What Students Say
Likes
- Diversity of students (Mostly now-a-days in the US, there are many indians in the universities. But here it is not like that we do have interaction with people from different nationalities which is very good aspect of development)
- Teaching staff
- Facilities at the college
Dislikes
- City ( Birmingham is one of the top unsafe cities of America. So have to be very cautious all time)
- No fee reduction on getting TA ships
- Not many hackathons take place at the campus.
Course Curriculum
- Course curriculum was a mixture of both theoretical and practical.
- There are positive aspects like the course work is really good and also the faculty is very helpful.
- I have not noticed any negative aspects as such till now.
Admission Experience
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Arizona state university (ASU) (Accepted) (confirmed admission)
UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) (Accepted) (Confirmed admission)
UCM (University of Central Missouri) (Accepted) (confirmed admission)
UNT ((university of north Texas) (Accepted)
Missouri University of Science and Technology (Accepted) (Confirmed admission)I got accepted into almost every university that I applied to.
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I have chosen UAB because of the course work, weather and diversity of students from all over the world. Now-a-days there are many people coming from india to the US which made the universities of the US very much crowded. I wanted to go to a place where I would get to interact with students from all over the world. So I have chosen UAB over other universities.
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I applied for fall 2024 intake. showing financials at the right time is a point of consideration and also make sure to take exams like GRE and IELTS at the right time keeping the deadline for application in your mind. Always try to apply for the university as early as possible.
After submitting all of my details to the university, it took around 1 week to gain an admit back from UAB.
Class Schedule
- Classes usually depends on the subjects that you register for.
- In am currently in my first semester and I have classes 3 days a week.
- On monday and thursday I have class at around 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm and on monday I have class at around 5 to 7:30 pm.
Faculty
- Faculty to student ratio is around 1:18.
- Teaching methodology is really good. Professors make the use of digital technology to explain the content which is really helpful and easy to understand.
- Yes, if you focus correctly on what the professors say, you can surely land a job based on their advice.
-> If it is a Teaching assistant or research assistant position, professors do help you in securing that kind of job.
-> I admire all of my faculty members, every one is unique and everyone is good in their own respective fields.
Campus Life
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There are around 18 campuses inside my college. You can check them on the university website. I will not be able to provide all the details over here.
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I will list few of them:
College of Arts and Sciences.
Collat school of business
School of Dentistry
School of Education
School of Engineering
The Graduate school
School of health professions
Honors college etc.
Part Time Jobs
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There is no specific count of students who secure TA, RA positions. pay range for TA is around 15-20$, I am not sure about RA and DA positions.
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Many on-campus jobs are available for students. (recreation center, restaurants, uab offices, uab hospitals etc.Maximum you can work for 20 hours
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You will have to wait for approximately around a semester to get a part time job at the university.
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People work at all the places for their part time jobs. For every part time, the pay is different. The pay usually ranges from 7.5$ to 15$ hourly. Students have to wait for atleast a semester to get a part time job.
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There might be students who are lucky enough to get part time in the first semester itself. To apply for part time jobs, the university provides a handshake portal where all the openings are posted. You can apply it there.
Placement
- Almost 50% of the students get a job within 6 months of their completion of degree.
- Average salary range is around 85k to 120k usd.
- Students find jobs using internships, networking or directly applying on the career site of companies.
- Students have been placed at many companies like vulcan materials, amazon, microsoft etc.
- There are no such major companies it is a mixture of all the companies.
Accommodation
- I found my accommodation through groups on Telegram.
- I already mentioned my rent and other expenses previously in one of the questions.
- I struggled to find suitable roommates to live with.
- Make sure that the people whom you are living with share a good vibe with you. It is very important.
- My accommodation is just 10 mins walk from the campus.
Exams
- GRE and IETLS are required.
- I am not sure if this year GRE is still required. I have heard that they have waived off GRE.
3 documents (Letter Of Recommendation , Statement of Purpose and Curriculum Vitae are required) - NO, there was no interview for the application. Just make sure you submit all of your documents correctly, and you will get a response back. Make sure to apply early.
Fees
- For 2 years the tuition fee stands around 44,028$
- Hostel expenses on campus : 36000$
- Books, supplies and college health insurance : $9000
- Fees is usually charged credit based.
- I usually do not stay on campus, because it is expensive. I stay off campus and for my rent I Usually pay around $315 monthly and along with that for food, groceries and utilities it costs me around $150 monthly.
Scholarship
- Yes got it.
- Eligibility : You need to have a very good grade in your under graduation and along with that try to maintain a good GRE and IELTS score.
- When I got the admit from the university I got a fee waiver of $2000.
- Most of my batchmates have received the scholarship from the university.
- I have no idea on how do students get scholarships each year.
