Selecting an HBCU

Selecting an HBCU: Empowering Your Educational Journey

You’ve made it to high school – the finish line is nearing. As you enter this golden time of your academic career, you may wonder, is it too early to think about college? In a word, no! In fact, wise students are actively preparing for college as high school seniors and even earlier. Be it college fairs or SAT prep sessions, campus visits or application workshops, black college planning is a long and involved journey.

With so many stresses facing modern high schoolers parents may wonder if adding college pressures to the mix too early could be too much. The truth is, competition for college funds is stiff, and more than one bill-laden college student or parent will confirm that it’s never too early to look for college funds. Luckily, we live in an era of college scholarships for high school seniors and even college scholarships for high school juniors.

Check out our articles on these early routes to college funding, tips to preparing for college, advice on finding a pre-college mentor and more. Let our black college planning articles help make this journey less stressful!

The #1 Priority for Seniors Planning to Play College Sports

NCAA Eligible: 6 Mandatory Ways to Qualify for College Sports

If you are a high school senior and a student-athlete with hopes of continuing your athletic career in college…“you must register” to be NCAA eligible. You must register with the governing body of all college athletics. That would be the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The NCAA’s registration process determines whether you are eligible to participate …

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High school students speak to U-CAN's founder Alan Rowe at the 15th Annual U-CAN HBCU College Recruitment Fair.

U-CAN Launches 10 City HBCU Recruiting Tour on West Coast

Thousands of students from Sacramento, the East Bay and San Francisco Bay Area, the Central Valley and the Inland Empire will gather at churches schools, and community centers, to explore the possibilities of attending college at one of the United College Action Network’s (U-CAN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) partners. High school students will …

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Edward Waters College Black Male College Explorers 2014 Summer Program on a 6-day trip to Washington D.C.

Black Male College Explorers Program Making A Difference

The Black Male College Explorers Program (BMCEP) aims to provide students, specifically black males considered as being  “at high risk”, the opportunity to thrive in a safe educational environment. The main goal of the program is to identify students who are potential high school dropouts and prevent them from dropping out as well as increase …

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Maintaining a Long Distance Relationship - Tips for High School Sweethearts

Maintaining a Long Distance Relationship – Tips for High School Sweethearts

It can’t be helped. Your high school sweetheart got accepted in another school several states away, but you refuse to break up because of distance. The question is: will a long distance relationship work? College may simply be a few years, and that would hardly make a dent if you consider how long forever is, …

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