, any other suggestions you might have on alternate paths would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, in advance.</p>