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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this is a niche school (HBCU) and hope to get some serious answers before the racists come out, but why is Spelman so expensive? I think my DD would thrive at Spelman but it costs so much money. Why? It's not ranked particularly high, nationally. I understand it's the #1 HBCU but my goodness she could go to higher-ranked PWIs for less. What is driving the cost???

Do we suck it up and pay or save our money and send her to a PWI (the only other HBCU that interested her were Howard (too close to home) and [b]FAMU (we will not pay to send her to FL. She applied without our knowledge and got in)[/b].[/quote]

FYI, FAMU was famous for working with diversity programs at Fortune 500 companies starting in the early 1990s.  Its business college determined that a lot of first generation college students struggled in the corporate environment, and they taught not only core business principles but things like interpersonal skills, networking, professionalism, etc.  They basically taught the students job search skills early on, brought in tons and tons of corporate lecturers, and the FAMU students were some of the most impressive kids I have ever interviewed.  They were like gung ho, go getters.  They learn very early on they needed to be leaders and the business school just had a culture where you had to be leader and every active on campus.

Anyways, after my consulting firm started recruiting kids out of FAMU, we had better success at getting really good minority candidates from there then even Ivies or big state flagship U. (not every top student like the grind of entry level consulting work), the school hit us up for huge demands for donations.  Their dean was probably the most aggressive fundraising I have ever met in academia.  As a result of those efforts, FAMU gave out tons of financial aid and scholarships and generally had a high quality student body for their business college.

I wouldn't dismiss FAMU off-handedly if you child is interested in a business career.  It is highly regarded and that isn't really known outside of people who are familiar with large corporate diversity programs. [/quote]

I'm not OP. But I am a FAMU alumni a[b]nd sadly, I wouldn't send my kid to any college in FL. It truly breaks my heart what that state has become. I loved my time there. 
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Most of us don't make college decisions based upon abortion laws in particular states[/quote]

My kid did - NP[/quote]

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