UA among best value colleges for 2009
USA Today – Jan. 8
…Merit-based academic scholarships are more than plentiful at the University of Alabama. Over 35 percent of all undergraduates receive one…When you send in your admission application, you automatically get considered for all scholarships in your educational division…The University also kicks in a laptop computer. National Merit or Achievement Finalists get a full ride including on-campus housing for four years. (Just list Alabama as your college of choice with the National Merit Corporation and register for Bama Bound orientation by June 1 so you can get a laptop.) With at least a 27 on the ACT or a 1200 on the SAT (Math and Verbal) and a 3.7 GPA, you are eligible to receive $1,250 per year for four years. If you aren’t planning to get a scholarship because of your grades (or because you are a music prodigy, or whatever), don’t worry: approximately two-thirds of the undergraduates receive some type of financial aid. All the normal avenues of need-based aid—Pell grants and all manner of subsidized and unsubsidized student loans—are available at UA, just like everywhere. Alabama residents who demonstrate exceptional need are also eligible to receive varying amounts of funding from the Alabama Student Assistance Program.
UA alumnus wins Mitchell scholarship
Crimson White – Jan. 8
Adam Harbison, a December 2007 UA graduate and Truman scholar, has become the first student at the University to win the George J. Mitchell Scholarship, which will allow him to study in Ireland and Northern Ireland next fall. The George J. Mitchell Scholarship, a national award sponsored by the U.S.-Ireland Alliance, is designed to allow young intellectual leaders the opportunity to experience Ireland, while nurturing leadership opportunities, intellectual achievements and a commitment to public and community service, according to its Web site…“The University of Alabama helped shape my interests and what I wanted to do with the rest of my life,” Harbison said. “Now I’m being given this amazing opportunity to further my interests and studies and do so abroad.”…