Why u going to a black college?

First and foremost, I am extremely glad that I joined this forum. I never knew how many individuals were going through some of the same admission decisions about whether to attend a PWI or an HBCU. I've gotten the chance to attend a white middle school in which I excelled, but after those 3 years I wanted out, and took my **** to a predominantly black high school in which I also excelled. It did not matter what type of environment I was in to achieve at my maximum potential but it did matter about which I was more comfortable in. I even left behind most of my childhood friends who weren't brave enough to step out of that box and get past the stereotype that only white institutes of higher learning are the only acceptable ones in society. This is the same situation that I am presented with today. Only four students out of my high school were accepted into Stanford University and even fewer were accepted into the real Ivy leagues. But I am one out of those four who are going to turn Stanford down and attend Howard University in the fall, because unlike them, I believe that a degree from Howard is just as good if not better than a degree from Stanford. I would not be able to tolerate being the only African-American in a classroom and when I ask a question, I don't want all heads to turn to see what the "black kid" has to say. I'd rather be in an environment that is diverse in a different way with African-Americans from all over the nation who wants to do something positive with their lives instead of the under-achievers in my city and throughout Los Angeles. For weeks I've been contemplating this decision over and over, mainly because of what everyone else thinks like my college advisor or my "whitewashed" scholars at school who have such a disgusted look on their face when I say I'm going to a black college. I've finally learned how to follow my heart which has led me to the great Mecca itself and I know that I have made the right decision. I just tell everyone else that I always have graduate school and they get off my back a little. So when people ask me "why are you going to a black school" I say because I want to be with my people and learn amongst others who look like me, dress like me, and have the same interests as me. Undergrad at an HBCU will shape me for the rest of my life as I learn more about myself instead of losing sight into who I really am. Danielle Class of '09 Howard University Carson, CALI

well i go to a white high school but im going to a hbcu bcuz i think i would be more comfortable around my own people