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<p>They are not being recommended because they are historically black (or not); they are being recommended because they offer automatic full ride scholarships for the OP’s stats. Since the OP’s parents will not pay anything for any school other than some unrealistic reaches, the OP needs to find affordable safeties to avoid being shut out.</p>
<p>One does not have to be black to attend a historically black school, just as one does not have to be white to attend a historically white school. (And the OP has not mentioned the racial composition or history of the school as a criterion.)</p>
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<p>Weighted is only relevant within the context of your high school, because other high schools may have different weighting systems. Some colleges recalculate a weighted GPA using their own methods. California public schools are examples; their recalculated GPA will probably be between 0.3 to 0.4 higher than your unweighted 10th-11th grade academic course GPA if you took large numbers of AP courses (or UC-approved honors courses at a California high school).</p>