Need info on UA undergraduate Business Program

momof3boyz
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:43:12 +0000

rocco100, I agree with IslesofJD.

My son never even considered AL. He had great offers and scholarships from 9 other top tiered (non-Ivies). Alabama’s NMF Scholarship was to nice to ignore. I asked that he apply and at least take a look at AL. He listened. He was accepted into the Honors College, planning to study applied mathematics. Son and I scheduled a visit this past March. Dean Hallie at the Honors College spent an hour and a half with the two of us. He encouraged my son to apply to the Computer Based Honors Program even though the deadline had past.
My son chose AL for many reasons over Carnegie, Chicago, GW, Vandy, Emory, Davidson, Case, Texas A&M and one other. After our visit to campus, my son felt “at home” and believes the faculty and staff are committed to finding and providing the resources to any student that is eager to excell. AL is very pro-active in getting their top students recognized on a National level. Take a look at how many AL students have been selected for the USA Today’s All -USA College Academic Teams over the past five years. AL is 1st with 31 students recognized, Harvard is 2nd with 17 and Yale is 3rd with 14 named. Indiana/Purdue has had only 1 and U of IL-Chicago has 7.
I believe the University of AL’s slogan says it all…“come as you are…leave as you want to be.”