Regarding colleges consider the student exchange programs that allow students both experiences. I am a native New Yorker and graduated from THE Xavier University of Louisiana. We have such strong relationships with the Top 50 Medical schools in the nation that our black [80%] and asian [10% asian and 10% nonblack] students can attend XULA, exchange a semester at a partner school for XULA tuition and come back to get XULA education and preparation. Check out our professors CVs as well. Our PHD holding teachers all come from prestigious institutions just like XULA including dept chairs that are Ivy League. The exchange can be both domestic schools or international. So it shouldn’t be about PWI vs HBCU rather than what is the best school that could provide the best cultivating experience and education for the major of interest before this young scholar hits the real world.always keep in mind the tv show A Different World and how powerful it is to be on a campus where you are wholeheartedly supported to be your best, celebrated and not just tolerated. Apply to XULA!!