I have read so many glowing reports about UA, I decided to look into it. D thinks she wants a small/mid sized school, but also likes research opportunities. The Blount initiative sounds interesting. It seems there is some crossover between honors students and Blount students, but I can't figure out if Blount IS part of an honors program.
I know that UA has great scholarships for NMF, but that ship has sailed (waving good bye) and I see some great scholarships listed based on stats. Are those scholarships really offered to everyone meeting the stats criteria, or are there a limited number of each of those scholarships?
On the website, I saw 2 'red flags': On a photo of an interactive classroom, the students looked anything but engaged...they looked bored/confused (can't believe they posted that pic), and only one student was sitting up front...Is this typical for a UA class? High on D's list is a school that has academically engaged students.
The other red flag was a pic of a math class, described as a math technology learning center...the description notes that this replaces the standard lecture and blackboard type classes. Does this mean that some classes at UA are actually online courses?
I see that about 1/2 of the students are from OOS. Are a good number of those from the north and the west, or are most from other southern states?
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