Here is the link to UAB campus dining:
http://www.uab.edu/students/dining/menus
B’ham is young/urban.
Too many people do have many ideas of what ‘the South’ is like; some have historical ideas which is far from how things are now.
Seems like you are on CC to gather information and find some options.
The four year merit or financial aid package at each institution - at this ‘late’ date, you may have missed some good choices. UAB has a later date than UA (which you missed). You don’t know what you don’t know. If you are happy with Creighton, great. Besides where you applied to, where have you visited? The unknown seems also to be at play here.
UIowa’s Honors College has a May 1st deadline, and I’m sure you’ll qualify for tons of merit aid. It doesn’t require a separate application from the university; they invite you if they see you qualify.
SOSconcern, Yes I am trying to gather information and find some options, I visited schools in northern California, but didn’t apply to any of them because of weather and cost factors. Otherwise, I’ve visited Seattle university and UW. Unfortunately, I haven’t been to the south or the east coast.
Rutgers Honors and Stockton Honors in NJ
I’ll throw VT into the mix. because of the lateness: Jan. 15 deadline. Not much merit, but lower cost, new med program.
Can always visit after all applications/acceptances/financial picture is in place for each school. Then you look for the specifics and weigh everything out.
A number of students/families get on CC or find out information too late in student’s senior year to take advantage of good opportunities, or they don’t realize the importance of SAT/ACT, PSAT for National Merit, etc in a timely and helpful to them time frame.
People have many preconceived ideas, may be very regionally biased, etc. Some also miss the boat due to their way of eliminating financially feasible alternatives.
Having an open mind with the look and see.
Also the term ‘dream school’ - some of that is preconceived information that just doesn’t have all the facts together. The dream can turn into a nightmare.
SOSconcern, are you saying that I need to consider more options that aren’t dream schools? what are you getting at here? Just be more open minded in my search?
OP at this point whatever you have applied to are probably what your available options are now, unless there is a merit opportunity with a later acceptance for admission and scholarship. Yes, more open minded in the search. I hope you did put in and meet UAB admission/scholarship deadlines.
Many times people categorize schools only by written information/school rating etc. Have you visited all your ‘dream schools’?
Some categorize a dream school as something almost out of reach, but somehow they get in despite being financially draining.
You want an UG program that will get you through with as little debt as possible - while you will enjoy going to school there, learn a lot, and hopefully then gain acceptance to Medical School (if that is your intention). Study what you want (and something that you can have a strong GPA) while also meeting all the classes required for the graduate program/professional school you are aiming for.
Some students very much narrow out way too many options due to the process they use. They learn about some very good options but maybe too late in their HS senior year.
What do your parents say? You have visited some campuses. Have you put down a list for each school what is important for going to school there, what you liked about the school (the town, the size of school, the specific academic programs and offerings, anything else that has you either really liking or really disliking that particular school).
Are you planning to visit the schools that are financially feasible before making a final decision?
@SOSConcern I haven’t visited all my dream schools as I applied to too many. My family plans on visiting after acceptance letters come in and then make the decision then.
I definitely agree with you about being close minded going into it, at the beginning of this process and until just recently I was focused on attending the best school rankings wise. I was naive and wasn’t able to look beyond rankings to find a college that would be the best fit in all regards. I didn’t consider the important things like overall cost, getting high GPA for medical school at super competitive undergrad, and that success doesn’t come from the school you attend. I’m in the middle of “Where you go is not who you’ll be” by Frank Bruni and I wish I’d learned this stuff halfway through my junior year rather than right now.
We’ll see what happens at this point there’s not too much I can do.
Wait, did you apply to the University of Washington? They’re considered a public Ivy and will only cost you around $26k a year since you live in Washington (I too live in WA and applied there ). It’s an excellent school and they’re know WORLDWIDE for their medical programs. There is probably no other school you’ll find that is that cheap and fits your major so perfectly. Also, if you live in the Seattle area (which like half the state does) you’ll only have to pay like $12k a year if you live at home!
I seriously hope you applied there bc that school fits your criteria perfectly!
Outside of UW though, ASU is probably your best option. Plenty of merit-based aid and the honors program is considered the best in the country.
Also, the University of Vermont is a very good school, especially the honors college. A friend of mine goes there and absolutely loves it. They’re also pretty generous with the merit scholarships and you’d probably end up paying $32k-35k for your total cost of attendance. Also the campus is absolutely gorgeous and the climate might be better suited to your fair skin.
Hope this helps @Andrewtm123 !
@shaybay123 Of course, I applied to UW but I don’t want to go there given how close it is to where I’ve been all my life, I really would like to go out of state and live in a new area for college, which is why I’m not considering UW an option at this point. Is it important though to have another college that is close to home just in case? because so far my colleges I’ve applied to are all over the country.
What’s important is to have affordable options. You haven’t identified the list of colleges you’ve already applied to. Plenty of high stats kids get shut out of all of their reaches. No offense but you don’t seem to have a well thought out plan about finding affordable options that you can be confident of getting admitted to this late in the process. A year ago it would make more sense to be picky about things like how sunny it is, but now the clock is running out. ASU Barrett and UAB are both great affordable options. I’m not familiar with University of Vermont but check it out. Do it now or be satisfied with whatever choices you end up with from your existing list and hope they’re affordable.
Also I noticed you have a thread from last November asking for suggestions and you were warned then that you were running up against deadlines.
@Corinthian I know I have run up the deadlines. I just want to make sure I’m not missing something and then I regret not having applied there in the first place. Also, I haven’t visited as many areas as I should’ve so I was just trying to get perspective from people who’ve been there, sorry. I know I’m being picky but if I don’t there’s no way to differentiate the schools because I could get a college education at any one of them. thanks for all the help everyone, I do appreciate it.
Not visiting all the schools on your list is reasonable. My D visited plenty of schools, but still applied to a few that she did not have the opportunity to visit, generally because of distance. After her acceptances came in, we were able to weigh the schools and determine which additional ones to go see.
And I think you’ll do just fine.
On another note, altho past the deadline, I saw that Virginia Tech this year now offers several more merit scholarship options for its Honors College including recruitment options, ranging from $1K to full tuition.