Spelman College or Dillard University Fall 2018

TooOld4School
Mon, 01 Jan 2018 01:05:53 +0000

Spelman is considered in the elite of HBCUs.
Spelman students average HS GPA is 3.46, 25/75% range ACT is 22/26.
Dillard average ACT range is 17/20.

The US average for ACT in 2017 is 21.0. So you will have mostly below average students a Dillard and mostly above average students at Spelman. Your peers make a huge difference in your educational experience, much more so (IMO) than HBCU vs non-HBCU.

Spending $34K/yr for a below average college doesn’t seem like much of a bargain to me. You could go to a CC and spend 10% of that. Are your other non-HBCU options around the same price as Dillard? Unless those are either more expensive or similarly ranked, you would do yourself a disservice not to consider those in the mix.

Finally, you don’t mention what subject you plan to study, but you do mention Microsoft & Dell. Does that mean you are planning to do CS? If so, look at your highly ranked CS options vs Spelman. A CS major at a good school can afford to take on some debt while it is more problematic for an English major.