Black graduate students at predominantly White institutions (PWIs) usually are classified into four categories--teaching assistant, research assistant, graduate assistant and (Black) student quota. And each group has its own unique set of problems. On any predominantly White campus, Black faculty are expected to, and are unofficially required to, oversee the well-being of Black graduate students, thus releasing non-Black faculty from concomitant responsibility. Black faculty, therefore, face many more time constraints, as well as the often unrealistic expectations of Black students who do not understand the pressure placed on Black faculty. For the near future, Black graduate students will continue to constitute a minority at PWIs. If the problems that accompany them are to be dealt with effectively, then Black graduate students must take advantage of the resources Black faculty have to offer. Isolation at any PWI--self-imposed or otherwise--could wreak havoc with the Black student's probability of success. The PWI is not a utopia, but Black graduate students should use all resources to help them succeed by any means necessary.