<p>What you like or dislike about any of these schools. Please don't leave anything out.</p>
<p>Lafayette College
Ursinus College
Muhlenberg College
Franklin & Marshall College
Seton Hall University
Arcadia University
West Chester University
Saint Joseph's University in PA
Millersville University</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Oh, I see (said the blind man). I was expecting a list of HBC's, ie colleges with "African Americans only" (which is not 100% anyway), but now I guess you are interested in opinions of these colleges but you only want to hear from African Americans. Another wasted click.</p>
<p>You'll get more responses by posting this in the Parents Forum, and by having a title that says something like "Would like info about African American's experiences at these universities."</p>
<p>Since not too many black students go to those colleges, I suggest also posting a similar thread in college search and selection and college life.</p>
<p>I'm black, and only know one black person who went to any of the colleges that you list. A friend's niece attended St. Joseph, graduating several years ago. The niece had needed a small, nurturing college because she was a troubled young woman with a spotty academic record and major family problems. That she was able to graduate from college reflects well on the university. That's all I know, however, about her experience.</p>
<p>I attended West Chester over twenty years ago. I had a great time (too much, actually). There was a big frat/sorority community. Many of my high school classmates attended with me. I left after two years and graduated from Widener. I loved the intimacy of WC. It was much more diverse than Widener. Widener had more of a "good old boys" attitude (it did used to be a military academy).
Once I got to Widener, I saw how inferior the dorms were at WC, as well as the food. I didn't gain the freshman twenty at WC - but i did as a junior at Widener.</p>
<p>Have two friends that attended Seton Hall. Both nursing majors. One pledged. They have not had any complaints.</p>
<p>I mention frats and sororities because i believe that you can judge a little bit about the AA enrollment by whether they have any AA frats or sororities (and how many).</p>
<p>I'm no expert....just my opinion.</p>
<p>NJrs,</p>
<p>What's wrong with that, being that we make up a small percentage of enrollment at these schools, yes I want the opinion of black students.</p>
<p>What do you like or dislike about these schools. Please don't leave anything out.</p>
<p>Lafayette College
Ursinus College
Franklin & Marshall College
Muhlenberg College
Arcadia University
Seton Hall University
West Chester University
Millersville University
Saint Joseph's University in PA</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Northstarmom,</p>
<p>I did just that
Thank you,</p>
<p>I think hearing about the experiences of African American students is helpful to a lot of us. I don't think my white son would be happy at a school where his friends would not be welcomed.</p>
<p>I do not think you will get many answers here, but good luck! Try posting on this thread.</p>
<p>Revival of Middle Class Black Posters </p>
<p>firstyearmom, nothing wrong with your request at all. I just found your initial topic title confusing, and since it has been changed my post is even more pointless now than it was initially. sorry. I have reported my own post but so far with no results. lol</p>
<p>Hi FYM.</p>
<p>Given the schools on your list, I'd suggest that you also take a look at Drew. (It's only a few miles from Seton Hall.) Drew has been very strong on diversity issues in recent years. They are also fairly generous with financial aid.</p>
<p>I have a neice who graduated from Seton Hall a few years back. Look it up and you will find that it is one of the most diverse colleges (private, Catholic or public) around. So she found a good number of black students on campus with whom to interact and never felt like the only fly in the buttermilk. The school is also only a short ride via commuter train to NYC, which greatly reduces the chances for social isolation. Students often take advantage of this. Its definitley not a place out in the sticks. The school is on a traditional gated campus, so she felt safe there; the surrounding neighborhood is suburban, with some of the areas abutting it being quite lovely and affluent, but others noticeably less so. Mostly kids from metro NYC in attendance, but enough from out of the area -- as she was-- so that it didn't feel relentlessly parochial and narrow. The Catholic thing? Pretty easy to ignore if you wanted. A few religiion classes mandated and that's it. Academics were traditional and challenging but nothing like insanely tough--she was an above average student in high school. Many of the students and faculty were actually fairly liberal. No big deal she tells me about being gay there, for instance. Of course it is also a big sports school, with a basketball team that has been nationally ranked at times (don't know where it stands presently) and that interests many students. Many black ballplayers around. OTOH, like a lot of colleges these days, most of the black students are female, though I didnt get a feel from her about how lopsided the ratio was. But she did have a wide variety of friends there in terms of race and gender. </p>
<p>Her biggest complaint was that financial aid was terrible. Some of her classmates ended up leaving because of this. She graduated with a lot of loans, but she did graudate, recently married, and is now gainfully employed and happy.</p>
<p>Sorry I was away. Thanks for the reponse, I really appreciate it.</p>