<p>I can’t find any stats req’ts online, but I think I remember last year that your stats would qualify. To be sure, call 205-348-1706."</p>
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<li><p>Applications are due by Dec 1st, if you want to be considered for a March interview. </p></li>
<li><p>If you apply after this date we will still review your application. If it is too late for the March interview process, but if it is a strong application, we will contact you for a phone or campus interview. </p></li>
<li><p>If you do not receive a letter acknowledging your application within ten days of sending it, please call(205) 348-1706. </p></li>
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<p>[Blount</a> Undergraduate Initiative](<a href=“http://www.as.ua.edu/blount/]Blount”>The Blount Scholars Program)</p>
<p>To apply… [url=<a href=“http://www.as.ua.edu/blount/application.html]Application[/url”>http://www.as.ua.edu/blount/application.html]Application[/url</a>] at the bottom is a link to the actual app.</p>
<p>Description of the Blount Program
The program has several components:</p>
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<li>This is a four-year program which includes a freshman residential year in which students will reside and take special classes in what we call “a living - learning environment.” </li>
<li>Two Academic Houses, Oliver-Barnard and Tuomey Halls, which are located on the Quadrangle and physically in the center of the University, will serve as the focal point for the sophomore, junior, and senior years. </li>
<li>Students in the Initiative major in the same subject areas as all University students. However, they have a special curriculum that includes seminars, discussion groups, special presentations, and activities that will engage them in an integrated approach to learning. </li>
<li>The essence of the program is the establishment of an active learning partnership between teacher and student.
A key aspect of this program is living in a community of scholars. Freshmen entering the program will live and take Initiative Seminars in the Blount Living-Learing Center. Sophomores and upperclass Initiative students may choose to live off campus or in residence halls but their academic “home” on campus will be the Blount Academic Houses, Oliver-Barnard and Toumey Halls, on the main Quadrangle.</li>
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<p>The Blount Living-Learning Center combines residential and learning facilities and is the heart of the Blount Initiative freshmen experience. Twelve Blount Fellows appointed from the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences teach the foundation course and spend extended periods of time in the Living-Learning Center working and talking with students. Several graduate students are named as Junior Fellows each year and assist in teaching the foundation course. Perhaps more importantly, they live in the Living-Learning Center, serving as mentors and role models for the entering students.</p>