I was reaching way back to my own experiences. Actually the 6:00am start time wasn’t horrible. It was the walk back, uphill, in the winter. My legs still ache just typing that, lol.
And football gets their own weight room most places 
Thanks for the advice. I run from the 60m up to the 800m, actually. Therefore sprint and mid-distance.
@OnTrack2013 Hi! Thank you for the reply. I do believe you are talking about University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) , rather than UAB. UAB is not nearly as big as UA and also only has a female track team. However, I totally understand what you are saying. I’ve been doing more research and I think UAB would have a great balance for me! 
@Ohiodad51 I’m not the party type haha, so I should be fine. Thanks for the advice!
@GiUziM congratulations on your bright future! My son is a rising junior at an Ivy and he is a stem major and also a varsity track athlete. Since his sport is pretty much year round with training and competitions, it’s been pretty tough to balance the stem academics (every stem classmate has been uber smart and they tend to ruin the curve) with the demands of the sport (practices, meetings, socials and meets). The travel alone is rough with 10 hour bus rides for a weekend competition and then with the season culminating during finals. Everyone gets stressed in May. His school treats them like students and there is no special treatment of their athletes, no special mandated study hall or anything. He’s had labs at night after practice with no dinner until after his lab is over at 9pm. If he had to choose again, he’d keep his sport but choose a non stem major. But that’s his experience and I’m sure it’s very different at UAB. I wish you the best and good luck with your senior season.
P.S. my son had similar stats as you and was an AP Scholar with distinction ranked in top 5% plus was a state champion in one event plus team champion. D1 College athletics is a big adjustment, and even though my son came from a very competitive track area for HS, he went through a slump of adjusting to new coach, new way of doings things, having to compete indoors, in the freezing cold, etc.
Advice is you gotta possess grit and perseverance because you will have a huge transition going from HS to college. You will have stress and will experience anxiety…that’s typical and I prepared my son for it mentally. Kids who have great coping skills will do well with transition. For my son it was getting into a faith based group and making strong bonds with his teammates that helped him and of course strong family support
@GiUziM There’s great advice in this thread. One thing I’d quibble with a bit…I don’t think you’ll find many college sprint coaches who agree with @Publisher ‘s view that “I cannot think of an easier athletic commitment than as a sprinter. Overwhelmingly based on natural ability.” Sprint practices can be very time consuming at some programs. Sure, 3x350 or 5x60 doesn’t sound like much. But add in the technical work before and after, the long rest between reps, relay work, block work, mobility, and the weight room…it’s not uncommon for sprinters to spend more time at practice than distance runners (even on their long run days).
@GiUziM You have very impressive range so, if you haven’t already, I recommend asking the school which events they see you running. If the 8 is in the cards, don’t be surprised if you are asked to train in the late summer/fall with the cross country team…bigger time commitment than the fall captain’s practices for the track athletes.
A quick glance at the 2018 UAB track schedule suggests there were a very manageable number of meets with many in Birmingham or not too far away. Fewer meets and less travel obviously means more time for studies and social time.
I agree with other posters that you can absolutely manage STEM and DI track. I write as the parent of a Princeton track athlete who is pursuing an engineering degree and who still manages to have fun (not Animal House fun but he has a social life). It helps that he loves track culture and running so the sport doesn’t feel like a job.
Fingers crossed on the full ride. Impressive!