I am currently at an all white university and yes it is nice to have everything such as housing, financial aid, registration etc. taken care of before the first day of school. After visiting my future HBCU, I must admit that I began to have doubts about transferring. Yet these doubts were caused by materialistic things such as "Our stadium is way bigger!" and "Is this their gym?" If you're interested in things such as the preceding... then no... don't go. Yet if you're looking for a quality education, where you are more than just the last four digits of your social security number, if you're looking for a place where you can express your individuality and still feel like part of a family then I would definitely recommend an HBCU.
Furthermore, unlike a predominantly white university where you have three people doing the job of one person, in HBCUs chances are one person is doing the job of three. Hence it is of no wonder that they may at times appear to be "unorganized" or slow. What I suggest for most who have are dissatisfied with their HBCU outside of the classroom is to change it for those who come after you. How do you think Spelman, Howard etc. have been able to prosper? Someone saw a need and not only talked the talked, but walked the walked.
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