African American Colleges?

Cre8tive1
Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:39:23 +0000

Just note in the above post with few expception, all of the above are either:
a) At minimum, moderately selective (less than 50% admitted)
b) flagship public
c) sports powerhouse/Div. I-A Football

Really, besides Messiah, Stonehill, and West Chester, not one of those institutions moderately fits the persona of second-rate/unkown/zero-prestige/safety school that mosts HBCUs sadly can be catergorized in.

For comparison:
To start please, w/o cheating, how many of the 89 HBCU can you even name?
How many of the above “HWCUs” have ever registered in your head before today?

Note: “HWCU” is quick placeholder for colleges that are 85-100% white

-15 “HWCUs” are U.S. News Top National Universities (Lehigh, Penn St., Iowa, Miami (OH), BYU, Baylor, Clemson, Auburn, Iowa St., Marquette, UVM, Nebraska, Alabama, Missouri: Rolla, Oregon)

1 HBCU (out of 89) is a U.S. News Top National University: Howard

-15 “HWCUs” are U.S. News top Liberal Arts Colleges (Union, Centre, Furman, Rhodes, Gettysburg, DePauw, Denison, Beloit, Wofford, St. Olaf, Gustavus Adolphus, Muhlenberg, Albion, Allegheny, Hope)

-1 HBCU (out of 89) is a U.S. News Top Liberal Arts College: Spelman

-17 “HWCUs” are Division I-A Football schools (Auburn, Alabama, Clemson, Oregon, Miami (OH), Wyoming, BYU, Baylor, Nebraska, Iowa St., Penn State, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, Utah St.)

-0 HBCUs are Division I-A Football schools (no HBCUs on ESPN)

Practically all above listed “HWCUs”, IMO, are reputable/known schools

-5 HBCUs (out of 89), IMO, are reputable/known schools:

Howard, Morehouse, Spelman, Xavier, Hampton (maybe Fisk or Tuskegee for engineering)

Only4 of “HBCUs” were admitted students average w/ atleast a 3.0 GPA (B average (Spelman, Morehouse, Fisk, Oakwood)

Only 1 HBCU (out 89) where over 75% admitted students had GPA of 3.0 or higher (Spelman)

So from the prospective of a black male, if I want to attend an HBCU, I must exclude:

All 1st/2nd tier liberal arts colleges (Spelman is all-women)
All but on Top National University (Howard is my only option)
I cannot play Div. I-A football
I cannot attend any flagship state schools
All but two Top 100 med-school feeders (Morehouse, Xavier)
All Top Undergrad Business and Engineering

But for HWCUs, I can fufill any of the above categories with multiple options. So, for any who complains of existance of HBCUs, I think all-black seeking applicants have the short-hand as opposed to all-white seeking applicants.