My Favorite College

So I want to attend a place known as Prairie View A&M University. Well, for starters, Prairie View is a beautiful campus esthetically and a wonderful historically black university. The university is like a diamond in the rough. Most individuals know very little or only know Prairie View for their phenomenal band; but what they don’t know is the university has an excellent engineering and business degree program. What the majority don’t know is that Prairie View is the second oldest school in the state of Texas, founded in 1876, carrying history dated back to slavery (for which some of the original features are present throughout the campus). Next, they are not aware that Prairie View offers a variety of degree plans that fosters growth from art to science curriculums. In addition to the educational aspect, Prairie View fosters development in extra-curricular activities like band, dance, football, golf and etc. Attending a university with so much history and success has been nostalgic.

The college gives students that aren’t as fortunate the opportunity to receive an education so they can pursue their career dreams. What I like about Prairie View is the process they use to ensure the opportunity provided yields success. For many students, this will be their first time that anyone in their entire family has attempted to attend college, therefore, Prairie View focuses on the freshman class, giving them support, mentors, and seminars on how to be success at college so that the student continues for the remaining subsequent years, increasing their success. Prairie View knowing that many students leave college sometime during or after their freshman year handles this by providing mentors/tutors to help all students so they can understand the curriculum and are successful during and after the classroom setting. As a new freshman this past year, I had the privilege to experience this process. I was assigned a mentor/tutor that was specific to my degree plan who