I'm asking your opinions:

I'm still unsure about where I want to transfer to,whether it be a predominately white university or a Historically Black College/University. I've heard pros and cons about both, but I wanted to hear other people's opinionsabout their experiences at a majority white university and/or at a HBCU.

BBC,

When I was was younger, I had the desire to attend an HBCU because 1) My grandfather was an HBCU from Clark Atlanta University 2) out of Jealousy( My brother was going to Morehouse 3) I just wanted to feel the so-called " Black experience"( I was always raised in White to mixed environments 4) I shouldn't have thought this way at the time, but I thought that Morehouse and Clark Atlanta had it going on with the guys back then. Boy was I quite boy crazy at the time! Anyways, I got my chance to attend Spelman college. I thought that it was a great liberal arts school and that it would teach me a lot about who I was.I only went there for a semester, but primarily because of financial costs. Even if I would have been able to better afford it, I did n't think I would have liked it for long--at least some of those snotty girls that went there! It was such attitude like some of those girls that turned me even more off from the school. I eventually transferred toa majority White college. Although I was missing out on a culturla education about myself, I did like that university a whole lot better---and it was far cheaper!

While I'm mentioning my past experience being at an HBCU and graduating from a White University, I certainly don't want to imply that all HBCU's are bad and Vice versa. As a matter of fact, my late grandfather WARNED me about Spelman and Morehouse and was dead set against me going there because of some fo the attitudes there. If anything , he wanted me and my siblings to attend an HBCU like Howard University or his Almamatter of Clark Atlanta-University(with him it was ClarkCollege). I wished that I would have taken his advice. Howard, to me , is pretty impressive.

There is alsoanother important reason that Iattended a White university, unfortunately, because ofthe ignorant job market. If there is anything I've learned from a friend of mine depending on what HBCU youattend, you may increase/decrease you chances ofyou degree being recognized by a future employer. I've notice that with some White employers of you go to a HBCU like Morehouse, Spelman or Howard University, they are more quick to recognze those schools because they are more famous and unfortunately, more companies and stars ,whether Black or White, as donated money to them, but if you go to a lesser known HBCU, you are just stuck! I think about one event that took place with my brother and my cousins good friends , who are White. The people who know my cousin was just meetning and greeting my him( My brother) and was talking about himself. For some odd reason when my brother mentioned Morehouse college, they were about to fall out of their chairs. They were like " Oh my god, You attended more house college?" They weren't reacting that way out of suprise that he was just going,they knew that he was a college student. The White couple was impressed that he went to Morehouse. To my cousin's friend, Morehouse was it! on top of that they ( the husband) knows one of the people on the college's board of trustees( or something like that) Her husband also donated money to them.

For me, my experince at Spelman was more frustrating than it was at the White University I attended, but deep in my heart, I felt thatmy " Black experience" would have been better at Howard. Yours could differ. If you're going to attend a White University and/or HBCU your should:1) find a school that fit's in your budget 2) Find one that fit's you personality 3) If you're going to an HBCU make sure your just don't go there only for the " Black experience". As I discovered, the experience was far from positive--at least at Spelman.4) Also make sure you go to a college that employers recognize.( Unfortunately, there are some really ignorant employers out there) 5) Go for the right reasons, not for the women(in your case), the parties and so on( if you're the type of manwho like to)

BBC,

Me,I graduated from Georgia State University. I liked it pretty much. The only thing that I disliked about it was that it remeinded me of down ATL,( or what's left of it) It's too crowded! It's strange! People don't understand why I hate it! ( far as the downtown district, though I was born and raised in the outskirts of it. I just like the idea of living in smaller districts and going to smaller places. Besides the other reasons that I listed of going to Spelman, I also went to Spelman because of that reason. It's a little more smaller and I like the West End( where it's located). I also thought about UGA , At one point I thought about going to that school, but it suprised me: I thought that the school would be cheaper, but it isn't! my god! it's pretty expensive. Some people refer to that school as a " Party school" because of it's reputation for them having all of those parties there, but it's a great school. A lot of kids want to go to that university. If you pick UGA, you or either the UNiversity of Chapel Hill, you're in business, both of them are academically competitve universities.

If you want to check out more info about the University of Georgia, or my alma matter www.gsu.edu here is their web address www.uga.edu

BBC I actually attend Howard University right now as a Physics and Math double major, and as much as I hate on the school of business, if you really want to transfer anywhere for Business, Howard would be your best choice because EVERYONE AND THEIR GRANDMA recruits from there. As for the HBCU experience it takes a special person to get it and enjoy it. I will tell you this, if you want to apply to Howard, do it early because they have a really hard time handling paperwork, and also, theactual Howard does not compare to people's perceptions of it, it has excellent academics I work under two professors who got their grad degrees from MIT and Stanford, but everything else is lackluster. O and the women there are incredible. And to answer your question, teachers at least at Howard are just as bad in terms of failing students as anywhere else.

BBC,

In my experience with all races of teachers( The professors I had were African-American/African, White, South Asianand Latino). Truthfully I haven't seen one teacher being much harder/easier than the next. I have had some professors who were pretty easy going , while others I just wanted to disown. I guess that I was fortunate to have some of the professor being that way( I prayed on it), because in general a lot of college professors can be the " James earl Jones " type--pretty hard.

In the time that I spent on the White University,I've learned something about White colleges. It's not so much that it's much harder. What make it seem that way is our lack of exposure to it.Many of the Black schools that we know of are not considered to be academically competitive like the White ones. They have books coming from from the dark ages and we only teaches material that we're only familar with(, just like many of the White schools) and that some teachers water down our education just for students to do well. I often say that Black schools can be as academically competitive( if not more so) as many White schools, if they are willing to realize that problem and to take steps in improving the system. I noticed the Black people who have graduated from majority White schools, seem to have an easier time with their academics then the Black ones who have been to the majority Black ones, moreso, the Black ones that are considered to be underachieving schools.

If you were to go to an HBCU, don't be fooled by the Black man being easier concept. There are a lot of Black professors on that campus who can be just as hard as some of their White counterparts. Going to Spelman, I've heard of girls who thought they had what it took to be good college student only to discover that they couldn't handle the teaching styles of their Blackprofessors and ----and another thing some of those White hard professors also teaches there. I remembered having a Black man as my college algebra, who was from Durban, South Africa. Jesus Christ! that man was so hard, that I wanted to cry, but I wanted to defy the devil( Not him presonally, his teaching style) and I did --with a B. I also respected him because of how he was taught( though I don't know if I would like being whacked like that). I don't know how true it is, but I've heard and was told that in some African countries and other countries( Like India, I had a"hard"Indian history professor)that they don't tolerate lackluster academics .Multiple choice questions are off limits!My boyfriend claimed that a teacher in his native land( Mali)got his case( whackedon hishand. I'm not sure if it's was theteachers idea or a general rule of his country)for not having the write answer to an literature question.

My advice to you would be not to expect for everything to be easy( professors no matter what race) to study ,hard take notes. Be prepared to do a lot of hard work.That is what college is all about. With some Black students that I knew, they wanted the easy way out and they didn't succeed because of it.If I know that a high school drop-out can graduate twho may lack certain subjects can graduate from college, certainly many Black students can. It's just a matter of applying yourself in doing it.

BBC,



I graduated from Howard and can say without boosting that its the best HBCU in America bar none.Its the only Tier 1 research university that's an HBCU.That being siad it may not be best for you.

What are you looking for? An urban,suburban or rural setting? Howard is private and can be costly.But its in DC , so summer intern opportunities are excellent.

Hampton,North Carolina A&T,FAMU, are all very good also.But whatenviroment are you comfortable in?

All I can say is do not look at TSU (Tennessee State) most of their grads always go back home and I really do not know many people that actually graduated from the school. I know many people that have attended it though..........

If you were looking smaller at Lemoyne-Owen, they are in serious financial trouble and they are too expensive to consider when compared to other HBCUs and Predominantly white colleges as well.........

If I had it all to do over again I would have chosen Howard based on the people that I have met that graduated from it.......