Howard University

The people are friendly but for the type of tuition they are asking for a private school, there should be MAJOR RENOVATIONS to the buildings as well as available parking and school supplies/computers.

My science labs were horrendous. Half the labs were incomplete because there wasn't any money for supplies.

Buildings are very old and are hazardous. The nursing building tested positive for asphestos, which can lead to major lung problems. It's especially a problem if you are highly allergic to dust -- so much of a problem that a professor couldn't be counted to teach the course in the building except on certain days when we weren't in the building. Pipes in the architecture building are exposed with construction openly displayed and being conducted in the hallway hindering the flow of student traffic and safety.ADMINISTRATION IS HORRIBLE. THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS I HAVE WITH HOWARD. EVERYTHING TAKES FOREVER TO PROCESS, PEOPLE LOSE YOUR PAPERWORK, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF IS NOT EVERY HELPFUL. THE SCHOOL IS HIGHLY UNORGANIZED AND NEEDS TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THE COMPUTER RATHER THAN DEPENDING ON PAPERWORK. I GUARANTEE YOU -- IT WILL TAKE YOU AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF ONE WEEK TO GET SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS DROPPING A CLASS DONE. AND IF YOU TRY TO CHANGE YOUR MAJOR -- GOOD LUCK.

2nd Year Female -- Class 2010

Surrounding City: A, Campus Maintenance: F

The undergraduate experience other than the social life here is horrible. The school overall is bad and you can make no excuses for it. After one semester I transferred out, along with six acquaintances I met during my attendance. The school fails on all levels. Especially with the professors and you can see by the other comments on this site the how the Professors have failed. Students should have more to say about their school than “You might get joaned on”, “Or wear some fly gear.” These are good observations about the things that happen on campus and are also things that the professors fail to correct. I personal wanted to attend the “Mecca of Black Intelligence” to find what it was advertising. However all I found was a piss poor faculty, who are either wash-outs from other universities or haven’t published any material since grad school. Many of the professors failed to show up during the first week of classes, and took vacations during the middle of the semester. A lot their offices were unpleasant and unorganized with cobwebs everywhere. I’ve witness this from a handful of professors in the one semester I attended. I did meet and have a few good ones, but many of them are bad. A college professor has high moral obligations to the university, to their community, and to their students. This means the message to the students should you are here to learn and rise your level of education not just for a job, but as benefactor to society. The attitude of many of the students here is “I have a nice outfit on so I’ll be successful,” and this is not what academia is about. This goes for many of the students however there are a few students who are there for intellectual reasons and usually like me and my acquaintances end up transferring out because of the nonsense.

Howard needs to come up with a contingency plan to elevate the school out of its slumber neglect. It needs to restructure many of their departments and hire some new promising professors who plan to make change. If the spirit of the institution would change, the minor things on campus (like broken windows, doors and holes in the walls) would be tolerable and the students would not care about the worthless material on the backs and appreciate the material going into their heads. I’ve read all the comments here and no one said “Howard prepared me for Grad school.” Or something like, “the black experience at Howard was great not only because I partied but because it expanded my consciousness helping me to better thinker or whatever.”

The school is also expensive and you’ll see your dollars go right into the funding for the medical, business and law school. I toured the campus a year before I transferred in and I notice a hole and the bathroom wall in the Arts and Sciences building, a year and a half later the hole is still there. In my courses most of the exams where fill in the blank and multiple choice. I did not take any exams that allowed me to demonstrate my ability to analyze and think critically. If you want to see Black Intelligence go to another university and involve yourself in their Black studies department. Take my advice if you plan to get any kind of intellectual stimulation in your college career DO NOT GO HERE!!!

1st Year Male -- Class 2008

Social Life: A+, Innovation: D-

Do not go here if you plan on persuing a career in film...now that i think about it, do not go here if you plan on doing anything other than buisness. The dorms are terrible compared to the other schools ive been to. The people here are closed minded and care only about how they look. It's all about making money to this administration and that is why i am leaving to go to Penn State next year.

Do not listen to the BS about the MECCA. This college is called the Mecca, the hilltop, and the capstone of black intellegence..they got one thing right however, the campus is on a giant hill.

They accept more people than they can house, so get ready to be pissed off when you realize you dont have housing.Contact me if you wish, id love to get into specifics on weither or not you should go to Howard.

1st Year Male -- Class 2009

Scholastic Success: B+, Education Quality: F