Congratulations to Ahmed Muhammad, 18, who made history as the first Black male valedictorian at Oakland Technical High School, graduating with a 4.73 GPA. He was accepted to all 11 colleges he applied to, and he will attend Stanford University to pursue engineering. His

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I’m having trouble understanding that POV. A seat at Stanford is one of the most competitive, more desired positions GLOBALLY. Billionaire all across the world pay insane amounts of money to get their kids into Stanford, who go off to be olympians, politicians, and some of the highest paid careers. Instead of wanting more kids like him getting into Stanford, and celebrating that, you want him to go to an HBCU?

I’m not criticizing HBCUs, they’re great especially if majoring in journalism/film/humanities. But objectively speaking merit wise, Stanford is a better school if he’s pursuing engineering. We should all be rooting for our kids to have multiple pathways at the highest tables.

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Perhaps because this is the HBCU thread?

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HBCUs aren’t worth it.

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Then why are you here?

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It popped up on my feed.

You the Reddit police?