<p>Yes, they have a club team, so does UGA. So your D chose UA, correct??</p>
<p>I think he will end up in med school that’s why I said PhD or equivalent. It’s my understanding most college kids change their majors 4 times before they settle in on one…so who knows.</p>
<p>If medical school is likely, than it is important to graduate with a high GPA & no debt.</p>
<p>Yes, my D has chosen UA. We’re big hockey fans and assumed (incorrectly it seems) that UA would not have an ice hockey team. The link on the website is wrong but I’ve figured it out. Seems like it is a club team that plays at a rink outside of Birmingham. Wonder if they have a shuttle ;)?</p>
<p>DD is a current UA honors student. She was also accepted into UGAs honor program.</p>
<p>They both looked like great programs. Uga has admission down to a science and the Hope scholarship is a great incentitive. I also liked that some of their honors discussions are held in the honors dorm, bring the programming to the students. </p>
<p>UAs Honors program interested DD because of the service aspect that was presented to us. She has always liked volunteering and it is available / expected in many of the programs offered in honors. She also felt that the entire Honors department had a desire to see each student succeed in what ever path they choose. She still feels that way after a semester at UA. </p>
<p>FYI she also joined participates in a group your DS may find interesting. She is premed but undecided in her major… But she joined the National Pre Health Honor Society. The programing this group puts out is fabulous. Weekly health professionals as speakers, shadowing & volunteer opps. </p>
<p>[Alpha</a> Epsilon Delta - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://www.aed.ua.edu%5DAlpha”>http://www.aed.ua.edu)</p>
<p>The leadership of this organization is impressive!</p>
<p>Perfect. This is exactly what I am looking for. Thank you very much. He will be spending several days at UA soon.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the shuttle, but will have him ask if you’d like. </p>
<p>So what does your D have to say about UA?</p>
<p>(Background: 5 years ago I made a very, very difficult choice between UA and UGA, both with large scholarships; I turned down significant scholarships at a number of higher-ranked privates as well admission at Ivies for both. Ended up choosing UGA by a hair; feel like I would’ve done equally well at both places, even in retrospect)</p>
<p>Alabama does have some advantages on UGA, but I didn’t see any mention of the CBHP or the Blount Initiative in your earlier posts. Those two would’ve actually been really fun and now that I’m in a PhD program the CBHP would’ve been exceptionally useful (it’d be good for anyone though, really). Without those two programs in the mix, I’d say the balance definitely turns toward’s UGA Honors on average. </p>
<p>One aspect I really liked about UGA’s Honors program was its depth; they offered a large variety of upper-level classes in addition to the intro-level ones, which was really nice. UA seemed to have a lot of intro ones, not so many upper-level ones. I think that the Honors Seminars- 1 hour pass/fail classes taught by honors professors- are a hidden gem in that they allow you to take a class on something completely outside your area of interest and just learn. UGA also has a nice variety of “lunchbox lectures” and random Honors “field trips” that are definitely enjoyable and help foster a sense of community. Not sure what UA offers in that regard, I’m sure they’ve been improving that. </p>
<p>Plenty of service opportunities at both places, but UGA Honors does have a strong relationship with several service organizations on campus as well. </p>
<p>UGA Honors really, really likes their research, especially in the sciences. I know lots of Honors students who have gone on to top PhD programs in areas from psychology to molecular biology and even the social sciences. Though it’s somewhat of a branding tool, CURO can be very useful for helping students find research opportunities at UGA; you should definitely talk with people there about those opportunities. Perhaps it’s changed at UA, but they didn’t mention much about their research opportunities when I visited there, although I’m sure many exist; UA professors I emailed were very willing to talk about research. </p>
<p>Don’t put a lot of stock into the regular tour guides on either campus. The UA one I had constantly raved about how they had a WATERSLIDE and the UGA one talked about her sorority non-stop. Get an Honors program student from each place to show you around and be sure to stop by the Honors dorms at both. Also, hang out in the Honors buildings at both and just talk to students/staff there. Best way to pick up on the “vibe” of each. </p>
<p>And don’t think that it’s going to be easy being a science major at either place. The upper-level science classes at both UA and UGA are difficult; a B is perfectly acceptable in Organic Chemistry at UGA. </p>
<p>Sidenote: Friend of mine was a Richmond Scholar and enjoyed his time there, but it’s a totally different kind of vibe from a state school campus and has a different palette of opportunities. Beautiful campus though. </p>
<p>PM me if you’ve got any specific questions, particularly about UGA. Good luck with the choice, though you really can’t go wrong with either.</p>
<p>*UA seemed to have a lot of intro ones, not so many upper-level ones. *</p>
<p>That was probably a problem in the past, but this Spring 2010 UA now offers about 35 upper division honors classes (not counting any upper division dept honors classes.). Some honors courses change each semester; some honors courses repeat each semester.</p>
<p>However, when a person is in their upper division classes, often there isn’t room in one’s sequenced schedule to fit more than a couple of extra UHP classes. The good thing is that many of the upper division UHP classes fulfill the 6 credit Upper Division (300/400) Writing requirement that all students must fulfill. Many, if not all, departments will let honors students take UHP W classes instead of their department W classes.</p>
<p>Here’s an example of some…</p>
<p>HONORS SPECIAL TOPICS SEMINAR (W) (3 Credit Hours)
21ST Century Fantasy: The Dark Fantastic
UH 300 009 14994 W 03:00 – 05:30 Duncan, A CBH Conf. Room
This course explores deal-making devils, microscopic madmen, vengeful Elder Gods, monsters in the mist, mannequins that come to life and any number of ghosts, vampires and other revenants all haunt this interdisciplinary seminar. Texts include the new two-volume Library of American Anthology <em>American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to Now</em>, edited by Peter Straub, as well as contemporary works by such dark fantasists as Guillermo Del Toro, Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill and Kelly Link…</p>
<p>HONORS SPECIAL TOPICS SEMINAR (W) (3 Credit Hours)
The Cultural Significance of the ‘Holy Fool’ UH 300 010 18659 T, R 11:30-12:45 Johnson, C. 202 LY
This course will look at the figure of the ‘Holy Fool’ in Christianity and several other faiths, examining how such a role challenges the expectations and norms of the cultural and religious status quo. Their lives, both historical and fictional, will be explored in hagiography, film, and literature in an effort to discover why they have been so compelling throughout the centuries.
Note: This course is cross-listed with NEW 490-008</p>
<p>HONORS SPECIAL TOPICS SEMINAR (W) (3 Credit Hours)
Nietzschean Individualism and the Will to Power
UH 300 011 14995 T, R 11:00-12:15 Eddins, D. MA 210
This course explores the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, along with the writings of novelists, poets, and philosophers upon whom he had a decisive influence. These writers include Thomas Mann, W. B. Yeats, Rainer Maria Rilke, G. B. Shaw, Eugene O’Neill, Jean Paul Sartre, and Albert Camus. The particular emphasis is on Nietzsche’s construction of existence itself as sheer ―will to power‖ and his consequent aggrandizement and privileging of the individual who incorporates this principle in a process of ―self-overcoming‖ that leads—in its ultimate manifestation—to der </p>
<p>Son just got the FF at UGA. Interestingly, as a Georgia resident, no out-of-state “state” universities were on the radar except Colorado School of the Mines and NCSU. Got into all those and GA TECH.</p>
<p>Others (waiting to hear): Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Harvard, Columbia, Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>Auburn, U of Houston, and U of OK keep offering money, but he never applied???</p>
<p>Nat Merit Scholar
SAT 2390
ACT 34
GPA 3.93
about 9 AP’s (which I think are total worthless little fact classes)(He thrives in seminar type classes)</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>What is the “FF”???</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Foundation Fellowship at UGA. Basically a full ride +, good Ivy poaching program, etc…</p>
<p>Ahhh…thanks!</p>
<p>The Foundations Fellows Program does poach in a big way from the ivies. I wish the ivies had merit support. With the Foundations Fellowship, four years will cost about $10,000 a year for miscellaneous “hidden expenses.” Princeton, Yale, Cornell, CMU, MIT with the NEED ONLY position will cost a total of $65,000 per year (in today’s costs). Probably $80,000 for Junior or Senior year. We make too much, but not enough. If he wants to give up the Foundations Fellowship and go to MIT, Yale, Princeton we will try to make it work. We have one child, we spoil too much, I know…</p>
<p>Boy, do I know the feeling of making too much but yet not enough…currently rethinking my LIFE :-/ …</p>