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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry I made a typo, she did get into the HBCU, but not any of the well known ones. She says that her counselor tries to push African American to attend HBCU, but a couple of them decided against it. [/quote]

I could understand the reasoning. The schools are less competitive in their admissions process and way more lenient in their acceptances. Statistically speaking AA students from lower income homes do not have the same academic background as AA or white students from middle and upper income homes. HBCUs cater to the first group and tailor the programs more specifically to those students so they have a better chance to succeed and graduate  while generally private liberal arts schools and large state universities cater to the later group.[/quote]Not every AA applicant who applies to HBCUs is from lower income or academically challenged.  Many AA students, especially those who have been in predominately white schools for years, elect to attend HBCUs for cultural reasons.  These applicants are coming from the so called Big Three private schools and other privates, among others, and seem to prefer Spelman, Morehouse, and Howard University but would have no problem competing with other applicants for spots in SLACS or state universities.  Many privates list where their grads have attended colleges, and HBCUs are always represented.  It's a choice.

However, I will agree that the HBCUs do offer the opportunity to obtain a college education where there might not be an opportunity which is the premise of why they were founded.[/quote]

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