College Quiz HBCU Experience

HBCU stands for ...

• Historically Better College and University

• Helping Blacks in College and Universities

• Historically Black College and University

• Historically Below Common Universities

What is money awarded for achievement, skills, talents or financial need?

• Loans

• Scholarships

• Tuition

• Salary

Which Act granted federal funds to HBCUs and provided 25,000 acres of land for collegiate development

• Morrill Act Grant of 1890

• Hact Act Grant of 1887

• Smith Lever Grant of 1914

• Morrill Act Grant of 1862

How many HBCU's are there total (Closed and Operating)?

• 95

• 101

• 104

• 121

What is the 5th Quarter at a HBCU Football Game?

• Another name for halftime

• When the teams go into overtime

• Battle between the bands

Roughly how many Black judges earn their degrees from HBCUs?

• 47%

• 62%

• 35%

• 80%

How many NPHC fraternities and sororities are there combined?

• 10

• 12

• 9

• 2

The National Pan-Hellenic Council is the

• Organization that oversees sports at HBCUs

• Organization that founded the first HBCUs

• Is the group of the first 7 HBCUs founded (like the Ivy league)

• Organization that oversees sororities and fraternities

When looking at colleges to apply to, which if these is important to consider?

• that it provides you with multiple opportunities to be engaged in your own learning

• that it is focused on creating an environment where students from a variety of backgrounds and experiences can be successful

• that it offers major in your areas of interest

• all of the above

What steps can you take this year to start preparing for college applications?

• Researching colleges

• Meeting with your counselor

• Taking standardized tests

• All of the above