The World In My Backyard

“When I arrived [from Barbados @ 19], I went to NYU & asked if they would accept me as an incoming student. They asked for my SAT scores. I didn't have any but I had the Oxford/Cambridge exam scores. They said they couldn't accept foreign students without SAT scores. They told me I should go just down the street to Pace University & see if they would accept a foreign student. So I did. Pace accepted me on a probationary year and by my second year I was on a full academic scholarship.
I knew I wanted to go to medical school. I was told Pace did not have any graduates that went onto medical school. I was advised to transfer to another school to assure myself an opportunity to get to medical school. I really liked my professors at Pace & I did not want to leave. I became the first Pace graduate to be accepted into medical school."
Harold went onto study medicine at Cornell.
To read more about Seattleite, Harold, go to www.worldinmybackyard.org/barbados

What is your favorite thing about Seattle? “Being able to practice my religion freely.”
What do you think Americans take for granted? “Being able to practice any religion freely. And being able to move and know people outside your own community."
To read more about Seattleite, Asha go to www.worldinmybackyard.org/somalia