Howard University Top Questions

The best thing about my school is the passion carried for the student’s success. My mind is constantly blown away by the encouraging words that my professor’s have expressed to my classmates and myself. To hear such inspirational advice only makes me appreciate my time at Howard University and pushes me to work even harder to be as helpful as them when I complete my education. Howard University increases my ambition to succeed, do great things for my community, and have as huge an impact on someone’s life as my college experiences have had on myself.

Howard is usually on the front lines when it comes to Political and Civil Rights activism (Jena 6, Troy Davis, the 2008 Presidential Election, etc)

Howard's social and the student's drive to be successful and to present themselves as a brand is contagious. Everyone is well dressed everyday, no sweats here! It really is what you make it.

Legacy!

I love the diversity of the students even though we are an HBCU. I learn so much from everyone and I love it being located in a major city. I come from the suburbs so I enjoy being in an upbeat city like DC with so much culture and history! I learn so much as well with my classes. Earning a 4.0 this year, I learned how to prioritize and balance my hectic schedule along with knowing when to say NO to joining different organizations and clubs on campus.

I consider the bestthing about Howard University to be the social aspect of the school. The school provides the greatest opportunities to meet many different peole from all parts of the world and people with different stories. I feel that this will take the students further in their future than any of the coursework will. I think that the things that the students have to go through will help them get to where they want to be in life. The students still get the proper education and have learned much from social events to help them get an edge.

Howard University is very much like a family. The pride that the students possess for their school is unlike that of any other college I've seen thus far. I love the diversity of the campus despite the fact that it is an HBCU. But most importantly I loved the experience ; I honestly believe there's no other college for me outside of Howard University.

I think Howard is a very unique campus, unique in obvious ways and ways not so obvious. First off, Howard is very unique, because it is a place of higher learning that is comprised of over 85 percent Black people. Being at a university where you are surrounded by outstanding, well educated Black individuals makes the campus one of a kind. Howard is also unique when it comes to the overall experience of the university. On Howard’s campus you will encounter a wide range of individuals, who are talented in all areas of the political, social, and media world, making the campus a very exciting and surprising place to be. The campus has a new protest, concert, play, dance competition, fundraiser, community event every week, and it is safe to say there is never a dull moment on Howard’s campus. There are many traditional and untraditional traditions on Howard’s campus. Some of the traditional traditions include Howard University Homecoming, and it’s annual events (Fashion Show, Step Show, Yardfest etc.), ResFest(spring competition between school dorms), Commencement, and many more. Some of the untraditional traditions are traditions that are among the students, such as the first day of spring where all the students go and hang out on the yard all day, and university wide snowball fights on the first snowfall of winter. To put it as simply as I possibly can, the reason I feel Howard stands out is because it is a rare university full of brilliant African Americans who can have fun, and celebrate their Black culture, but at the same time the students are intelligent and working to better the community and Black community.

The best thing about Howard is the student body. The students truly make the University. We are an international university with people coming on visa's from Africa, the Caribbean, and I even had two students in my class this year from Europe. Everyone here embraces the uniqueness that everyone else brings to this campus and we make the best out of it. We have so many different organizations that showcase different talents in so many different ways its hard to keep up with it. Even at the radio station, we have to keep our programming diverse because we don't have a typical listener or a standard student body. There is no one place in the world that is like Howard, its something that you just have to experience to truly understand how unique it is.

Being encompassed in a historical black university, I would consider the culture to be the best aspect of my school because discussions/lectures generally include African ancestors and history to illustrate the strength needed to gain their achievements. In addition to that, it reminds the black community of the responsibilities and dreams we have to uphold.