Howard University Top Questions

Take as many courses as possible in the first three years and really apply all of your energy in those years because you'll be at your sharpest, so that senior year can be a breeze. As a senior, I'm taking an overload of courses while my friends are taking the bare minimum and breezing through senior year.

Take as many courses as possible in the first three years and really apply all of your energy in those years because you'll be at your sharpest, so that senior year can be a breeze. As a senior, I'm taking an overload of courses while my friends are taking the bare minimum and breezing through senior year.

The implied segregation and hate of white people and the awkwardness it causes for a mixed race individual. People at my school are too quick to blame the white man instead of just a man, and the opinions are strong. I was once in an African Studies class with a professor from Mozambique. The professor singled me out for a demonstrative question, but it did not go how he planned. He was trying to explain that charity starts at home, in relation that back in Africa people helped their cultural companions, then countrymen, then neighbors outside of that. Unfortunately American culture does not operate the same as African. Where as Africa is a diverse continent, America is but one country where we collectively try to have a similar culture from west coast to east. The professor asked me if a white man and a black man were drowning who would I save. I replied to him whoever was closest, to which he immediately responded equal distance. Again evading a direct answer I say I'll save the man struggling more, with the same speed he tells me, equal struggle. I tell him it's an unfair question and I do not want to answer. At this point he had been holding up class focusing on my unwillingness to make a decision. The rest of my class, predominately African American, verbally displeased and stating their own answers. It made me uncomfortable how quickly, confidently, and proudly they stated their answers. I am only alive because a white man from Indiana came from his state to California and fell in love with my grandmother. That man has done much for me, and his people are my people just as my grandmother's. I refused to forsake a whole group of people to pacify a class and professor and the ordeal left me feeling outside of the campus culture and student body. Over the coming months the distance grew.

The implied segregation and hate of white people and the awkwardness it causes for a mixed race individual. People at my school are too quick to blame the white man instead of just a man, and the opinions are strong. I was once in an African Studies class with a professor from Mozambique. The professor singled me out for a demonstrative question, but it did not go how he planned. He was trying to explain that charity starts at home, in relation that back in Africa people helped their cultural companions, then countrymen, then neighbors outside of that. Unfortunately American culture does not operate the same as African. Where as Africa is a diverse continent, America is but one country where we collectively try to have a similar culture from west coast to east. The professor asked me if a white man and a black man were drowning who would I save. I replied to him whoever was closest, to which he immediately responded equal distance. Again evading a direct answer I say I'll save the man struggling more, with the same speed he tells me, equal struggle. I tell him it's an unfair question and I do not want to answer. At this point he had been holding up class focusing on my unwillingness to make a decision. The rest of my class, predominately African American, verbally displeased and stating their own answers. It made me uncomfortable how quickly, confidently, and proudly they stated their answers. I am only alive because a white man from Indiana came from his state to California and fell in love with my grandmother. That man has done much for me, and his people are my people just as my grandmother's. I refused to forsake a whole group of people to pacify a class and professor and the ordeal left me feeling outside of the campus culture and student body. Over the coming months the distance grew.

There is a lot of alcohol use and drug use (smoking week) among the student in the campus despite the school's policy as a dry campus. As a predominantly black college/university, Howard University does not have the most diversity. This is not entirely a problem but the culture here seems to be predominantly that of an urban African-American culture. Some students here seem to be very narrow-minded, ignorant, and subconsciously intolerant towards those of a different lifestyle. I am Pentecostal/Apostolic and I feel judged for my lifestyle/way of dress.

I felt that the school needs to improve in their organizational and communication aspect between the different staff and departments.

The worst thing about Howard University is: the availability of and disbursement of true financial aid for the struggling student. By "true financial aid," I am referring to grants, scholarships, and awards that do not require repayment. The cost of tuition continues to be on the rise without no clear plan of how students can defray costs with "true awards." I think the university needs to do a better job of securing this type of aid for its student population.

The worst thing about my school is the students that attend Howard that do not respect it's historic background!

The worst thing about the school is dealing with the admistration building and financial aid. They seem to be unorganized and lack the appropriate communication skills.

The Business school is focused on the more analytical side of business, meaning they are more active with the accounting and finance majors. With me being a student trying to get into marketing I don't find many internships or speakers that are in the same field. Due to this problem I often find myself not as involved in the student body at the business school, I can't find anyone who is trying to go down a career path similair to mine.

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I mostly complain about the lack of help from the Administrative Authorities at my school.

The thing I consider the worst at my school is the financial aid department. Sometimes faxed information is not processed in a timely manner. At other times, grants are not applied to the account or they are removed without notice. Another thing that has happened is that the staff might not answer the office phones or you are taken in a complete circle before your question is answered.

The worst thing about Howard is the social aspect of the school, to achieve here will not be just based on your grades but it will be how many "processes" you went through, how many clubs or organizations you are apart of and how many you have gotten excepted into. It is easier said than done because it semms that once you get into certain organizatinos your freshman year, you have the direct pull to get in to all the other you want to get into. Thus making it hard for new people to achieve.

The worst thing about my school is the fact that there are an abundance of rats on the campus. It is disgusting and ruins my appetite sometimes.

As a student at a school where tuition is $30,000 , I sometimes wonder where the money is going. Services at Howard can often seem mediocre for the financial investment and prestigous name the university carries. The worst thing about Howard University is that it lacks the professionalism, business tchnique, financial security and stability of many other prestigious universities within the country. The day to day struggles of this HBCU are evident in the day to day life of a Howard student in the classroom, residence life, student union, and last but not least the admistrative and counseling services.

There is not a lot of finacnial support available to suffeciently support the students that attend. A number of people have had to leave because they couldn't afford it, which always comes as a huge disapointmnet.

The administration at Howard can be very unhelpful when it come to anything. When you need to get something accomplished you have to be patient yet assertive when dealing with the administration.

The worst thing about my school is the neglect towards students when it comes to finding ways to pay for college. The financial aid office is ran by individuals that do not care if students get purged because they cannot find ways to pay for college. We are the future alumni that are going to graduate and go out in to the world representing this college and we have no financial backup to help us along the way.

I feel like the worst thing about my school is the administration. Often times people have problems with thier finanical aid, housing assignments, registering for classes, credit transfers, just about everything that has to deal with administrative business are huge problems at Howard.