If I could give St. Vincent College less than one star I would. I would never attend this college nor will I recommend that anyone attend this college, for various reasons, but one in particular. A dear friend of mine is currently attending this retched school for a bachelor's degree in Software Engineering. In the past 6 months, he has lost his job, lost friends, and almost had his credit score hit the tank. He is an exceptional individual who is admired by staff in the CIS department and his peers. UNFORTUNATELY he is coming up four credits short, for a LEVEL 100 COURSE to graduate. He has gone as far to meet with everyone that he can humanly get a hold of, and NOT ONE staff member, or administrative member has helped one bit. In fact, he was unable to register as a senior last year, BY NO FAULT OF HIS OWN, which has essentially landed him in the position that he is in now. St. Vincent didn't even recommend a CLEP examination to finish those credits, they did not go over his options, and he is not being treated fairly.
I would like to now take a moment to tell the story of a friend of his, who I have met once, that is now going to be graduating on time, due to favoritism and fluffing of her grades. This friend has staff members, passing her with a C just to get her through school, just because she has had some "emotional trauma" this year. I am certainly aware that stress and trauma can effect a person's work ethic, and general well being. HOWEVER it is unacceptable that one student who has gone through emotional stress, who has put in little work, and is graduating on time out of pity, can slide on by while a hard working, contributing member of St. Vincent College, has to suffer, for a LEVEL 100 course, worth 4 credits. THERE IS NO WAY THAT THIS IS MORALLY RIGHT. I understand that there is a system in order. HOWEVER I would like to put this out there, so maybe more people will do a little bit of investigation as to why one student graduating is more important than another.