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~15% of the faculty are excellent, great people..however, the majority of the faculty is not....don't know of even an okay prof in Engineering.
Safety, well, let me just say that the chief of police was arrested for drunk driving recently..
Race relations are pretty bad...nothing dangerous, but the different races don't mix...white + black have their own groups, and most organizations have a majority of either.
Also, most pre-meds here wrongly assume that UAB Medical School will show some sort of deference to them during admissions....NO! they do NOT! As a matter of fact, the Medical School tries hard to differentiate itself from the rest of the university....they prefer people with LOWER GPAs from OTHER schools....also, the state resident thing doesn't mean shit in admissionsWhy did I write this? I wrote this for YOU, if you're a kid who has the grades, etc to get into a great school, or, heck, even a well-known liberal arts school, and are considering whether it's worth shelling out the cash or taking that loan...DO IT...do NOT come to UAB....your monetary investments will pay great dividends later.
Another major difference between my experience at UAB and Auburn was that I received much more personal attention at UAB. I met frequently with my advisor (the Assistant Dean of my school) and our meetings were quite casual and unhurried and she seemed genuinely interested in my academic progress and how I was getting on in general. At Auburn, "my" advisor was of much lower rank, the meetings only involved approval of my course schedule (with a couple of dozen students waiting in line behind me) and I don't recall seeing the same advisor twice.One of the things that really sets UAB apart from Auburn and Alabama is that the students are, on the whole, older and more committed to graduating. For some this means viewing the school merely as means to career advancment, rather than as a place to obtain an education. Nonetheless, they are at least serious about why they are there. (One side benefit of this is that students who are looking for an education and who show a serious interest in the subject will be given a level of attention from his/her professors that is unavailable at more prestigious schools.)
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