Morehouse's students graduate to become very successful. When attending Morehouse, students learn to give back to the community once they graduate. Morehouse Alumni gives money back to Morehouse.
Do you have any tips for prospective students?
Live be Morehouse's five wells. Be well spoken. Be well read. Be well traveled. Be well dressed and well balanced.
Do you find there’s enough academic rigor at your school?
Make sure you focus on your goal and do not get distracted. Set high goals for yourself. Believe that you can achieve these goals.
Describe the dorm life at your college.
Freshman year at Morehouse, you meet people in your dorm. The dorm that you live in, will make up songs and chants that the dorm will use to fight against other Freshman dorms. All the Freshman dorms, will battle to see who is the most dominate dorm. At Morehouse , they like to call dorms resident halls.
Describe the food and dining at your college.
The food at Morehouse is pretty good. We have a buffet in the cafeteria. We also have fried chicken Wednesday, which is the only day fried chicken is served(sometimes they still serve fried chicken on other days). Also, we have a stir fry station, which is delicious.Some days, we even have a DJ playing music in the cafeteria while we eat. Sometimes, the lunch ladies be dancing to the music.
What’s there to do for fun at your college?
Every hump Wednesday, is outside or in the gym where we have a DJ. The DJ plays songs to get the crowd moving, and sometimes the DJ picks people from the crowd to dance on stage. Also, at hump Wednesday we have step battles between the Frat groups and other battles between the Sororities. Also, a lot of celebrities visit our school because Morehouse is well known. We have Celebrity Basketball games. Also, every year around October, we have Homecomings where celebrities come, and we also have dances during Homecoming. I would love to go on about how much fun we have at Morehouse, but it would go far beyond 300 words.
Do you feel you’re getting value for the money you’re spending on college?
Martin Luther King Jr., Spike Lee, and Samuel L. Jackson graduated from Morehouse College. Morehouse is in Atlanta, Georgia, so there are many activities to do. It is an all boy school, but has so many girls around it. Spelman College is a school near Morehouse. Clark Atlanta University is another school near Morehouse. All the schools share the same library, and most of the events like Homecoming are shared by all three schools. Clark is a boy and girl school, but Clark has way more girls than boys. Spelman is an all girl school, and it has more girls in it than Morehouse has of boys. The schools are so close that sometimes when walking out of your residents hall, you will see a couple of girls on the stoop.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
In the beginning of your Freshman year at Morehouse, you will attend this event called Olive Branch. This is the first time you meet the Freshman girls from Clark and Spelman. Olive Branch, is a big dance held at night on Clark Atlanta's football field. The girls arrive at the football field first and wait for the boys, then all the boys from Morehouse and Clark go to the field. There will be a DJ there. Also, another tradition Morehouse has is that Freshman get paired up with Spelman and Clark sisters. The Morehouse Freshman will walk in a straight line to Kings Chapel. The Spelman girls will walk from Spelman ,and a person will pair you up with a girl from Spelman and you will exchange contact information with them. She can become a close friend and introduce you to her other friends from Spelman.
Which types of students will excel at your college?
If you are a student that does not get easily distracted, then Morehouse is a good school. Even if you get distracted, Morehouse has a saying, I got my brother's back. Other Morehouse students help you accomplish your goals.Morehouse is big on brotherhood. Morehouse College is the third Historically Black College University in the nation just behind Howard and Spelman. They prepare African American men for the world, but other ethnicity groups also study at Morehouse College. It equips men in general for the world. Some people as far as Asia come to study at Morehouse. The people at Morehouse, are open for learning about other people's cultures as well as their own. Morehouse truly respects all their students no matter what race.
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
Morehouse has sport teams for almost all sports. They have a team for Basketball, Football, Baseball etc. They have a especially strong Football team. Morehouse has Business clubs and other clubs for different Majors. Some of the clubs go on road trips. They even have clubs for musicians and poets. Also, they have clubs with benefits and opportunities for your future. In the Business club( like MBA), you get to meet Morehouse alumni and they help you find business opportunities.
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
Morehouse has all the fraternities you could think of. We have Omegas, Alfas,Kappas etc. Each fraternity has different colors and chants. They have Stroll offs(stepping) battles between each other. Some Fraternities have Barbeque's and cookouts, which are live. They have parties that they host, and if you are apart of their Frat, then you get in for free. The movie Stomp The Yard was filmed at Morehouse College, which is a movie with Fraternities step battling each other.
How would you describe campus safety? Do you feel safe on campus?
Inside Morehouse College, is a pretty save place. The area that Morehouse College is in called West End can be danger if you are not careful. Morehouse encourages their students not to wear Morehouse clothing off campus grounds. If you go downtown in Atlanta wearing Morehouse clothing, then it should be cool. The local West End residents might think you are an easy target if you attend Morehouse, but most of them are not looking for trouble. Morehouse College has campus police, and some of them look like incredible hulks walking around.
Morehouse's students graduate to become very successful. When attending Morehouse, students learn to give back to the community once they graduate. Morehouse Alumni gives money back to Morehouse.
Live be Morehouse's five wells. Be well spoken. Be well read. Be well traveled. Be well dressed and well balanced.
Make sure you focus on your goal and do not get distracted. Set high goals for yourself. Believe that you can achieve these goals.
Freshman year at Morehouse, you meet people in your dorm. The dorm that you live in, will make up songs and chants that the dorm will use to fight against other Freshman dorms. All the Freshman dorms, will battle to see who is the most dominate dorm. At Morehouse , they like to call dorms resident halls.
The food at Morehouse is pretty good. We have a buffet in the cafeteria. We also have fried chicken Wednesday, which is the only day fried chicken is served(sometimes they still serve fried chicken on other days). Also, we have a stir fry station, which is delicious.Some days, we even have a DJ playing music in the cafeteria while we eat. Sometimes, the lunch ladies be dancing to the music.
Every hump Wednesday, is outside or in the gym where we have a DJ. The DJ plays songs to get the crowd moving, and sometimes the DJ picks people from the crowd to dance on stage. Also, at hump Wednesday we have step battles between the Frat groups and other battles between the Sororities. Also, a lot of celebrities visit our school because Morehouse is well known. We have Celebrity Basketball games. Also, every year around October, we have Homecomings where celebrities come, and we also have dances during Homecoming. I would love to go on about how much fun we have at Morehouse, but it would go far beyond 300 words.
Martin Luther King Jr., Spike Lee, and Samuel L. Jackson graduated from Morehouse College. Morehouse is in Atlanta, Georgia, so there are many activities to do. It is an all boy school, but has so many girls around it. Spelman College is a school near Morehouse. Clark Atlanta University is another school near Morehouse. All the schools share the same library, and most of the events like Homecoming are shared by all three schools. Clark is a boy and girl school, but Clark has way more girls than boys. Spelman is an all girl school, and it has more girls in it than Morehouse has of boys. The schools are so close that sometimes when walking out of your residents hall, you will see a couple of girls on the stoop.
In the beginning of your Freshman year at Morehouse, you will attend this event called Olive Branch. This is the first time you meet the Freshman girls from Clark and Spelman. Olive Branch, is a big dance held at night on Clark Atlanta's football field. The girls arrive at the football field first and wait for the boys, then all the boys from Morehouse and Clark go to the field. There will be a DJ there. Also, another tradition Morehouse has is that Freshman get paired up with Spelman and Clark sisters. The Morehouse Freshman will walk in a straight line to Kings Chapel. The Spelman girls will walk from Spelman ,and a person will pair you up with a girl from Spelman and you will exchange contact information with them. She can become a close friend and introduce you to her other friends from Spelman.
If you are a student that does not get easily distracted, then Morehouse is a good school. Even if you get distracted, Morehouse has a saying, I got my brother's back. Other Morehouse students help you accomplish your goals.Morehouse is big on brotherhood. Morehouse College is the third Historically Black College University in the nation just behind Howard and Spelman. They prepare African American men for the world, but other ethnicity groups also study at Morehouse College. It equips men in general for the world. Some people as far as Asia come to study at Morehouse. The people at Morehouse, are open for learning about other people's cultures as well as their own. Morehouse truly respects all their students no matter what race.
Morehouse has sport teams for almost all sports. They have a team for Basketball, Football, Baseball etc. They have a especially strong Football team. Morehouse has Business clubs and other clubs for different Majors. Some of the clubs go on road trips. They even have clubs for musicians and poets. Also, they have clubs with benefits and opportunities for your future. In the Business club( like MBA), you get to meet Morehouse alumni and they help you find business opportunities.
Morehouse has all the fraternities you could think of. We have Omegas, Alfas,Kappas etc. Each fraternity has different colors and chants. They have Stroll offs(stepping) battles between each other. Some Fraternities have Barbeque's and cookouts, which are live. They have parties that they host, and if you are apart of their Frat, then you get in for free. The movie Stomp The Yard was filmed at Morehouse College, which is a movie with Fraternities step battling each other.
Inside Morehouse College, is a pretty save place. The area that Morehouse College is in called West End can be danger if you are not careful. Morehouse encourages their students not to wear Morehouse clothing off campus grounds. If you go downtown in Atlanta wearing Morehouse clothing, then it should be cool. The local West End residents might think you are an easy target if you attend Morehouse, but most of them are not looking for trouble. Morehouse College has campus police, and some of them look like incredible hulks walking around.