University Fellows

icy9ff8
Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:44:09 +0000

My son was selected for the Fellows program at Alabama last year–which was the first year of the program. Over 450 candidates qualified and 42 were offered a fellowship. This year over 750 qualified for consideration and it is anticipated that fewer than 40 will be offered a fellowship. The selection process is difficult to assess as many NMF (National Merit Finalists) did not make the final cut. My son declined the offer and is attending another university. Alabama’s University Fellows Program is amazing & my son turned down invitations from two Ivies (one for a fly-in & the other to apply) as he preferred Alabama’s Honors College & University Fellows Program, but was admitted to his first choice school unexpectedly after withdrawing his ED (early decision) application supplement. The University Fellows Program is leadership & community service oriented. Leadership in the sense of “making a difference” as opposed to winning a popularity contest. My advice is to just be yourself & show interest in Alabama & the Honors College. It is still one of the three best kept secrets in higher education honors colleges.(On CC a few of the worst honors colleges/programs get almost all of the publicity).