University of Alabama at Birmingham Scholarships (2026–2027)
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Last Updated on September 8, 2026- Tuition, housing, and average family net price
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- Honors and stacking strategy
📊 Admissions Snapshot
- Acceptance Rate: ~94%
- Middle 50% ACT: 23-30
- Middle 50% SAT: 1250-1420
- Average GPA: 3.8
UAB admits almost everyone who applies, and that trips families up in both directions. With an acceptance rate near 94 percent, getting in is rarely the hard part. What varies enormously is the price.
UAB runs two completely separate merit grids, one for Alabama residents and one for everybody else, and the out-of-state grid is more than twice as generous at the top. A non-resident with a 4.0 GPA and a 32 ACT is looking at $28,500 a year against out-of-state tuition of $29,820. An Alabama resident with the same profile tops out at $12,000. Both grids are published, both are automatic with admission, and neither one asks for a scholarship application. The out-of-state deadline also runs almost four months later than the in-state one, which quietly rescues a lot of families who start their search late.
The other thing worth knowing up front: UAB is a working academic medical center. Its nursing program is ranked 13th in the country, the hospital is one of the largest in the nation, and the university is Alabama’s single largest employer. So a student can walk in through a very wide front door and still end up in a lab, a clinic, or an honors seminar by sophomore year. That combination is unusual, and it is really the whole argument for UAB.
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📌 University of Alabama at Birmingham at a Glance
- Test-optional is a one-way door. UAB states plainly that choosing to apply with or without test scores is final and cannot be changed after the application is submitted. Decide before you hit send, not after.
- No superscore, for admission or for money. UAB uses your single best test date. Combining a great math from one sitting with a great English from another does not work here.
- Which test date counts depends on where you live. For Alabama residents, the December ACT or SAT of senior year is the last score considered. For out-of-state students, it is the February ACT or the March SAT. Miss that window and your later score simply does not count.
- Two different scholarship deadlines, and they are not the admission deadline. Alabama residents need the admission application in by January 15 to be considered for merit. Out-of-state students have until May 1. UAB’s separate priority deadline for fall admission is June 1, which is much later and catches people out.
- You have to actually accept the money. Fall scholarship offers must be accepted in BSMART by June 1. Offers that are not accepted are canceled, full stop.
- Renewal is stricter than most families expect. Keeping the scholarship means a 3.0 cumulative UAB GPA and 24 earned UAB credit hours across fall and spring. AP, IB, CLEP, transfer, and transient credit do not count toward those 24 hours, and a W or an F does not either. A student taking 12 and 12 who drops one class loses the award.
- Academic Common Market can cost you money. If your student is approved for ACM, the out-of-state scholarship converts to the smaller in-state amount. Run both totals before assuming ACM is the cheaper road, and know that changing majors ends ACM and reverts everything.
FAQ
Is this college test-optional? Yes — University of Alabama at Birmingham is test-optional.
What is the middle 50% ACT/SAT? ACT: 23-30; SAT: 1250-1420.
Average net price? About $16,834/year after aid.
Does this school use waivers/reciprocity? Yes — participates in ACM.
UAB BSMART Portal: https://uab.scholarships.ngwebsolutions.com/Scholarships/Search
UAB National Scholarships: https://www.uab.edu/admissions/cost/scholarships/in-state-students/national-scholarships
UAB Presidential and Endowed Scholarships: https://www.uab.edu/admissions/cost/scholarships/in-state-students/presidential-endowed-scholarships
UAB In-State Scholarships: https://www.uab.edu/admissions/cost/scholarships/in-state-students
UAB Out-of-State Scholarships: https://www.uab.edu/admissions/cost/scholarships/out-of-state-students
UAB Birmingham Promise: https://www.uab.edu/cost-aid/promise
UAB Bands Audition Information: https://www.uab.edu/cas/uabbands/prospective-members/audition-information
CollegeScorecard / Admissions: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
💰 Cost of Attendance at University of Alabama at Birmingham 2026-2027
📅 2027–2028 Planning Note: The costs below reflect the most recently published figures (2026–2027). Universities typically finalize the next year’s rates in the spring, and we’ll update this page once official 2027–2028 numbers are released.
Planning tip: At large public universities, tuition, fees, and housing usually increase modestly each year (often in the 2–5% range). For early budgeting, families may want to plan for roughly $1,000–$1,500 more in-state or $2,000–$3,000 more out-of-state in total direct costs once new rates are published.
| Category (2026–2027) | In-State | Out-of-State |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition & Mandatory Fees (2 semesters) | $11,970 | $29,820 |
| Housing & Meals (typical) | $14,210 | $14,210 |
| Total (Direct Costs) | $26,180 | $44,030 |
Average Federal Net Price: $16,834 — this is what families actually paid after grants and scholarships (no loans), based on the most recent federal data. Your specific cost could be significantly lower or higher depending on your financial aid eligibility and merit scholarships. New to Net Price & SAI? Read our guide.
📌 Regional Tuition & Waiver Options
Important: UAB states that if you are approved for ACM and already hold a scholarship, your award is converted from the out-of-state amount to the in-state amount based on your GPA and test score. Change your major later and the scholarship reverts to the out-of-state amount and ACM status ends. Families should run both totals before assuming ACM is the cheaper path.
FAQ — Cost of Attendance at UAB
Why is out-of-state tuition almost three times the in-state rate?
Alabama taxpayers subsidize the in-state rate, so residents pay $11,970 in tuition and fees while non-residents pay $29,820. UAB closes most of that gap on purpose with a much richer out-of-state merit grid. A top out-of-state award of $28,500 lands within about $1,300 of covering non-resident tuition outright.
Does the table above include health insurance?
No, and this is the line families miss. UAB bills a health insurance charge of roughly $3,146 per year as a direct cost. It is generally waivable if your student is covered under a family plan that meets UAB’s requirements, but the waiver has to be filed each year. Budget for it until the waiver is approved.
So what does UAB actually bill a freshman?
UAB’s own freshman budget lists total direct costs of about $30,526 in-state and $48,376 out-of-state. That includes tuition and fees, housing, a meal plan, books, and health insurance. The table above shows tuition, fees, housing, and meals so it compares cleanly against other schools on this site. Add books and insurance to get UAB’s billed number.
Do freshmen have to live on campus?
Yes. UAB requires first-year students to live on campus, so the housing and meal figures are not optional in year one. From sophomore year on, off-campus and commuter budgets open up and can run meaningfully lower.
Can an out-of-state student get the in-state rate?
Sometimes, through the Academic Common Market. UAB has sixteen approved undergraduate programs in ACM, including Neuroscience, Immunology, Cancer Biology, Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Materials Engineering, Digital Forensics, Biomedical Sciences, and Musical Theatre. Eligibility is program by program and state by state, and certification comes from your home state, not from UAB. Be careful here: if your student already holds an out-of-state UAB scholarship, ACM approval converts it to the smaller in-state award. Run both totals. For some students the out-of-state scholarship is worth more than the in-state tuition rate.
Is the average net price really around $16,800?
Yes, that is the federal average after grants and scholarships, and UAB reports that 88 percent of full-time first-year students receive scholarship or grant help. Families with strong test scores or real financial need often land well below it. Families with neither will pay closer to the published total.
If tuition goes up, does my scholarship go up too?
No, and this is the single most useful budgeting fact on this page. UAB’s scholarship guidelines say the amount in the offer letter is what your student receives each year even if tuition increases. A $12,000 award stays $12,000 while the bill climbs. Plan for your out-of-pocket share to grow a little every year.
When is the FAFSA deadline at UAB?
UAB does not publish a single university-wide FAFSA priority date, so the practical rule is to file as soon as the form opens in the fall. Two hard dates do exist: Birmingham Promise applicants must have the FAFSA in by May 1 of senior year, and Birmingham Promise renewals require a FAFSA by April 1 each following year.
https://www.uab.edu/admissions/cost/estimated-costs
https://www.uab.edu/cost-aid/resources/academic-common-market
https://www.uab.edu/cost-aid/images/documents/scholarships/2027-2028-Scholarship-Policies.pdf
📅 The UAB Scholarship Calendar (Simple Version)
- August 1: BSMART, UAB’s scholarship portal, opens for the next year.
- September: UAB begins awarding merit scholarships to admitted students. Apply early and you may hear about money within weeks.
- December (senior year): Last ACT or SAT date that counts for Alabama residents.
- January 15: In-state scholarship consideration deadline. The admission application has to be in by this date.
- February 1: Endowed presidential scholarship application closes in BSMART. Earlier than everything else.
- February ACT / March SAT: Last test dates that count for out-of-state students.
- April 1: BSMART general application closes for departmental and donor awards.
- May 1: Out-of-state scholarship consideration deadline. Also the Birmingham Promise deadline.
- June 1: Fall scholarship offers must be accepted in BSMART or they are canceled.
Parent rule of thumb: the January and May dates are scholarship deadlines, not admission deadlines. UAB will still admit students after them. It just will not pay them.
Automatic Merit Scholarships — UAB
🧮 Parent Math: Two Grids, Two Very Different Answers
Notice that the out-of-state awards are larger than the in-state ones at every single tier. That is not generosity, it is pricing. UAB is discounting a $29,820 sticker down toward something a family outside Alabama will actually consider. The practical result is that a strong non-resident student can end up paying close to what an Alabama student pays.
Two things to hold onto. First, your award amount is frozen for four years even as tuition rises, so your share of the bill grows a little each year. Second, if your residency status changes, whether through a residency reclassification, military benefits, or Academic Common Market approval, UAB switches you to the corresponding in-state award. That can be a real loss.
Note: Students receive the single highest automatic award they qualify for. These do not stack with each other. They can, however, stack with a UAB national scholarship, with departmental awards from BSMART, and with need-based aid.
Automatic Merit — FAQs (UAB)
When do I have to apply to be considered?
By January 15 if your student is an Alabama resident, and by May 1 if not. These are scholarship consideration deadlines. UAB’s separate priority deadline for fall admission is June 1, so it is entirely possible to be admitted and have missed the money by months.
Does UAB superscore the ACT or SAT?
No. UAB uses the highest single test date for both admission and scholarships.
Which test date is the last one that counts?
For in-state students, the December ACT or SAT of senior year. For out-of-state students, the February ACT or the March SAT. Anything taken after that will not be used for automatic merit review.
Can my student receive two automatic awards?
No. UAB gives the single highest award your student qualifies for on the grid. They do not add together.
What happens if we apply test-optional?
Your student needs at least a 3.5 GPA to be considered for merit as a test-optional applicant. UAB then reviews the file and assigns an award, in-state between $4,000 and $12,000 and out-of-state between $7,500 and $28,500. The tradeoff is predictability: the test-score grid tells you your number in advance, the test-optional path does not. And remember that the choice is final at submission.
Are these renewable?
Yes, for up to four years or eight semesters, but the conditions are strict. Your student needs a cumulative UAB GPA of 3.0 and must earn 24 UAB credit hours across fall and spring each year. AP, IB, CLEP, transfer, and transient credit do not count toward those 24 hours. Grades of F, I, N, or W do not count either. Renewal is reviewed once a year after spring.
What if my student wants to take a light semester?
Talk to UAB’s Office of Undergraduate Scholarships first, before dropping anything. Falling below 12 hours forfeits that semester’s payment, and the money does not roll forward. Appeals exist for medical hardship, study abroad, co-ops, and final-year situations, but they have to be filed roughly two weeks before classes start and approval is not guaranteed.
Does the award grow if tuition goes up?
No. UAB’s guidelines state that the amount in the offer letter is what your student receives each year regardless of tuition increases.
https://www.uab.edu/admissions/cost/scholarships/in-state-students
https://www.uab.edu/admissions/cost/scholarships/out-of-state-students
https://www.uab.edu/admissions/apply/freshman/how-to-apply
https://www.uab.edu/cost-aid/images/documents/scholarships/2027-2028-Scholarship-Policies.pdf
🏆 Flagship Scholarships (Competitive Scholarships)
UAB does run three genuinely competitive, interview-based endowed scholarships. Because they are tied to the top of the admitted pool and reviewed by committee, we cover those in the Honors and Endowed Awards section below.
The rule that catches families: these four national awards stack on top of automatic merit, which is genuinely useful, but a student may only receive one of them. A National Merit Finalist who also holds an IB diploma gets the $4,000, not $6,500.
✅ What Stacks With What at UAB
| Aid Type | Stacks with Automatic Merit? | Parent Translation |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic merit (grid awards) | N/A | One award only, the highest your student qualifies for. |
| National scholarships (Merit Finalist, National Recognition, IB/AICE) | Yes | Adds on top of the grid award. But only one national award per student, even if they qualify for several. |
| BSMART departmental & donor awards | Usually yes | These are the gap fillers. Check the terms on each individual award, since some donors set their own rules. |
| UAB Birmingham Promise | Yes, on top | Last-dollar. Your student keeps their merit award in full, and Promise covers whatever tuition and required fees are left. |
| Endowed presidential awards (Regions, Ireland, McCallum) | Replaces | These supersede the underlying merit award rather than adding to it. |
| ROTC scholarships | Depends | A full-tuition ROTC award changes how UAB packages institutional aid. Confirm the interaction with both UAB and the branch before counting on both. |
| Pell and need-based grants | Yes | Applied alongside merit. FAFSA timing matters, so file early. |
❓ Competitive Scholarship FAQs
How does UAB’s National Merit package compare?
It is modest. UAB pays National Merit Finalists $4,000 per year for up to four years, and it stacks on automatic merit. That is real money, but if National Merit is your student’s headline asset, several schools in the region pay substantially more. Compare before committing. See our National Merit guide for the wider picture.
What do we actually have to do to claim these?
For National Merit, the student designates UAB as first choice with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation by their deadline. For the National Recognition and IB/AICE awards, the student must complete the BSMART General Scholarship Application and upload documentation. UAB is explicit that those three require BSMART. Skip BSMART and the money does not appear.
What counts as an IB or AICE diploma?
The full diploma, not individual courses. Diploma holders receive $2,500 per year, candidates receive $1,000, and candidate status requires a letter from the IB or Cambridge AICE coordinator. If results come back after graduation and your student earns the full diploma, UAB may upgrade the award once it verifies. Follow up on that. It will not always happen automatically.
Does UAB run an essay-based flagship competition?
Only through the three invitation-only endowed scholarships, which require BSMART essays, committee review, and interviews. Those are covered in the next section. For everything else, UAB’s philosophy is guaranteed and published rather than competitive.
Is UAB a Stamps or QuestBridge partner?
No to both. UAB does not currently participate in either program.
What should our student prepare?
Less than at most schools, which is the good news. There is no UAB flagship essay for these four. The work is administrative: hit the right deadline, upload the right certificate, and accept the offer in BSMART by June 1. If your student is aiming at the endowed presidential awards, our Essay Toolkit and Brag Sheet Builder will help with the BSMART questions.
https://www.uab.edu/admissions/cost/scholarships/in-state-students
https://www.uab.edu/admissions/cost/scholarships/out-of-state-students
https://www.uab.edu/cost-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships/applying-in-bsmart
The Honors College at UAB
Two different things get talked about together here, and separating them saves a lot of confusion. The UAB Honors College is an academic community your student joins. UAB’s three endowed presidential scholarships are money, awarded through the BSMART portal by a separate committee. They are not the same process, and joining one does not get you the other.
Part One: Getting Into the Honors College
This is the part that surprises families used to other schools. At UAB, most honors students never write an honors essay. There are two ways in:
- By invitation. Students admitted with a 28+ ACT or 1300+ SAT and a 3.5+ GPA receive an emailed offer to join. No application, no essay.
- By application. Students who do not hit those numbers can still apply. A committee reviews an essay, resume, transcript, and letter of recommendation individually.
Key dates for entering freshmen:
- April 15: Honors College application deadline for entering freshmen.
- May 1: Deadline to accept an Honors College offer. Accepting is non-binding, but you cannot register for honors orientation without it.
- February 15: Priority deadline for the three specialized honors programs, with an extended deadline of April 15 based on space.
Once a student accepts or defers the Honors College offer, they can apply to one of three specialized tracks. Everyone else follows the flexible Personalized Path.
- Science and Technology Honors (STH): A four-course research sequence starting freshman fall, leading to a two-year thesis prepared for publication. Students often get into a lab their first year.
- Global and Community Leadership (GCL): Built around a “burning issue” your student identifies, with a social change leadership capstone and required experiential learning.
- University Honors Program (UHP): Team-taught interdisciplinary courses and small seminars that replace the standard Blazer Core Curriculum entirely.
Worth knowing: these programs have capacity limits and have closed to new students before the extended deadline in past cycles. If a specialized track is the reason your student is choosing UAB, apply by February 15, not April 15.
Part Two: The Endowed Presidential Scholarships
This is UAB’s one genuinely competitive, interview-based scholarship process, and it is invitation-only. Students admitted with a 33 to 36 ACT or 1450 to 1600 SAT and a 3.5+ GPA, plus qualifying test-optional applicants, are invited to compete by answering a series of questions on the BSMART General Scholarship Application. Roughly ten applicants are selected to interview in late February or early March. Three awards are given, generally one recipient each per year.
- The supplemental application becomes available in BSMART on October 1.
- It closes February 1, which is earlier than every other UAB scholarship deadline including the January 15 in-state merit deadline. A family working off the merit calendar alone will blow past it.
UAB does not currently publish a dollar figure or a package description for the Regions, Ireland, or McCallum scholarships. Older UAB descriptions and past announcements describe full tuition plus a residence hall allotment and a summer research stipend, and UAB’s own page notes that the number of awards available is subject to change based on funding. We are showing these as full-tuition-level awards because that is how UAB has historically described them, but we will not tell you it is guaranteed when the university has stopped saying so.
If your student is invited to compete, ask the Office of Undergraduate Scholarships directly what the current-year package includes before you build a four-year budget around it. Ask specifically about housing and the research stipend, since those are the pieces most likely to have changed.
Honors College — FAQs (UAB)
Does honors admission come with a scholarship?
No. This is the single biggest misunderstanding about UAB. Honors College membership and scholarship money are completely separate tracks. Your student’s merit award comes off the admission grid whether they join honors or not, and joining honors does not add a dollar.
Then why join?
Smaller classes, priority registration, dedicated advising, honors housing, faculty research access from freshman year, and funded travel to present at conferences. For a school with a 94 percent acceptance rate, the Honors College is what makes the experience feel selective.
How competitive is it really?
The invitation threshold is 28 ACT and 3.5 GPA, which is genuinely reachable. That said, the incoming honors class runs stronger than the threshold. A recent cohort of 678 freshmen averaged a 29.7 ACT and a 4.22 weighted high school GPA.
Can a test-optional student get into the Honors College?
Yes, through the application route with an essay, resume, transcript, and recommendation letter reviewed by committee. Test-optional applicants can also be invited to compete for the endowed presidential scholarships.
Can out-of-state students join?
Yes, and they keep their out-of-state automatic merit award on top. Nothing about honors changes the scholarship grid.
Can a student join later?
Yes. Current UAB students and incoming transfers with a 3.5 GPA and 12 or more hours of college credit can apply on a rolling basis. They should email the Honors College directly rather than using the freshman application button.
https://www.uab.edu/honorscollege/home/honors-admission
https://www.uab.edu/honorscollege/home/curriculum-and-programs
https://www.uab.edu/admissions/cost/scholarships/in-state-students/presidential-endowed-scholarships
⭐ College Specialty
UAB is not a traditional college town campus, and that is the point. It sits on more than 100 city blocks in the middle of Birmingham, wrapped around one of the largest academic medical centers in the country. The university is Alabama’s single largest employer with roughly 28,000 people on the payroll and an economic footprint north of $12 billion a year. For a student, that means the teaching hospital, the research labs, the clinics, and the classrooms are all the same few blocks.
School of Nursing — Ranked 13th in the nation for undergraduate nursing, the highest-ranked nursing program in Alabama and the top public nursing school in its region. Students train inside a Level 1 trauma center on campus rather than commuting to a partner hospital, which is a meaningful difference in clinical hours and variety.
- Health Sciences and Pre-Health: UAB houses schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Optometry, Public Health, and Health Professions on one campus. For a pre-med or pre-dental student, the shadowing, research, and mentorship pipeline is unusually short. Several joint and early-acceptance pathways into the Heersink School of Medicine exist for undergraduates.
- Undergraduate Majors You Will Not Find Everywhere: Neuroscience, Immunology, Cancer Biology, Genetics and Genomic Sciences, and Biomedical Sciences are offered at the bachelor’s level here. Most universities save those for graduate school. These are also the majors that dominate UAB’s Academic Common Market list, which means out-of-state students in a handful of Southern states may qualify for in-state tuition in them.
- Collat School of Business: AACSB-accredited with steady upward movement in national undergraduate rankings, and strong placement into Birmingham’s banking, insurance, and health care administration sectors.
- Engineering and Computer Science: Nationally ranked undergraduate engineering, with biomedical and materials engineering benefiting directly from the medical center next door. Computer science ranks in the top 30 percent nationally, and UAB’s digital forensics program is distinctive enough to be on the ACM list.
- Public Health: A well-regarded school with undergraduate global health pathways and graduate programs that rank in the national top 20.
- Social Mobility: UAB is the highest-ranked institution in Alabama for social mobility, meaning it is measurably good at taking students from modest financial starting points and getting them to a degree and a job. For a lot of families reading this page, that is the number that matters most.
The honest summary: UAB is easy to get into and hard to exhaust. A student who shows up passive will get a perfectly ordinary large-university experience. A student who joins the Honors College, finishes the BSMART application, and asks a professor about lab space in October of freshman year will get something a lot of far more selective schools cannot match.
🔗 Official UAB Links
Every link below was checked live before publishing. Use UAB’s own pages for final deadlines, award terms, and official institutional data. Scholarship figures in particular move year to year.
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How to Apply (Freshman) & Deadlines:
https://www.uab.edu/admissions/apply/freshman/how-to-apply -
In-State Freshman Scholarships (the merit grid):
https://www.uab.edu/admissions/cost/scholarships/in-state-students -
Out-of-State Freshman Scholarships (the merit grid):
https://www.uab.edu/admissions/cost/scholarships/out-of-state-students -
Presidential & Endowed Scholarships (Regions, Ireland, McCallum):
https://www.uab.edu/admissions/cost/scholarships/in-state-students/presidential-endowed-scholarships -
BSMART Scholarship Portal (departmental & donor awards):
https://www.uab.edu/cost-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships/applying-in-bsmart -
Scholarship Renewal Rules (2027–2028 policy PDF):
https://www.uab.edu/cost-aid/images/documents/scholarships/2027-2028-Scholarship-Policies.pdf -
Estimated Costs (Undergraduate):
https://www.uab.edu/admissions/cost/estimated-costs -
Net Price Calculator:
https://tcc.ruffalonl.com/University of Alabama at Birmingham/Freshman-Students -
Academic Common Market (approved majors & eligible states):
https://www.uab.edu/cost-aid/resources/academic-common-market -
UAB Birmingham Promise Scholarship:
https://www.uab.edu/cost-aid/promise -
Honors College Admission:
https://www.uab.edu/honorscollege/home/honors-admission -
Honors Curriculum & Specialized Programs (GCL, STH, UHP):
https://www.uab.edu/honorscollege/home/curriculum-and-programs -
UAB Bands Scholarship Auditions:
https://www.uab.edu/cas/uabbands/prospective-members/audition-information -
Army ROTC Scholarship Opportunities:
https://www.uab.edu/armyrotc/education-training/scholarship-opportunities -
Common Data Set (Institutional Data):
https://www.uab.edu/institutionaleffectiveness/data-library/common-data-set
✅ Wrapping It Up
UAB is one of the more straightforward schools on this site, as long as you know which of the two grids applies to your family. Alabama residents get solid, predictable money off a published table. Out-of-state families get considerably more, because UAB is deliberately pricing itself to be worth the drive. In both cases there is no essay, no competition, and no separate application. Get the admission app in by the right date, submit a test score if it helps, and the number is what the grid says it is.
The mistakes families make here are almost never about qualifying. They are about the calendar and the fine print. Deciding test-optional and then wishing you had not, since that choice cannot be undone. Taking a February ACT as an Alabama resident when December was the cutoff. Getting a great offer in March and never accepting it in BSMART by June 1. Sailing through freshman year with 12 hours each semester and one withdrawal, then losing the whole scholarship over a 24-hour renewal rule nobody read. Being approved for Academic Common Market and discovering it shrank the award. Every one of those is avoidable with a calendar and thirty minutes in the portal.
The thing worth saying last is the thing that makes UAB unusual. Almost everyone gets in. That does not mean the ceiling is low. The nursing program is 13th in the country, the medical center is one of the largest in the nation, undergraduates can major in things like immunology and cancer biology, and the Honors College invites students at a 28 ACT with no essay required. If your student is willing to be the one who finishes BSMART, accepts the honors offer, and knocks on a lab door in October, UAB will hand them far more than the price suggests.
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