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GA State is nothing like a HBCU. Went there for summer courses in undergrad. And nah.
Op-ed "Should ATL's HBCUs merge into a superschool?"
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GA State is nothing like a HBCU. Went there for summer courses in undergrad. And nah.
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Yes, a person from the outside looking in might think that the student is getting a full scholarship FROM the school, but more than likely its a 3rd party foundation paying that student's tuition and fees TO the school.
Perhaps a Howard Alum from Trini set up a fund.
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Did you go to high school in a state with an HBCU ? The top (pwi)schools in each state identify the top Black high school students instate based on PSAT scores and recruit them aggressively.
When my niece was choosing schools, she said that the HBCUs had a joint recruiting drive / college fair. I think alumni who live in the state coordinated it, not the schools.
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The place I grew up in in south Atlanta is majority black..every time we had a school or county college fair, it was mostly HBCUs who were there. HBCUs coming to my community is the reason I went to one
We had a college fair at my school on a Saturday but I was 17 & working & couldn’t make it. My mom was PTA president and she was there, and gave Bama State my info. That’s how I ended up there.
I wanted to go to Southern but moms wasn’t having that
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current students at AUC discuss differences
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No. Period.
If anything, either bring back Morris Brown, or Clark Atlanta needs to get that property and it can be a super school in the AUC.
I've said it before, there are 101 HBCUs, left try to keep it above 100 for the next 200 years.
If anything, either bring back Morris Brown, or Clark Atlanta needs to get that property and it can be a super school in the AUC.
I've said it before, there are 101 HBCUs, left try to keep it above 100 for the next 200 years.
Nah you have a point with the previous statement.
Those smaller schools would be better off financially if the consolidated into one bigger school. But The issue will be the location of this hypothetical campus and alumni spirit/traditions.
I doubt it will ever happen though
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Sad thing is, I included WSSU in my list, but my little cousin who just graduated from there says they are having financial issues. It makes sense. I remember them leaving the MEAC because they couldn’t afford it I believe.
But yea, merging would crush school spirit. You’re a fellow Aggie, and you know as I know, A&T and Central are as big of rivals as Duke and UNC. Imagine us merging or A&T and WSSU.
Just the thought makes me want to hurlSad thing is, I included WSSU in my list, but my little cousin who just graduated from there says they are having financial issues. It makes sense. I remember them leaving the MEAC because they couldn’t afford it I believe.
But yea, merging would crush school spirit. You’re a fellow Aggie, and you know as I know, A&T and Central are as big of rivals as Duke and UNC. Imagine us merging or A&T and WSSU.
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I commented on this a while back, but after reading
I feel slightly different. There's alot of upper class (imo boujee) black people who go to the AUC/Howard. For breh like me who wanted to fck on some hoes, and handle business to make some bread when he was done, its a lil different. I wasn't into the pedigree aspect. And i was never a fan of that classism shyt from anyone bc i didnt come from money.
I ended up getting a scholarship into the AUC, was indifferent at the time, but now that ive left i can def say to keep them separate...They individually have too much history to lump them together. AND Ga state may not have the pedigree as an older HBCU but its damn near one. Younger ppl are waking up and realizing that paying all that $$ just might not be worth it for them. You can get a whole undergrad degree in 4 yrs for what it cost to go to a private HBCU for 1
I can remember women from spelman would talk down on you if you didnt go to morehouse (bc of the pedigree aspect) not knowing you can be a breh from Ga State set to make more bread than someone from an HBCU. Add on the fact it was an unspoken fact that nikkas from morehouse wasnt laying no pipe right (pause) and some was gay. But dont get me started on that im tryna stay on topic
Its a dirty game in the 404.
To be honest its a complex question, but hell that's for some people who are really dedicated to change to figure out. Id *highly* suggest picking up that book in the link though. It talked about some things i saw while i was there, but at the time couldnt really understand it bc i had never been exposed to it.
I feel slightly different. There's alot of upper class (imo boujee) black people who go to the AUC/Howard. For breh like me who wanted to fck on some hoes, and handle business to make some bread when he was done, its a lil different. I wasn't into the pedigree aspect. And i was never a fan of that classism shyt from anyone bc i didnt come from money.
I ended up getting a scholarship into the AUC, was indifferent at the time, but now that ive left i can def say to keep them separate...They individually have too much history to lump them together. AND Ga state may not have the pedigree as an older HBCU but its damn near one. Younger ppl are waking up and realizing that paying all that $$ just might not be worth it for them. You can get a whole undergrad degree in 4 yrs for what it cost to go to a private HBCU for 1
I can remember women from spelman would talk down on you if you didnt go to morehouse (bc of the pedigree aspect) not knowing you can be a breh from Ga State set to make more bread than someone from an HBCU. Add on the fact it was an unspoken fact that nikkas from morehouse wasnt laying no pipe right (pause) and some was gay. But dont get me started on that im tryna stay on topicIts a dirty game in the 404.To be honest its a complex question, but hell that's for some people who are really dedicated to change to figure out. Id *highly* suggest picking up that book in the link though. It talked about some things i saw while i was there, but at the time couldnt really understand it bc i had never been exposed to it.
We have two HBCUs in my state (Central State University and Wilberforce) and HBCUs in all of the surrounding states (Kentucky State, Cheyney, Lincoln, Bluefield, West Virginia State, etc).
The HBCUs need to be at every magnet school and good public school in Ohio, especially the Black suburbs of Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus (which already do feed kids to HBCUs). There are about 5 kids in my little brother's class going to HBCUs (Morehouse, Spelman, Howard, and Fisk), two kids at Stanford, two kids at Harvard, one at Dartmouth, one at Columbia, one at MIT, and a bunch at the various Ohio schools.
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Billionaire Robert Smith creates grant to pay off ENTIRE student loan debt of Morehouse Class of 2019.
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My homie graduated from Morehouse in 2013. Still 30,000 in the hole 
This is big, though! Props to Smith!
This is big, though! Props to Smith!
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Your friend was born too soon.My homie graduated from Morehouse in 2013. Still 30,000 in the hole
This is big, though! Props to Smith!
hahahahahahah
Smith might have just created a Renaissance era. Full class of Morehouse men who graduate debt free, and don't have to enter the rat race to pay off student loans. This might be one of the most significant events of the last 10 years, at least.
