Applying

Coolbrezze · 09-15-2009, 05:15 PM

I'm applying to UA, great school, and likely good scholarships as a out of state student with a efc of 0. Likely should have all my stuff submitted by the end of the week, any information on this school?

JulianR · 09-18-2009, 09:35 AM

I'm applying also this week, I've heard they have terrible housing that's very crowded. What is efc?

Coolbrezze · 09-18-2009, 05:31 PM

expected family contribution

AtomicCafe · 09-18-2009, 09:14 PM

Yeah, the housing is crowded, but it's not terrible if you apply early.

For scholarships: we have full-rides for NMS and NHS. Out-of-state students are eligible for a Wildcat Excellence Award. (Decent amount, can't remember it off the top of my head, but it's on the website.)

Any specific information you want?

Coolbrezze · 09-19-2009, 11:06 AM

Is the university prestige more towards the west coast than it is nationaly? Like only applying to a graduate school at Harvard, may have a better chance of admission at Stanford due to being more prestige west coast than nationaly.

AtomicCafe · 09-19-2009, 02:58 PM

I'm not entirely sure. I get the feeling it's more well-known on the west coast, depending on the program. For example, our astronomy program is known nationally and would look pretty good for grad school. There's a bunch of rankings for the different programs off of the home page.

Coolbrezze · 09-19-2009, 06:19 PM

How would you rank their economics, political science, and international relations/ studies programs?

AtomicCafe · 09-19-2009, 11:57 PM

Personally? I've never taken courses in any of those during college, and I don't have any friends in those programs.

Sorry that I'm no help, but I primarily know about the school in general and my program (science). :P Maybe another poster have info on that.

kevst3r · 09-25-2009, 11:32 PM

just curious. wats NMS and NHS?

AtomicCafe · 09-26-2009, 10:45 AM

NMS: National Merit Scholar. NHS: National Hispanic Scholar. Sorry about that. :P

Coolbrezze · 10-23-2009, 04:50 PM

Was accepted yesterday, great news.

noimagination · 10-23-2009, 07:58 PM

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How would you rank their economics, political science, and international relations/ studies programs?

UA is best known for their outstanding science programs, but they get pretty decent NRC rankings in econ and political science.

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Was accepted yesterday, great news.

Congrats! Have you heard about scholarships yet, or does that take longer?

Coolbrezze · 10-23-2009, 11:32 PM

Thanks

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I've always heard the school is known wordly, and great in social sciences.

I think for scholarships it may take a little longer, not sure if I have any from the school I still have to sign into the account given to me. I was recently busy with so much work I wasn't able to sign in yesterday.