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Originally posted by ladygreek
Rudey,
I see where you are coming from. But to some people Howard is the best for a lot of reasons other than the general perception of the quality of the school.
For example, my daughter turned down Stanford with a scholarship to go to Howard without one. Why? Because she was born and raised in MN, and we both felt strongly that she needed Howard for reasons that are hard to articulate on here.
Has that hurt her in her career? No. She was highly recruited in her field after undergrad, later went on to grad school at a PWI, and again heavily recruited. She is now on the fast track in a Fortune 100 company. A lot of it is due to her experiences at Howard.
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Howard is an excellent University, in general, and it is considered one of the "Ivy League of HBCUs" by many. As with every college and university in this country, the integrity of its students and academic programs vary.
I don't think there's any reason for us to defend Howard in this thread. The topic isn't even about that. Anyone with a grain of commonsense understands what we're all referencing and can see the point CarolinaCutie was making.
I certainly do not think a non-HBCU would be placed under this much scrutiny, as a deviation of THIS thread topic, to the point where people feel the need to respond in its defense. God forbid someone use an HBCU and "best" in the same sentence. God forbid people realize that these things are largely subjective criteria, in the first place, including how schools like Harvard are ranked.