<p>well ive now visited both universities and can honestly say that they were not as bad as I had anticipated… their differences fall in their settings where howard is just much more urban (and is in rough area so to speak) and hampton is right on the virginia coast… what I found is that howard’s buildings inside seem to be more tolerable at least by my standards (hampton’s building’s inside made me feel uneasy im not use to such harsh and old classroom environments, as well as the dorms which are on princeton reviews list of worst dorms in the country, and i noticed that they tried to defer our attention away from them on the tour) while hampton has other things that appeal to me such as sailing and better outward campus asthetics but as it comes down to it i have chosen howard because it seems that I will be spending alot more time indoors than out… and ive got to be comfortable! good luck at hampton! thanks for your feedback</p>