Bama's NMF & NA scholarship is STILL available.

mom2collegekids
Sun, 12 Jan 2014 13:02:04 +0000

You apply to the HC after acceptance. You are accepted if you have the minimum req’ts.

I think I read somewhere that NMFs get in the honors college automatically

You still have to submit the app. The app is easy. The essay isn’t really an essay. It’s just a couple of sentences introducing yourself. Dont waste time on it.

*MomtoCollegekids: Is it correct that generally upper classmen do not get housing on campus? If so, would sophomore housing at least be available?

For kids that come from far who aren’t moving into a greek house, does the school help you find apartments if they can’t give you housing your second year?
Thanks*

Rarely do large state univ have on-campus housing for upper-classmen because those units would be vacant. Upperclassmen don’t want them. A school with 25,000 undergrads is not going to have 20,000 dorm beds…no way.

Some sophomores do choose to stay on campus. This fall, a new 900+ bed super suites dorm is opening, so that will relieve much of the housing pressure.

But, the truth is…most kids WANT to move off campus after frosh year. The university area has MANY FABULOUS off-campus student apt complexes that are so amazing that kids WANT to live there. While the on-campus super suites are very nice, these off-campus student complexes are like resorts. lol

The truth is, dorm housing can be a pain in the tush…moving in and out each fall and spring can be a drag. Students and parents like to have their kids move to nice-off-campus housing after frosh year, because often the 12 month cost is the same…and there is only one “move in” and one “move out” for the rest of the college years. AND…(this is important to many parents)…having the child in an apt means that the parents have someplace to bunk for free for visits. lol

The school has lists of these off-campus student complexes, but seriously, most frosh students quickly learn from friends where they WANT to move off-campus. Its’ not a mystery…the fabulous places are well-advertised and easily seen.

the school does have a website to help find off-campus housing
http://offcampushousing.ua.edu/

Many of these complexes have buses that take kids to campus.