About these HBCU's, man
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IttyBittyKitty
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I'm just venting a bit but all of this is fact based. I was at a state school (PWI) before I transferred to an HBCU on a military scholarship. Bear in mind in order to accept the scholarship and ultimately pursue the military career I wanted, I had to finish my last 2 years at an HBCU.
I'm a little dissatisfied with a few things:
-Lack of funding. There's no gym. We were allowed to use anoother gym down there street but a fight broke out, and now everyone from my school is banned. Even though we pay an athletic/gym fee
-Mf's here blatantly skip class for 3-6 weeks at a time. Why pay 30k a year to not go to class?and then when we do have to do some work i.e. Writing a 1-3 page paper, these same people are complaining like the professors are pulling teeth. At the state school the black pop was like 45%, but if you were fukking around academically, the other black people there would sort of distance themselves from you. -Overcharging for dorms
-I rarely get emails in my student email account. On the rare occasion I get a reminder to vote for SGA or something. No reminders for internships or job fairs. But I get an email for the Que cookout we had last Sunday
-Administraion losing documents for W/e reason
-People are scheduled to graduate one semester then they "magically" need 2 more classes to graduate aka the school wants them to stay longer so they can get more money
-Before I even came I had to get some documents signed by my (soon to be) major chair of the program I'm in..this woman took 6 months to sign 2 pieces of paper. Then acted like I was harassing her when I called to check on it, when I had to turn the necessary paperwork to my boss
-Students more worried about Greek life, running for SGA, etc then actual work. Like wtf man. Ive gotten some draws but yo in the grand scheme of things that's a small part of the equation..you can always get draws if you decent looking but I have a problem with these schools being poorly ran and they try to cover it up under the guise of "We need HBCU's" well Shii I agree. I also stand by what I've noticed in the time I've spent at one
I'm not bashing HBCU's but It's just frustrating..I feel like they're robbing students smh charging 30k a year and Shii don't even work right or run smoothly.
@NeilCartwright I mean, yea...I get it.
I'm an alum of a PWI and about to be an alum at an HBCU, and even worked staff at a university, so I see what you are saying. It sounds like something must have happened to piss you off recently and you are venting, although I could be wrong. I can only hope you don't let this school taint you to other HBCUs which operate differently. The key to getting what you want out of administration from HBCUs is to be extra nice and courteous. I needed to go to the Registrar's office and get about four different signatures to sign up for classes at my alma mater and just KNEW there was a chance there could be a problem presented somewhere. So, I put on my best Southern belle attitude and was sweeter than candied yams to everyone in that office, including the student assistant at the front desk. I was in and out of there within five minutes, and I was registered within a week (paperwork at the other school was done and all).
That was a major difference I noticed in PWIs and HBCUs. If my stuff was in free fall at the PWI, then it was gone, no matter what I did or said. I can always sweet talk my way in and out of something at an HBCU, man or woman. Speaking as someone who worked in a university, a lot of people treat staff like servants. If a person treated me disrespectfully, I had no problem putting them at the back of the pile. Oh, their file would be done alright, just not right now. On the other hand, people who are neither sweet nor rude tend to be stuck in the middle, and who knows where you are on their list of tasks their supervisor expects them to do.
I mean, it is what it is. That's all I can think of to help with the administration. Casual conversations are great for breaking a person's guard down, if you can manage to have one with them. Can't nothing be done about mofos who don't go to class. You probably won't see them next semester anyway, if it's like that.
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whats up richard....how u been bro?
i know, but for reason alot of ppl had to remind me, like i have some personal agenda against hbcus or something...its just a statement
NeilCartwright
All Star
@NeilCartwright I mean, yea...I get it.
I'm an alum of a PWI and about to be an alum at an HBCU, and even worked staff at a university, so I see what you are saying. It sounds like something must have happened to piss you off recently and you are venting, although I could be wrong. I can only hope you don't let this school taint you to other HBCUs which operate differently. The key to getting what you want out of administration from HBCUs is to be extra nice and courteous. I needed to go to the Registrar's office and get about four different signatures to sign up for classes at my alma mater and just KNEW there was a chance there could be a problem presented somewhere. So, I put on my best Southern belle attitude and was sweeter than candied yams to everyone in that office, including the student assistant at the front desk. I was in and out of there within five minutes, and I was registered within a week (paperwork at the other school was done and all).
That was a major difference I noticed in PWIs and HBCUs. If my stuff was in free fall at the PWI, then it was gone, no matter what I did or said. I can always sweet talk my way in and out of something at an HBCU, man or woman. Speaking as someone who worked in a university, a lot of people treat staff like servants. If a person treated me disrespectfully, I had no problem putting them at the back of the pile. Oh, their file would be done alright, just not right now. On the other hand, people who are neither sweet nor rude tend to be stuck in the middle, and who knows where you are on their list of tasks their supervisor expects them to do.
yea ive heard about being cordial with the administrative staff.
Even after i came back from basic training and started the fall semester i was kind of angry this woman took 6 months to sign the stuff..and that essentially had my boss riding my back.
But my folks told me to let it go and get the woman some donuts for her office
i thought it was a little over the top but i eventually did it. they can say what they want and i may even talk shii when im home but they cant say im an a$$hole
I can't right now, but I have some crazy ass stories about my experience at HBCU's in the deeeep south I'll share a few later
Richard Wright
Living Legend
good luck breh....you will
IttyBittyKitty
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yea ive heard about being cordial with the administrative staff.
Even after i came back from basic training and started the fall semester i was kind of angry this woman took 6 months to sign the stuff..and that essentially had my boss riding my back.
But my folks told me to let it go and get the woman some donuts for her office
Those donuts are going to help you in the future. You're going to be glad you did it.
Mr Hate Coffee
Veteran
Let's be honest, not all HBCU's are created equal. Some of them have some real fukked up issues. I think Morris Brown was still around briefly when I started school. When I finished it was done. 
My thread earlier proved life is what you make it at HBCUS 
Stay focused on why you there and sky is the limit
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/facebook-live-design-manager-is-a-breh-gladbron.418173/#post-18690123
Stay focused on why you there and sky is the limit
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/facebook-live-design-manager-is-a-breh-gladbron.418173/#post-18690123
desjardins
Veteran
At the end of the day there are too many BLACK people who ACTUALLY ATTENDED hbcus complaining about the shyt for all the allegations to be c00n shyt or whatever dumb excuse nikkas bring up in here.
Half these hbcus are being run into the ground financially and some of them are being run so poorly they are losing accreditation. My own experience is I got into morehouse but didn't attend when admin processed my financial aid too slow and wanted me to front too much money. Two of my friends did go and BOTH had to dip in year 1 because the financial aid kept getting fukked up. This happened at a top hbcu so I can only imagine what's going on at shytty ones like cheyney. Another anecdote is a relative of mine who got hired to teach at a hbcu with only a masters degree and NO teaching experience. She probably would have got laughed out the interview at a pwi. Granted this was at a lower tier hbcu but people are going into debt for this shyt
Hbcus were necessary at one time and served their purpose but in 2016 it's time for them to get some new administration or some new standards cause ultimately they putting young black into debt with mixed results
Half these hbcus are being run into the ground financially and some of them are being run so poorly they are losing accreditation. My own experience is I got into morehouse but didn't attend when admin processed my financial aid too slow and wanted me to front too much money. Two of my friends did go and BOTH had to dip in year 1 because the financial aid kept getting fukked up. This happened at a top hbcu so I can only imagine what's going on at shytty ones like cheyney. Another anecdote is a relative of mine who got hired to teach at a hbcu with only a masters degree and NO teaching experience. She probably would have got laughed out the interview at a pwi. Granted this was at a lower tier hbcu but people are going into debt for this shyt
Hbcus were necessary at one time and served their purpose but in 2016 it's time for them to get some new administration or some new standards cause ultimately they putting young black into debt with mixed results
