2 MY "05 SENIORS: WHAT WILL YOU LIKE TO GAIN FROM HBCUS

ME MYSELF HAVING ALWAYS ATTENDED PREDOMINATELY WHITE SCHOOLS SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL, HAVE FOUND THAT BY ATTENDING AN HBCU I WILL GAIN THAT CONFIDENCE I LACKED (BUT HAD DEEP DOWN INSIDE) BECAUSE OF ALWAYS BEING THE MINORITY IN MY CLASSES. THE EXPERIENCE I LOOK TO ATTAIN IS THAT BOND THAT GOES BEYOND THE COLLEGE YEARS WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT THE FRIENDS YOU HAVE MADE AND ALSO AFTER COLLEGE WHEN YOU HAVE THE NETWORK OF SUCCESSFUL BLACK PEOPLE LOOKING OUT FOR YOU IN THE JOB INDUSTRY. ALSO THAT FEELING THAT THE PROFESSORS DO HAVE YOUR BEST INTEREST AT HEART TO SEE YOU SUCEED UNLIKE MOST TEACHERS I'VE HAD IN MY SECONDARY SCHOOL YEARS WHERE TEACHERS OFTEN JUST SAW THE BLACK KIDS IN CLASS WHO WERE AMONGST MOSTLY WHITES AS THE ONES THEY NEEDED TO CATER TO BUT DID NOT SEE THAT WE HAD THE SAME POTENTIAL AS THEY HAD. FINALLY TO GET THAT "HBCU EXPERIENCE" I'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT SO TO ALL WHAT DO YOU LOOK FORWARD TO BY ATTENDING AN HBCU, WHAT DO YOU WISH TO SEE HAPPEN TO YOU THAT YOU HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED, ETC.

Well like you and most of us on this board I've attended predominately white schools my whole life and to be honest it's left me with some scars, and I think before I go into the real world being around white people all day everyday the scars need to be healed. I think that going to an HBCU will improve my self esteem greatly, and I also think that I am going to meet people that will impact my life greatly and will leave an outstanding impression on my life.

Ebony Beauty 18, I'm with you. I have been going to whites schools from elementary until just two years ago. I'm finally getting in touch with my culture, and I have to say I like that I'm accepted by my community, and I don't have to feel like an out cast.