UAT was University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, sorry. I didn’t know how to abbreviate it. I completed the Undergraduate Admissions app… it doesn’t require any essays, any lists of extracurriculars OR any stats. I didn’t submit it because I was unsure, but it’s in my bookmarks. Is that weird to you? Why wouldn’t it ask for any of that?
And you were spot on with the features I care most about for a safety, by the way. Science strong, city or close to one. I would much rather sacrifice the city location than a science education. Strong science/research is my top priority when considering any college. (Financial aid of course is tied with it) My research with LACs and understanding their advantages has motivated me to look even further ahead, to graduate school, and undergraduate schools that will give me a good shot at getting in a good graduate school.
I mean, Lee isn’t my favorite school or anything. It’s got a fairly nice campus with a good bit of funding and nice professors, but my supervisor only showed me one research project they were doing there, which was the effects of a certain oil on zebra fish and its application to humans. That’s interesting and all, but their REAL influence is in their religious trips to underdeveloped countries. A lot of pre-med students do that to administer products and care. I like that idea, but I’m not much of a pre-med person, moreso a research. I will keep Lee under my eye though, but that is a last resort. UTK has my priority.
I’ll read those rules on QB again.
So I should keep my eye out for safeties with Early Action as their Early option, right? Shut it down if it has ED, right? UTK has EA, I think. Like I said, application isn’t open (that’s annoying). I’ll work on the UT Dallas and Huntsville applications for now, then Berea and Cincinnati.
If any college I apply to asks for my intended major that does NOT have a biochemistry major, which do you think would be better for a research position - biology or chemistry? I like biology more than chemistry myself, but was unsure. My chemistry teacher said at one point that chemistry would be the better choice, if not biochemistry first.