Welcome to The Application

The HBCU 20x20 foundation

Making Professional Dreams come true One Day At a time.

Welcome to the home of The Application and HBCU 20x20. We are the nation’s leading social enterprise for academic and career resources with an audience of 25,000 and growing, representing colleges and universities, ten countries, and over 600 corporate partners. The Application is home to HBCU 20x20, free college applications, jobs, internships, fellowships, mock interviews, VYP Research Institute, Professors’ Circle, mind-blowing events, and reviews about the experiences of people of color within companies and academic institutions.

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Our Mission

Our mission is to provide academic to career resources and opportunities to people of color.

Our Founder

Nicole Tinson

Nicole Tinson is the Founder and CEO of The Application and HBCU 20x20. A native of South Central Los Angeles, Nicole is an HBCU, Diversity and Inclusion, and Civil Rights advocate. She has learned to transform her pain into power and has made it her life’s work to empower others along the way.

She is an alumna of Dillard University and Yale University, a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and was named on the Forbes 30 Under 30, Social Entrepreneurs List, The Root 100, in addition to making HBCU Buzz’s Top 30 Under 30 List, and Dillard University’s 40 Under 40 list. HBCU 20x20 and Nicole were most recently selected as a Gucci Changemaker for their commitment to diversity and service for the HBCU and Black community.

How we got to where we are today

Explore Our Milestones And See How It All Began

September 2017

The Beginning

HBCU 20x20 is launched in an op-ed by our CEO in Huffington Post.
October 2017

First Visit

HBCU 20x20 kicks off its tour and visits its first HBCU, Philander Smith in Little Rock, AR.
May 2018

The Big 100

First 100 people are placed into jobs and internships.
May 2019

Mock Interview Program is Created

With the help of 8,000 volunteers, HBCU 20x20 launches its Mock Interview Program, providing over 2000 mock interviews to Black college students.
August 2019

First Summit

HBCU 20x20 hosts its first HBCU Summit in Hillsboro, OR with Intel.
April 2020

Thank you, Disney!

The Walt Disney Company awards HBCU 20x20 a $100,000 grant.
September 2020

We Made Forbes

Forbes Magazine recognizes HBCU 20x20 for its work in uplifting the Black community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 2021

Morris Brown College

HBCU 20x20 becomes the official career center for Morris Brown College, located in Atlanta, GA.
Aug 2021

Opening In Membership

HBCU 20x20 hosts the HBCU Classic Career Fair at Ohio State University in Columbus, OH announcing that the HBCU 20x20 membership will now include Black students at PWI’s.
January 2022

Amgen & HBCU 20x20 Unite

HBCU 20x20 increased its presence in the biotechnology industry with the help of a $150,000 partnership with AMGEN.
February 2022

Animated Dream

HBCU 20x20’s increases its presence in the animation industry by announcing the world’s first HBCU Animation Fellowship with DreamWorks Animation.
September 2023

The Next Chapter: Expansion

HBCU 20x20 expands into The Application with the mission of providing academic and career resources to People of Color.

Small Team With A National Footprint

When we created HBCU 20x20, we knew we wanted to create innovative ways to improve the recruitment of people of color to companies, especially for graduates and alumni from HBCUs.