<p>I just received an email today telling me to apply for the University Fellows Experience. But the second sentence of the email said, “You have until Tuesday December 16th to submit your application.” Seriously? There are 2 more essays to write, in less than 48 hours. What the heck? I applied in November, why are they just telling me this?
Did this happen to anyone else?
Do you know if they will extend the deadline?
The Academic Elite scholarship was one of the main reasons I applied to UA and now I have zero chance of getting it because even if I get the essays written, they won’t be as good as they would have been if I had a month or even a week.
Ugh.</p>
<p>IsleofJD
Junior Member (post about this student's freshmen experience at U of A)</p>
<p>Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 30
I am not a huge fan of all things "old south" and I thought that in this day in age, it would not be as prevalent at Bama. I have enjoyed my time there and I know the administration is trying their hardest to change things but I am 90% sure that it is not where I want to spend all 4 years when I have in-state tuition to UGA and FSU. Greek life is essentially all there is to do in Tuscaloosa. The strip is a fun place but the university owns it and has monopolized it and getting into a bar with a fake is near impossible. I feel as though it is a university where people who really liked to gossip in high school are able to continue to do so in college while being in a sorority or fraternity. Do not listen to anyone when they tell you that greek life is not as intense at Bama as people claim. The Beta Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon at Bama was just closed down for a hazing incident. They made their pledges sit in a metal chair that had been heated up with irons. One pledge suffered 3rd degree burns and complications from an infection that included a collapsed lung, 106 degree fever, and seizure. Yet, this student did not even report Sig Ep for what they did but rather, it was discovered when he went to the local hospital for something unrelated. Now his father is trying to sue for the hospital releasing private information and they are trying to get the fraternity re-instated on campus. The issue with the state of Alabama...it is still run by old money old south men who would prefer to keep the "good ole' boy system" in place. There are an extreme amount of dirty secrets at this school that you will never hear about. I have never heard of pledges outside of SEC Schools having to wear slacks and polo to class every day and a dress shirt, slacks, sport coat, and tie to all football games. It is absolutely absurd. If the Feds were to launch an investigation into Alabama, I highly doubt the greek system would continue to exist and I wonder if the university itself would not be taken under some sort of federal control. </p>
<p>I honestly think we need to reinstitute Reconstruction into Mississippi and Alabama. I laugh at how many people from these states, and from all over the south, try to claim they are the "real" America...yet they believe that all that really entails is fighting wars, drinking beer, and yelling "America! **** Yeah!".....all while proudly sporting the Confederate Flag at every chance they get...</p>
<p>What does the above post have to do with anything pertinent to the question????? In regards to the original post- we only had a week and our deadline was last Friday, December 12. You may want to call and find out.</p>