some people can't see that because they're stuck on PWI. That's fine. I understand why you're defensive. I'm just saying that a lot of people made the WRONG choice when they were 17 (almost surely pushed by their parents). The "you shoulda went to FAMU" just seems like partying.

We place way too much stock in where people went as undergrads. Went to an elite school? At most that proves that you were exceptional between the ages of 14-18. Went to an HBCU? It proves that your parents gave you a foundation in blackness that led you to that academic choice.