Choosing the Right College/Odd response?

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Expert: - 8/21/2010


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Hi, I need help from an older person. I went to speak with a staff member of my college, the financial aid officer. Not a professor or dean or anything, just a neutral person. I had told him (I'm a woman) that this guy was constantly always bugging me and harassing me at school, he would not stop...and he just shrugged. His response was "well yeah we see students fighting with bloody noses all the time, smashing each other's faces in - they're all friends again the next day."

That response perplexed me coming from a school official. What do you think?

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S,

This isn't really a question for college admissions but I will give you my quick thoughts. The response of the financial aid officer was not appropriate. But, you need to go to talk with someone about this that might actually deal with the situation. I would suggest the Dean of Students at your college.

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