<p>Hey all,</p>
<p>I attend a PWI, UGA to be exact and I have to say it just isn’t for me. I’m just not happy here but my parents don’t seem to support my want to transfer to an HBCU. Yes PWI’s offer financial aid but you do have to pay a lot out of pocket and this may be difficult if you receive need based aid like me. I feel like these so called “PWI” schools are simply just a well known name. Since sports I big here, I think that UGA sometimes tries to make courses as rigorous as possible to make it seem like the athletes actually go to class and do work when they don’t. I do not feel I’d receive any less of an education if I attended an HBCU so I would never down them. I also don’t feel its fair to down HBCU’s if you are African American. Yes you are entitled to your own opinion but HBCU’s were the first to offer educational opportunities to African Americans. That is one of this issues with our communities today, too busy putting each other down instead of uplifting and helping one another but thats another story…I always wanted to go to an HBCU but I only had my eyes set on Howard but didn’t apply because it was too far for me. I also applied to FAMU but it too was too far and out of state. I do plan on transferring to an HBCU in the fall but I haven’t made up my mind about which one. I want that experience and I don’t want to go the rest of my life wondering what could have been.</p>