Need help with college list for possible high stat student

ucbalumnus
Mon, 11 Apr 2022 22:06:55 +0000

Peruna1998:

University of Alabama-Huntsville is in Huntsville, it was created after WWII to provide educational opportunities to Werner von Braun’s staff. UAH is very STEM focused and tied to the local aerospace community in and around Huntsville (NASA and, I believe, the Redstone Arsenal). UAH is more of a commuter school but lacks the big time sports atmosphere of Alabama (but then, most non-SEC schools do). Both have clear, defined merit scholarships.

UAH’s last pre-COVID common data set says that 66% of frosh lived on campus (so probably about a third commuter).

Of course, the reason UAH was built up was probably because, back in those days, most of said staff would not attend or send their kids to the existing public university in the area, AAMU, which also has engineering majors and clearly defined merit scholarships.

College | Scholarship | Amount | Criteria | Renewal
AAMU | Presidential | Full ride, $1,000 for books | 3.75 HSGPA, 28 ACT or 1310 SAT | 3.50 college GPA, 30 credits/year
AAMU | Merit | Tuition | 3.25 HSGPA, 23 ACT or 1130 SAT | 3.10 college GPA, 30 credits/year
UAH | Academic Excellence | $19,900 | 3.50-3.99 HSGPA, 32-36 ACT or 1450-1600 SAT | 3.00 college GPA, 24 credits/year