Hampton University — Attraction in Hampton

I toured this institution a few years ago during my junior year of high school. I attended the Black College Tour, when I first saw the campus. The college is very picturesque with numerous majors, sports, and clubs to offer. The vibe from the students and staff is very welcoming and family-oriented. They have a lot of history behind them, by being the first place in the south to provide an education to african slaves as well as Native Americans under Emancipation Oak. Don't think because it's an HBC that only black people are allowed to attend this school. Hampton is very multicultural with a diverse student to staff body. Hence you may see the international circle in front of the Ogden Hall. They encourage you to stay motivated so you can study a major in your field and pursue your career. The dorms, land, river banks and peninsula area attracts outsiders and residents nearby. There are restaurants, parks, and a bank on the campus. There is some convenience to this area. It's on the parkway, right across the bridge from the nearest mall and minutes from Norfolk, VA Beach, Newport News, and Williamsburg. I strive to earn acceptance into a historical college such as this with a scholarship. It's motto is "The Standard of Excellence, an Education for Life" for a reason. They ode up to meeting the student's educational needs. Hampton will help anyone earn their degree so they can pursue a rewarding career. They also help you find off campus housing, and a job before and after you graduate! One thing I say they should tweak is their scholarship offers. They only offer traditional students scholarships. Many HBCUs accept transfer students along with continuing graduates, but won't offer them scholarships. Their tuition is very high. HU can make a project that will increase the funding to pay for the education, room and board, meals, labs, computers, matriculation fees etc. They could also improve on the communication as a school attempting to build their acceptance rate with their graduation rate. Overall, I love it!...

First I will say this, I am a proud graduate of an HBCU and can testify of the vital role HBCUs play in the African American community and in the global community. However today I was really disappointed and my faith rocked by what I experienced today. See my mom didn't have the opportunity to go to school so she pushed me to attend college and she is continuing to push my younger siblings to attend as well.Growing up in VA she always wanted one of her kids to attend Hampton (a school she would have went to had she had the opportunity). So when my little sister was accepted to Hampton, my mom who is living on disablity sent the security deposit for her freshmen year believing that financial aide will cover the cost. While they gave her a 5,000 merit scholarship it still didn't cover the outrageous cost I even tried stepping in to say I would try to cover some of the cost so she could be financially cleared. Even though it would have been a hard sacrifice on a teacher's budget. However I was told no that was not a acceptable agreement and seeing the hopes of my sister being told she could not return for the Spring semester really rattled my belief and hope in the HBCU concept. While I know that Hampton University is just one institution I believe that it's present operations are a mirror of this notion of HBCUs forgetting and steering away from its true mission of being a beacon of hope and uplift for the community. When these institutions become more concerned with expanding their endowments verses ensuring that first generational college students eager to learn are able to overcome the financial hurdle of attending their institution it should be of no surprise when these institutions find themselves just a mere chapter in history, as the bogey start sending their kids to other institutions and pwi (predominantly white institutions) start seeing the value of offering aide to promising first time...

My daughter just gave up a merit scholarship from Hampton University to transfer to Norfolk State University. Her first and only semester there was horrible. She ended with All A’s & 2 B’s, so her scholarship wasn’t in jeopardy. The lack of communication and professionalism is what made her desperately want to leave. I kept telling her it’s COVID time, it will get better, but it didn’t. From the beginning, her scholarship was lost that she received from her high school, until I kept pestering and her account was credited. Her transcripts were never updated, and they constantly tried to put her in classes that she already had credits for. Professors didn’t respond to emails sent, the registrars/ admin never updated or responded to numerous emails sent from her the head of the Chemistry department or me about her transcripts not being updated in the system. When we requested her transcripts, we were told she had a hold on her account. We knew we paid EVERYTHING in full, but was finally told that her aid was “re-evaluated” and her pell grant was taken away, which we were never notified and there wasn’t a hold showing on her account. So we just paid it no arguments to just be done with them. Make sure you request receipts if you pay anything, and don’t pay online. I’m glad we kept documentation on everything with this university. For them to have a high standard for their students, they don’t give that same level of quality that you pay for. My daughter was so excited to be accepted into HU, for it to end up a total disappointment. She gave up a better scholarship at another university for HU, I feel...