<p>bleedblue1, the Summer Bridge Program is for students from underrepresented areas or school districts that don’t have many resources. The program is essentially provided to students who may have a hard time adjusting to the rigor of UMich, and those students are likely to be minorities.</p>
<p>ForeverAlone, Anyone can apply and enroll in an HBCU. They are “historically black” not “for blacks only”. It isn’t segregation.
Also, HBCUs are very diverse. Blacks come from allover and attending an HBCU will allow you to be exposed to much diversity culturally and socioeconomically.
There is a sense of acceptance, pride, and progression found in HBCUs.</p>
<p>MathisAmazing, I’m from Detroit and applied EA. Good luck to you as well! </p>
<p>Coming from a school composed of all minority students, the transition will be hard for me no matter where I choose to go. I hear that UMich undergrads can be very prejudice and it scares me a bit. </p>
<p>Also, I would hate to be put in the mandatory bridges program. Although the three people I know that attend UMich went through bridges, it didn’t deter them. I know another girl who didn’t have to do bridges but she chose to attend Wayne for various reasons.</p>
<p>If I get deferred from Michigan tomorrow, I will submit an app to Howard, definitely!</p>