<p>I currently attend Holy Names University, but want to transfer.
It is looking like I am going to have to choose between staying here, or going back home and attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Of the two, which is a more respected school?
Holy Names is a private college, but there are nearly a year’s worth of required courses that are non-transferrable, and very few people have heard of the place. UH Manoa is a public university and has a reputation for being a “party school” and “the place where all the kids that couldn’t hack it on the mainland end up.”<br>
Which college would look better on a resume?</p>
<p>When in doubt, pick the one with the better-known football team.</p>
<p>All I can say is that I’ve never heard of Holy Names. Whereas any state university has some level of innate credibility.</p>
<p>Whatever the rep of U Hawaii may be in Hawaii, I think it will have more credibility on the mainland. (As well as the “you got to live in Hawaii” envy factor. :)</p>
<p>Are you a freshman? Core requirements are OFTEN transferable and fulfill requirements for general educ requirements at other schools.</p>
<p>Do you have Freshman transferitis? Homesickness? What is going on? Holy Names is a fine school. Sometimes if you just hang in there, it will get better and you will see the light. </p>
<p>But if not, try transfering to another Catholic school…perhaps on the West Coast. USanDiego, Santa Clara, USF, Gonzaga, Loyola Marymount, UPortland, Seattle University come to mind. LOTS of Hawaiians at Seattle University I am told.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Nothing beats respect and nothing looks better on a resume than a well-rounded and rigorous college experience and a straight A transcript.</p>
<p>Focus on that rather than choosing the school that might have some name that you think will be “respected,” however the heck that is defined.</p>
<p>As long as both schools are fully accredited and you take a competitive course load, you’ll be OK.</p>
<p>thank you all for the advice. </p>
<p>to lynxinsider: HNU has no football team, but that really isn’t a concern to me. </p>
<p>to Consolation: that’s what I figured. It feels better coming from someone else though.
to ghostbuster: yes I am a freshman. and I already checked. there many core requirements here that WILL NOT transfer to all the schools I am looking to transfer before I graduate. I’m also looking into if it will effect me when I apply for graduate study. The last thing I need is to have to complete an entire semester or more of makeup classes.<br>
It may be transferitis, but I’m over the worst of my homesickness. And I do understand that Holy Names is a good school, but I feel I may be able to do better. No risk, no reward, right? And I’m actually looking at Seattle. Chapman too, for the PR program. </p>
<p>to benny1: both schools are fully accredited, but it’s the strength of the curriculum I’m worried about. College is supposed to prepare you for the future, right? I don’t want to be unprepared. It also goes back to the thing I mentioned about grad school.</p>