HAMPTON UNIVERSITY ****!!!

Let me start off by being honest....I HATED Hampton when I first got there! Couldn't stand it, actually, the whole first year. And I wasn't alone. I won't go into all the reasons, and I even thought serioulsy about transferring. IM SOOOOOO GLAD I didn't do it though. The people however were NEVER an issue, I always thought they were very real, down to earth, average black college students (despite the untrue and sickening myths :roll: ) I will be honest, your first year may be kinda tough, especially if you already have this mentality. But a few hundred students straight out of HS compared to a few THOUSAND college students will make the first difference. As soon as Sept gets here, the people are back, the parties start, REAL classes start, the games start (watch the atmosphere change when we beat up on the other hu), and when everybody gets on campus, you will notice a difference. After freshman year, This is what will change.....you will meet a lot of cool people from different places, and get more respect from the females being an upperclassmen. Everyone will start to take you more seriously. That "where you from" mess wears off after freshman year, so the fact that you are from NY won't matter to anyone anymore. You will know a lot of people (unless you are not social at all), and many with cars. In turn, you will be able to experience more of what the area has to offer (even though its not a whole lot). You will talk to other people attending OTHER schools and realize Hampton is no different (esp from other HBCUs), in many ways even better, and they are complaining about the same things and wanna leave too, TRUST ME. The social atmosphere, educational experience, athletic events are some of the best you will experience at any school, but......ITS ALSO ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU MAKE IT. HIU isn't one of the most highly demanded HBCUs for no reason. People don't love it for no reason, or because we are "settling". Anyway tho, YOU ARE IN PRE-COLLEGE. No, its not gonna be all that. As for the area, that is one of the downfalls. But honestly, the most fun moments I had at HIU were the on-campus events anyway- in OGDEN (Envy era- DJ Envy used to DJ all of Ogden functions till my jr. year) sooo hype, as well as house parties, the cabs, the Spring atmosphere events, the off campus parties, the games (which we have a tradition of winning by the way), and just goin out chillin with your peoples. Its a little extreme to say Hampton is in the middle of nowhere, Hampton alone is nuthing, Norfolk is across the water, VA Beach about 20 mins, Richmond 1 hour, but its part of one of the largest metro areas in the country, if nothing else you atleast have bout 8 malls, beaches, theme parks, clubs, all kinds of restaurants, movie theatres, other colleges, etc., and most importantly off campus people scattered throughout the whole city. If you still think HIU is so lame, then transfer, atleast then you can say you had the "true Hampton experience" and didn't like it. Until then, don't say it, cuz you really don't know one way or the other yet. And as for the **** mentality, no one is hatin on thugs, but you can't survive AT ANYONE'S SCHOOL tryin to be a ****, even NSU (no smack intended).