Share Your Story | My HBCU Interview

Top 10 Universities	Stories
Grambling State University	54
Florida A & M University	52
Howard University	38
North Carolina A & T State University	27
Paine College	26
Tuskegee University	26
Savannah State University	23
Clark Atlanta University	23
Prairie View A & M University	22
Bethune-Cookman University	22

Name some friends and/or family in your circle that have attended an HBCU. Which colleges did they attend? What is the most memorable story they have told you in regards to their HBCU experience?

What sports do/did you play at your HBCU? What positions?

What sports and/or extra curricular activities did you do in High School? And why?

Best restaurants on/near campus? Best dishes?

College crush?

Ghost stories involving buildings or spots on campus?

Your wildest moment at college?

What is your funniest college story? (everyone has one lol)

What is your major? and Why did you choose it?

What to date has been your proudest moment @ Your HBCU?

Where are the spots to go to if you wanted to cuddle with your boy or girlfriend?

What are the chants heard most often at the sporting events?

What to date has been your happiest moment @ Your HBCU?

How are you positively active on campus? (e.g. clubs, SGA, etc.)

Where is the “yard” located?

What and where are the historical places on campus?

What to date has been your saddest moment at your HBCU?

How many “firsts” have you had at college ? What are they? (e.g. first road trip, first job interview, first love, first “F or A”, etc.)

What is your view on materialism, vanity and greed?

What was your happiest moment in your life to date?

What situation in your life made you feel like you had arrived into woman/manhood?

What adversities (hardships) have you overcome to become the strong person that you are?

Who was your greatest influence in your life growing up? And Why?

What type of household did you grow up in?

What was your proudest moment in your life to date?

How do you deal with racism when you encounter it?

What is your process when you are going through a hardship that you have never faced before?

What elders do you look to for guidance?

Name 1-2 Global Majority (“melanin-efficient”) people that have inspired you. And why? (e.g. Oprah, Malcom X, Marcus Garvey, etc.)

What life-changing books would you recommend to others to read?

What's your take on love (in the philosophical sense)?

What music would you recommend to others to listen to, to find strength and motivation?

What do you feel is most beautiful about you?

When and how did you discover your passion in life?

What's your take on life (in the philosophical sense)?

State how your own personal experience or knowledge correlates to the Ethiopian proverbs: "When one is prepared, difficulties do not come."

How did you overcome your nervousness about going to college?

State how your own personal experience or knowledge correlates to the Ethiopian proverbs: "When spiders’ unite, they can tie up a lion."

Which professors have impacted your life the most at your HBCU?

Are you a member of a fraternity?

State how your own personal experience or knowledge correlates to the Ethiopian proverbs: "One who tries to hide with a dog, a child, a goat, or a person with a cold, will not remain hidden."

State how your own personal experience or knowledge correlates to the Ethiopian proverbs: "Advise and counsel him; if he does not listen, let adversity teach him."

If you could speak to those family members that have risen but that live forever through you, what words would you speak?

What and when was your first encounter with racism?

What was your saddest moment in your life to date?

State how your own personal experience or knowledge correlates to the Ethiopian proverb - "If you offend, ask for pardon; if offended, forgive."

State how your own personal experience or knowledge correlates to the Ethiopian proverb - "When one is in love, a cliff becomes a meadow."

State how your own personal experience or knowledge correlates to the Ethiopian proverb - "A cow gave birth to a fire: she wanted to lick it, but it burned; she wanted to leave it, but she could not because it was her own child."

State how your own personal experience or knowledge correlates to the Ethiopian proverb - "Anticipate the good so that you may enjoy it."

How did your HBCU prepare you for a diverse workplace?

What advice would you give high school students filling out college applications for the first time?

If you could only speak two sentences to the youth coming after you what would you say?

Who invited you to interview with us?

Rules for incoming freshmen band members? Did they have a nickname?

Sports accomplishments in high school? at your HBCU? (records, medals, articles, et cetera)

Are you a member of a sorority?

What factors did you look at to choose the HBCU that was best for you? Why did you feel your HBCU was a good fit for you?

What made you want to go to college after high school?

How did you study for your college entrance exams? (I.e. SAT, ACT, AP exams, NMSQT, etc.)

What activities do you do at home and over the summer in preparation for college?

How did you approach the writing of your college application essay?

What courses are you taking in high school in preparation for college? (Honours, AP, IB, electives, etc.)

What advice would you give to other high school students thinking about their future?

Entrepreneur? Tell us about your business.

Describe a situation from your life where this proverb came to life or occurred “The person who grew up without correction will find his mouth slipping instead of his foot.”

How did your HBCU prepare you for a diverse workplace?

How did your HBCU help you to transition into your careers workforce?

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