Microbiology at Bama

MemphisGuy
Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:37:45 +0000

Jose - I would suggest getting in touch with the Honors college and seeing if they can setup a phone conversation with one of the profs. They are the ones who can answer your questions. When we visited a few months ago they setup a session for my son with one of the profs that he enjoyed very much.

I don’t know everything that was discussed but did get a bit of information from my son (not a big talker

Smaller size group of students in the major, but that leaves them very close knit

Classes are tough but the size of the group allows them to work together to assist each other

Professor did mention to my son that research opportunites were available and you could start doing actual reseach as a frosh. Not just doing odd jobs for the upper classmen.

Son also mentioned that the professor talked to him about his interests and goals. Didn’t just spout off a “rehearsed” script that about how wonderful it was at Bama and talk about the college tradition. I know that impressed son because he was treated as an individual person not as one of a group of consumers.