Learning at An HBCU

Going to an HBCU is the best decision someone could make. It isn't for everyone, but most people I know either went to one or wished they did. Going to a historically black college was always the plan for me; there was no other option I wanted to pick. Ever. To grow up in a predominantly white school, white system, and white politics, I couldn't have waited any longer to be with the people whom I felt I could be my MOST self with. The culture, people, food, and events you experience at an HBCU are like no other. You meet your closest friends during your college life; that is true. At any college, you will, but truly feel like at my HBCU, I met my family, not just friends. People that play a critical role in your life years later.

I originally dreamed of attending Morgan State University, but I was heartbroken and cried for days when I found out I couldn't get in. I felt so defeated, but looking back, I was glad I didn't get in. I can't imagine if I didn't know the people I know now from not going there when I originally went to Delaware State. Maybe it wasn't the right decision for me to go to an HBCU, but that wasn't the case at all. I was just at the wrong HBCU, and I knew in my gut feeling that I had chosen the wrong one when I chose it. However, I still went anyway, which was a complete waste of time, so I transferred as soon as possible and went to the school that I originally wanted to attend, Bowie State University. I fell in love with the campus the scenery and the Journalism program that they had.

It was the best decision I made and it was there I ended up being roommates with girls who are always going to be in my life and everything happens for a reason and there's a reason why I didn't get into Morgan. I do understand the pain you feel when you do not get into your dream HBCU, but there's always a reason why and that dream school of yours may not be your dream in reality and you find better and you become happier and one day you're gonna eventually think to yourself why did I even want to go to school so eagerly, I was never the type to get home sick because I grew up every summer away from my family call me summer doing something with other people so I was luckily adapted to that lifestyle and adjustment already so going to Bowie State University which was three hours away from my house was more so exciting and scary for me I love that because I love being around people that don't know me or anything about me until I share with them that I am vice versa and I knew this was an opportunity for me to grow as a person and an adult and figure out what it really is that I want in my life and getting that experience frp, being so far away from home has really helped shape me into the woman I am today being able to learn how to deal with specific situation is now better than before or if I have i had went to a PWI. For me, I had told myself I had my whole life to be a minority or to be that one black girl in a room with a bunch of white people, and if I could take four years of my life, well, in my case, three years of my life and enjoy being around people that look like me and think like me I will take that over anything else. You will not regret that, and you won't ever forget that experience.