akeem18 wrote:

im comin from new orleans so LSU IS TO CLOSE TO HOME U KNOW WHAT I MEAN

rkfl2004 wrote:

ummm..went to the HOWARD's Open House yesterday and.....I LOVED IT....anyways heres a lil rundown for those who didn get to go NEGATIVES.. 1. Everythin on Georgia Ave up until Silver Springs looks like it needs a good scrubbing(includin the residents....felt like I caught a few stds jus by sittin nex to them) 2. NO1 including the BUS DRIVER knows how to give directions 3. The crackheads come out in the day!!! I was like da da da daaammm 4. Every1(well not every1..jus the ppl off campus and in the stores) moves in slow motion...talkin bout im impatient cuz im from ny..no srry babez... ur jus slow!!! 5. Store owners r wayy toooo friendly...tryna get my whole life story cuz i bought a pack of gum??im there thinking..is this dude gonna **** me... POSITIVES... 1. EVERYTHIN ELSE....but i guess ill be a lil more specific 2. I've NEVA seen soo many black intellectuals in one place...i actually felt myself tearin up(no lie) and i dont cry for jus nuthin 3. They had a student q&a and I felt like the students were being honest and they actually cared...one of them even gave the whole auditorium his celll #...i think his name was Marcus Ware...im gonna marry him!! 4. THE BOYS/MEN THERE WERE GORGEOUS!!!!! They all had their own style but none of them looked lame..big accomplishment 5. The females were all beautiful too..and for once i didn even find myself hatin...and that says sumthin 6. That marching band was on pt...they got skillls 7. They have crazy school spirit over there....no1 even goes to my hs's games..but every1 there was decked out in Howard attire for the football game 8. Howard is mos def NOT in the ghetto...actually its a lil bettr than Flatbush(for those of u frm brooklyn) 9. It jus felt right...I dont even wanna visit or apply anywhere else.....THE MECCA IS MY HOME

dee08 wrote:

I was at the open house too!!! I love howard so much and it is not in the ghetto it depends on where you live and how you see it but I didn't really think howard was ghetto at all!!! I love the questions & answer part they were so informative The marching band was really nice!!! I got marcus # too lol!!!

iRep504 wrote:

I came from N.O. to Baton Rouge... Hence the Screen Name... but I mean..I understand if you want to spread your wings... But LSU is on my top list...I'm just waiting to see if I will get one of their Chancellors scholarships or something to cover what TOPS won't.

akeem18 wrote:

tops covers everything for public state schools

Jamaican Shawty wrote:

IF yall did ur admissions essay already did u read it to anyone meaning family or teachers or sumbody other than ur peers? cuz it would be plain stupid to read it to someone going to college the same year... well at least in my book i made the mistake in reading it to my mom because i wanted feed back....so umm the weirdest thing happened she just started crying and im like damn is it that bad.....and she was like dont read nemore ur going to make me cry even more and im like okay mommy then she started reminiscing about my pre k days and mind u it was only about 3 paragraphs....but ok wonder what she gonna be like at graduation....