Black Kid at Boston College

<p>I’m a black girl, but I live in Seattle, Washington, so I’m used to the mostly white culture. I’m pretty sure I don’t want to go to an HBCU, because in my opinion the academics are not the same as a PWI (predominately white institution) but I want to go to a school that has enough black people so I won’t feel left out. Would BC be right for me? I’ve heard “Go to BU, more diversity”, but will I get lost on the campus? Safety is very imporant to me, how does it go between campuses? Social life? Etc, also how would a black girl feel at Northeastern? Thanks.</p>

<p>I’m wondering the same thing…</p>

<p>Me too. But no one seems to know.</p>

<p>There’s no need to denigrate HBCUs to declare your preferences. Remember BUs proximity to Boston in regards to diversity, as well. </p>

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<p>But we won’t be attending BU. So the diversity they have there will not affect our classes and such.</p>

<p>Can anybody answer the OP’s question?</p>

<p>I can’t speak for BU or NU in terms of safety or anything like that, but they would probably be more diverse. BC is for the most part, largely a white school. This is not to say there aren’t several minority, or as BC would say, AHANA, student groups and such. You can make friends and find people who won’t leave you feeling “left out”, in reference to race, but it will be slightly more difficult here than at BU or NU. For questions like this, the best answer is usually you can make it happen if you put forth the effort.</p>

<p>*AHANA: African American, Hispanic, Asian, Native American.</p>

<p>I am curious about this too. I applied to BC as transfer and would love to go, but I worry about the racial divide, to be perfectly honest.</p>

<p>Here’s a different view on this, building on Ortsac’s last comment that you can make it happen if you put forth the effort.</p>

<p>College is a place where “everyone is a new kid”, and where everyone arrives with their own set of insecurities. Wherever you go, you will be making numerous new friends over the next four years - some will likely be close and dear friends for life. It would be a disservice to you if those friends were all clones of your current friends.</p>

<p>After college you’ll be entering a workforce where you’ll have little to no choice over the race, creed, and color of your coworkers. Ideally, you’ll want a rich and rewarding college experience that will enable you to grow and thrive in whatever post-college culture you encounter.</p>

<p>Make your college choice on what is best for you, not on what “comfort zones” you currently think you need. In a few short years, you’ll likely laugh at many of your current worries.</p>

<p>BC is an awesome school. It has provided our son with a rich rewarding personal growth that is way beyond our wildest imagination - totally blind to race, creed or color.</p>

<p>So as you ponder your “Black Kid at Boston College” question, the answer, and how it affects who you will be in four years, does largely reside with you.</p>

<p>Using my mother’s account to comment. </p>

<p>Ok I just graduated from BC as a fellow Black Girl. BC is very much a diverse setting but dialogues on race can be quite complicated. We recently put on a production of For Colored Girls… which I was happy to be apart of which really opened up the dialogues more because it was so well received. I had plenty of AHANA (African Hispanic Asian Native American) friends as well as white friends and there are also tons of resources for us on campus as well. At NO point did I ever really feel left out and I enjoyed my four years there. Also BC is small enough that after a few weeks you’d never get lost.</p>

<p>@legitamate:
What a great reply. Thank you for providing it.</p>