The ongoing issues with St. Augustine’s University and its financial and accreditation issues are leaving some students facing uncertain futures.
Some students are sticking it out, hoping the issues will be resolved, but for Samaria Simpson who uprooted her life in California to choose St. Augs on a promise of a golden opportunity, she’s now having to cut her losses and move on.
Simpson was the valedictorian of Edison High School in Fresno and chose St. Augs to study physical therapy after getting offers from UC Berkeley and Howard University because she was offered a full scholarship.
“It was just a moment of happiness, being from a single-parent household and being awarded all these academic accolades,” she said.
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But that happiness began to sour once she got to the university last fall. Issues with her dorm, then finding out St Aug’s accreditation issues were impacting her credits, Simpson made the difficult choice to leave.