Howard University Top Questions

My classmates are well-rounded, focused, and ready for the future.

We are hustlers, motivaters, networkers, leaders, fashion setters, world changers, grinders, incorporators, founders, friends, family, goal oriented, productive, and black.

My Classmates are nice, open, and helpful. They are mostly very easy to talk to. Especially the ones in my major we are like a family.

Howard is considered a HBCU, or a Historically Black College or University. Most HBCU's student population include mostly African-American students, which sometimes comes with a separate set of stereotypes. However, with any ethnic group in America there are different "types" of people within that one ethnic conglomerate. Even though I am at a HBCU and our phenotype is similar, there are so many different personality types, style types, and individuals who come from so many different backgrounds. Therefore, it doesn't really feel like I go to a "black school". I feel like I am still in a very diverse school setting as if I were to attend The University of Southern California (which was my #1 university choice when applying for college, and diversity was my #1 university requirement). It is our thought process and intelligence that makes us so diverse. I even hate to refer to my school as a "black school" because I don't think that is what we are. Mainly because we are accepting to all ethnic groups and races. And secondly because we are not taught to limit ourselves or attach ourselves to any particular group or mindset. We are required to know our African-American history, but we are not allowed to use it as a crutch, but instead as a source of motivation to make a difference in the world today.

Howard campus is so diverse that you can't discriminate...we have people from every background, religion, and sexual orientation. If you are a shy or conservative student you might feel out of place her, people at Howard are so outgoing.

Howard Student Break Down Fashionistas-Everyday is a fashion show Greeks/Student Govt/Orgs-People consumed in their organization Athletes-(self-explanatory) Natural- Afrocentric students Everyone else

The student culture at Howard is unique. There are alot of organizations to be apart of, but dedication is not very strong. The biggest presence are the Greeks (National Pan-Hellenic Council) and a premium is placed on some of their members. The non-conformist student would feel the most out of place because of the emphasis to fit in on campus. There are cliques like every other campus, but most people have a wide range of friends. You might see people of similar organizations (Greek, sports, band, etc.) or academic programs (theatre arts, business, allied health, etc) around each other more often. Howard is known for its fashion, so there is absolutely no pajama wearing to class. The culture will make you want to look your best at all times. It may seem as though many students come from wealthy families, but many more are from middle-class or low-income families.

Students at Howard University are generally wonderful people. Howard is a school of mostly Black individuals, but the diversity is just as good as a mixed university. Students come from different, states, areas, financial backgrounds, social backgrounds, and have grown up with different mindsets, so the diversity of the school is great; Howard proves that not all people from the same ethnic background are the same. To be perfectly honest I do not feel like any student would feel out of place at Howard, although it is majority Black, there are many different groups of people that any person can find a place to fit in on campus, minorities on Howard’s campus are accepted the same as any other student, but it may take a little time for some students to get used to. Howard is a school full of fashion obsessed individuals, students are constantly judged for what they wear, so it is safe to say you can wear anything on Howard’s campus, and you just have to take things that other people say with a grain of salt and continue to be you. Although Howard students are wonderful, intelligent and strong, many students are very closed minded when it comes to the people they interact with. Many students are focused on the idea of having “cool” friends, fashionable friends, and many students on the campus do not accept other ethnicities when they first meet them. It is not rare for Howard students who are down to earth and cultured to venture out in DC and explore friendships at the other local colleges and universities. I am a person who likes to have different kinds of friends, so I do not take too much notice to the cliques that form around campus. Howard does represent many different financial backgrounds, but in my opinion, the middle class is represented greatly. Being Black and middle class is a great accomplishment, and many of the students at Howard are very material and object obsessed. Some students are in college just to accomplish a certain financial and social status, while others are there to make a change and affect the world in a positive way. With this said, Howard students are very aware and politically and socially active. Most students on the campus are left winged individuals, which makes for rich human and civil rights based individuals at the institution.

Here you will meet people from every walk in life. Your relationship with Christ will grow, if you find organizations, such as Word Up! Bible Study to join. A driven, tenacious, intelligent student with an interest in politics, the arts, or even extra-curricular activities would love Howard.

So Howard university students, particularly the women, are ALWAYS dressed to impress. It doesn't matter if they are going to class or to the club, it has to be hair done, nails done, everything did. Me personally, I'll wear sweats to class before anything else but hey...that's me. There's a heavy presence of students from places like California (oakland, l.a.), Illinois (Chicago), and New York. Everyone isn't the nicest person you will meet but you just have to go out and meet people and feel them out so you can build relationships with people who you will see for the next four or so years.