<p>I have recently been accepted into Alabama, Auburn, and Tennessee of those universities which do you suggest at an academic and social standpoint. I plan on majoring in biochemistry, chemical engineering, biology, or possibly pre-med.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Mark</p>
<p>What state are you are resident? Is cost a factor?</p>
<p>My personal view is in order of preference: 'Bama, Auburn, Tennessee. </p>
<p>But frankly, you are the one going and its up to you. If you excel (top 5%) at either college, you will be fine for Med School.</p>
<p>I have a pre-med son at Alabama. He’s double-majoring in Chem Engineering and Biology - which we feel will make him a very attractive candidate for a good med school.</p>
<p>I don’t know if you’ve visited Alabama, but it has recently completed Phase II of it mega Science and Engineering Complex. It is amazing. </p>
<p>Did you apply for scholarships? Did you list Engineering as your major? If you have high stats, you’ll get a tuition scholarship for your stats, and then you’d get an extra engineering scholarship stacked on top.</p>
<p>Alabama (especially if Honors), Tennessee, Auburn
If you are in-state for TN and that significantly impacts the cost, go with TN</p>
<p>This is my opinion based on brief research and prior knowledge of the schools.</p>
<p>All 3 are about the same size and are public schools, however Auburn and Alabama have a larger group of OOS students which is something I would find cool if I was from Alabama. You could meet people from around the country without having to go far from home. Also if you live in Alabama instate tuition would be nice. I would think that Knoxville though is the better city. Academically I think they are all comparable and they all rank within 20 spots of each other so I don’t see that much of a difference. Sports would be a factor for me so I would pick some place with great athletics. I’m from Texas and I don’t know much about college sports but I will tell you before joining CC I had only heard of Alabama and Tennessee.</p>
<p>If I were you I would pick in this order: Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn
If I lived in Tennesse though I would choose Tennessee.</p>
<p>Just wondering are they all going to cost about the same?</p>
<p>I’m guessing that Hoppes is OOS for all 3 schools, but has the stats for a good scholarship from one or more.</p>
<p>Yes I am out of state, I live in the state of Ohio.</p>
<p>My son is a Jr. and considering these 3 schools too along with Clemson and Vanderbilt. Looking for Biomedical engineering (only Tennessee offers it), but willing to major in Electrical or Mechanical and later go to graduate school in BioMed Eng (which might be a better strategy). Auburn and Alabama provide amazing scholarships and will visit them this spring.
Clemson is his top choice, spend part of the summer there and fell in love. Vanderbilt is probably the best program, but very expensive we think.</p>
<p>We are interested to hear what others think too.</p>
<p>We visited all of the schools that you mentioned with my older son. </p>
<p>Visited Auburn first…very nice campus… rural setting… nice traditions… nice facilities.</p>
<p>Then GT, UGa, USC, Clemson, & UTenn in one LONG trip - Older son LOVED Clemson, a bit of a rural setting. </p>
<p>Visited other colleges around the US.</p>
<p>Then visited Vandy…very nice, but expensive! I have a nephew there (money is NO OBJECT for them…LOL) Nashville is very fun!</p>
<p>Then visited Bama…very similar feel to Clemson, son immediately fell in love, applied to CBH, got accepted, and has been happy ever since. Second son is there now, too. City setting, population 125,000.</p>
<p>I don’t know what your son’s scores are, but as I mentioned above…Bama does stack their engineering scholarship on top of the university scholarships, including the NM one.</p>
<p>My younger son is the one I mentioned above who’s pre-med (Chem engineering and Biology). Since we’ve saved so much with undergrad, he won’t have to borrow as much for med school.</p>
<p>If you have any questions, feel free to PM me. :)</p>
<p>definitely take a look at Clemson University, we have an amazing engineering program and our science programs are amazing. We are the technical university of South Carolina. It’s a very affordable program compared to Vanderbilt and it is more reputable than Alabama, Auburn and Tennessee when it comes to engineering.</p>
<p>But if you have to choose among Alabama, Auburn and Tennessee, I would pick either Auburn or Tennessee. Alabama just doesn’t have a good engineering program since Auburn is #1 for engineering in Alabama.</p>
<p>Things to think about when it comes to the University of Tennessee:
<p>Pierre…</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say that Alabama doesn’t have a good engineering program. You are probably not aware of what Alabama has been doing in that area in recent years. :)</p>
<p>see this… </p>
<p>Scroll down to see the Aerial view of the new Shelby Building and Engineering and Science Complex which consists of essentially 9 buildings that are connected together. [News</a> from the College | College of Arts and Sciences](<a href=“http://web.as.ua.edu/home/news/2009/mailnews/october/webmail.php]News”>http://web.as.ua.edu/home/news/2009/mailnews/october/webmail.php) </p>
<p>The above aerial view just shows Phase I and Phase II. Phase III has begun, and Phase IV will follow. </p>
<p>Phase I Shelby Building - Pentagon shaped building consisting of 5 connected buildings[Shelby</a> Tour](<a href=“http://www.bama.ua.edu/~chem/facilities/buildings/shelbytour/tour.html]Shelby”>http://www.bama.ua.edu/~chem/facilities/buildings/shelbytour/tour.html)</p>
<p>Phase II - consisting of 4 more connected buildings <a href=“http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=TL&Date=20090720&Category=FRONTPAGE&ArtNo=720009998&Ref=PH&Profile=1007&Params=Itemnr=1[/url]”>http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=TL&Date=20090720&Category=FRONTPAGE&ArtNo=720009998&Ref=PH&Profile=1007&Params=Itemnr=1</a></p>
<p>Right now…Phase I is called the Shelby Building. Phase II is called the Science and Engineering Complex. When all 4 phases are complete (about 20 buildings total ), the entire thing will likely be called the Shelby Science and Engineering Complex and be one of the largest in the country.</p>
<p>well there’s no doubt that Alabama is improving but as of right now if you had to ask what the #1 engineering school in Alabama is, most people would probably say Auburn. Buildings are a start but it doesn’t mean a total improvement in the engineering rankings.</p>
<p>True…Buildings and *added faculty *are a start, but the difference is starting to become negligible - especially since Bama has more money than Auburn. </p>
<p>BTW…saying “it’s a start” may be misleading. Bama didn’t just start having Engineering. Alabama’s engineering program is actually older than Auburn’s. In 1837, Bama became one of the first five universities in the United States to offer engineering. Currently, the College of Engineering has 100 faculty members. <a href=“http://www.eng.ua.edu/[/url]”>http://www.eng.ua.edu/</a></p>
<p>Also…UAHuntsville is an unsung hero in Alabama in regards to engineering. I expect to see more aggressive recruiting from UAH in the near future to fill those new dorms they jut built.</p>
<p>Auburn, Tennesse, Alabama for academics.</p>
<p>Oh yeah no doubt Alabama is a school on the rise, but none of the schools in the UA system have yet to crack the US News engineering rankings, a survey of how engineering deans think their peer schools are doing. Just my opinion, but as a student right now, I would go with the safer choice and pick Auburn in-state since it has proven to be a good engineering student. However, if what you say is true, Alabama will be a good option in a few years if it keeps improving but in the current state, the safer choice may be Auburn. </p>
<p>Again, that’s just my opinion, people may have different opinions.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids, thanks for the comments. The Bama scholarship stacking sounds excellent. My son has 3.6 GPA, Top 25%, URM. Need to take the ACT again this month but so far its looking that he should be +32. Hopfully he can win a few more scholarships based on this. </p>
<p>We have visited UTenn and Vanderbilt already. For UTenn we have the same feeling voiced around, kind of difficult to walk around and spread, not too inviting. The people at the COE were great with us. We live in Tn so UTenn will be less expensive by far. </p>
<p>My son loves the campus at Clemson, so based on your comments looks like he should like Bama and Auburn too.<br>
So far here are his preferences:
Top choices : Clemson, Vanderbilt
2nd Tier: Alabama, Auburn, Florida ( he qualifies for in state tuition)
3rd tier: South Carolina, Tennessee, GA Tech (campus not too appealing and hard to get scholarships)</p>
<p>I agree with post #11.
P.S. Despite the post below mine, I still agree with post #11 but urge the OP to visit all three if possible. Drinking is huge at UTennessee & anyone stating otherwise may be confusing UT with Texas. Nonetheless, things can & do change & I have not visited Tennessee for several years now so it is always best to visit & see for yourself.</p>
<p>I do not agree with Post 11 and I am not hearing anything like that from the many, many students I know who are attending or have recently graduated from UT. There is plenty of nice student housing around campus, Knoxville is a fun city and I don’t see anything terribly wrong with the state’s tax system. It seems better than most states, actually.</p>
<p>If you’re from Ohio, why do you want to go to a southern public? There are enough publics in Ohio that are comparable or better.</p>