University of Alabama in Huntsville
Full Tuition for four years (No additional application required)
Full Tuition is guaranteed if you have SAT > 1360 (i.e. the combined score of reading and math) and GPA > 3.75 (on 4.0 scale).
Extra scholarships offered through seprate scholarship application! (make sure you meet the priority deadline - december)
Welcome to UAH!
Awesome things about this university:-
1) Its a research intensive university especially in Engineering and Science. [ Last year, spent $65 million on research alone]
2) Its situated near and has a lot of collaborations with the world's fourth largest and US's second largest research park - Cummings Research park.
3) Its a 10 minute drive from NASA Space flight center where you can work and train as a co-operative student if you're a student of UAH. [It has an accredited co-operative program that only a 13 other universities in the US have]
4) It is an equal opportunity institution [ This means you're treated the same no matter what; of course with the exception that you'll have to pay double the tuition if you're out of Alabama because you don't pay taxes to the state]
5) Its "A Best Southeastern College" according to princeton review.
6) 92% of the faculty hold PhDs and the faculty to student ratio is 1:16.
7) It is situated in a beautiful, medium-sized city which is known to be a great fit for professionals.
8) Its got free Wi-Fi access in most buildings and offers free, unlimited, high-speed internet access to the residence halls.
9) Gives the option of having private rooms for the incoming freshmen.
10) Has very flexible programs (well, it does so for physics; for which I've been admitted) and has minimum no. of required courses thus allowing the students to construct the entire course according to their interest.
11) Beware though, its not the place for you if you're looking for partying or stuff. It is however, the place for you if you're nerdy.
I got a 60% scholarship for a SAT score of 1260 (out of 1600) and a GPA of 4.0 on the 4.0 scale.
I'll be writing the SAT again this month and will hopefully be getting a full tuition. And I'll be showered upon with extra scholarship as I've also applied for the departmental scholarship through the separate application. And guess what? I'm an international student and there's no special rules or prejudice against me (at least in the application/selection process)!
Surely, UAH is a hidden gem!
Cheers!