<p>Yes, I agree about HBCUs. Don’t discard them out of hand. A friend’s daughter came out of one of the highest scoring public high schools on the west coast a few years ago and consequently attended Prairie View A&M, graduated from medical school and is now quite established in her professional career.</p>
<p>Also, I like the rigor of the core requirements at North Carolina Central University, a school which has been known to throw full-ride scholarships and free laptops to high caliber students. Hampton has partner-programs with larger universities in the STEM fields.</p>