Hampton or Howard?
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Started by LadyGrace
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Oct 2005
LadyGrace
Atlantic City, NJ
Wassup y'all? I need some help. I'm choosing which colleges I want to apply to and it is between Hampton and Howard. I have visited both schools and like them both. Can y'all please tell me some TRUE things about both that would help me decide between the two? (ex. safety at Howard, better academics, better social life, dorms, etc.)
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Safety @ Howard: Plain and simple, don't be stupid. This is the city and if you decide to walk around by yourself at 1 am then you will be in danger.
Academics: First of all HU has 12 schools and college to chose from, so they will very likely have what your looking for. It is challenging because not only do you have to deal with the same difficulty of work, but there are certain teachers who really pack it on hard and make you earn your grade.
Social Life: At Howard there around 30 to 40 thousand flyers handed out each year (exaggerated somewhat, but it really is so many of those). Each one of these flyers has different social events on and off compus. If your the party person then there's, if anything, too many parties around here. I myself am a Jesus so my social life, on campus, is composed of activities w/ different campus ministries. Off campus there's so many different things to do. Just remember it's in D.C.
Dorms: For freshman females you have the quad and the annex. It depends on what type of person you are when it all comes down to it. If you are used to having the best of things then the annex is for you, but if you can handle going some time w/o a/c and such then you might not want to be in certain halls in the quad. Overall, the dorms are what you would expect for a HBCU though. Do not at all expect anything resembling a 5-year old dorm at a PWI.
Problems:
Administration...All I can tell you is to pray. Some people have a lot of serious problems w/. Me, myself, I've actually had a good experience w/ them. Anytime there's problems I was able to go to the infamous "a" building and iron things out without a ridiculously long wait. Beware nevertheless
-a nice amount of the food in the cafe ****. Some people actually like it even though they say it's disgusting though, so it's an individual judgement on that.
-If you are looking for the best possible college experience Howard is the college for you. There's a reason why no other HBCU has as many students as we do. Every aspect isn't perfect, but there's obviously something that draws as many successful black people as it does.
BTW We're better than Hampton ahum....j/k, the institute isn't a bad school at all, but it would be better for someone who goes there to answer questions because in all truth, I'm biased.
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well basically nobody can tell you which school to pick
I could very well say COME TO HOWARD because I love the hell out of HOWARD and I enjoy every moment here!!
but what's your major? thats the most important factor
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LadyGrace wrote:Right now I'm thinking about business (marketing)...I know y'all got a really good program

