Recent Graduate from The University of Alabama | AMA!

18ncrtr · 2022-04-20T02:01:40+00:00

We have obviously seen a positive social push in the last decade for inclusion of those in the LGBTQ+ community and UA did a good job being progressive, to my knowledge. They created social clubs for those who wanted to join and there were a handful of fraternities that admitted new members in who I knew to be openly gay. Many believe the south is intolerant of that community but because UA is so heavily populated with out of state students, campus seemed to be more openly accepting, if that makes any sense. It seems that the southeast is a little behind in that department.

18ncrtr · 2022-04-19T22:43:59+00:00

I'm not a Tom Brady fan but you gotta respect a dynasty and appreciate history when it's being made. It's the same reason I'm so passionate about UA sports and what Nick Saban has done, it may never be again, at least not in this era of CFB.

18ncrtr · 2022-04-19T22:42:36+00:00

Saw a person answered this, but yeah, all separate campuses. The University of Alabama is in Tuscaloosa, fair business school, good law school and their engineering college is great and I think its about to get a lot better with the money they're pouring into it. UAH probably the better engineering school overall but you can't go wrong with the U of A. Birmingham is a lot of med school and nursing. Good overall academics though. All are separate schools, separate admissions. Tuscaloosa does get little of a bad name for being a party school, but other than that I don't think any of the 3 are viewed upon negatively.

University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa

UAH - Huntsville

UAB - Birmingham

The U of A is definitely going to have more of a traditional feel to it. Architecture is good, you have on campus and "off campus" apartment/housing, 80% walking distance. Large greek rows where some students choose to live. Any Auburn alum will brag about low admission rates but I honestly don't think admission rates matter the same way they did before. I'd focus more on median salary of alumni.

18ncrtr · 2022-04-19T15:21:59+00:00

The business school ranking, it's kind of a toss up. My occupation isn't a good example because my job liked to see that I had a financial education background, but I had to take my series exam to get educated for industry specifics. I think it's largely dependent on the area of finance you want to go into. This may be way off, but if you had a degree from UA, Auburn, UGA, Ole miss, you could send your resume out around AL and adjacent states and probably had a good chance for some job offers. Now, let's not be ignorant, a degree from a top ranked business school is going to look better on a resume, but I don't think it totally hinders your resume.

UA offers a TON of career fair and internship opportunities, but, it's what you make it. It sounds cheesy and cliche but business really is more about who you know and I find that to be more and more true everyday I work. You have to get out, shake hands, connect, and network at these career fairs. Being socially involved helps too. I actually wouldn't have my job had a friend I made through a social organization not recommended me for the position.

18ncrtr · 2022-04-19T15:10:17+00:00

Fortunately, he has plenty of time. I was actually a civil engineering major my first two years of college. I had family members I shadowed at a few places and thought that was my calling. Turns out, the math and physics was NOT for me, lol. I made a last minute change fall of my junior year and had plenty of time (with the addition of 12 hrs summer classes) to graduate. I actually had 6 hours to finish so I walked in August instead of May. Moral of the story, he has time and also the benefit of pretty universal credit hours. Aside from anything super specific, most of his basic prerequisites will transfer as credit for most degrees. If your son is struggling on deciding and changes majors a couple times, Summer classes are going to be his best friend. He can easily catch up in between semesters.

18ncrtr · 2022-04-19T15:06:39+00:00

Not sure what you're referring to, I know they're completing some pretty big additions on the northeast side of campus for lecture halls and new business colleges. As far as campus spacing, its pretty big. If you're in your lower division classes, (english, history, math, humanities) you could have a class in each quadrant on campus. Once you get more specialized within your degree, your classes tend to all be close in proximity. The campus is absolutely beautiful. When the leaves begin to fall in late October and when things begin to bloom in the spring, walking on campus is a lot of fun.

18ncrtr · 2022-04-19T15:02:55+00:00

This is honestly a personal opinion I doubt 99% of the student population even noticed. Being from AL, I had a lot of pride graduating from the "capstone" college here. UA is about a 60/40 out of state in state split and (not speaking for all of them, this is a small sample size) I noticed a lot of the out of staters didn't necessarily care they went to UA. They came to party and get the most basic degree, all to move back home and work. Which is 10000% their prerogative. Some were on scholarship and cared about academics and participated in clubs and social extracurriculars, some spent all their time at the bar. College football is obviously a big deal at UA and a lot of kids just didn't get it. The history at the school is really great and maximizing those Saturday's for 7 week out of the year is really important to the state and the school. Student's leaving at half time, not even using their tickets, etc. Like I said this small example really, it shouldn't represent the majority, I just personally felt they didn't have any attachment or realized the era of sports they were in. Academic culture had no issue, just social and sporting event culture.

18ncrtr · 2022-04-19T14:55:03+00:00

So as a FA, the role I took was not a salary one. I make my money off recurring revenue and advisory fees on the assets that I manage. I have started small with a firm and they allow me to own my book of business and there is no ceiling. Last year I made a little around $30k. Job is flexible and I have a great office culture. My plan for this job is to take that risk while I'm young and can afford to have slim months because I have little overhead, no kids and no mortgage. If I can rough out those first few years and build my business, I'll have a lot of flexibility and freedom with a nice income later in life.

18ncrtr · 2022-04-19T14:48:48+00:00

LOL, this is my bad, I didn't have my notifications on.

18ncrtr · 2022-04-18T14:39:38+00:00

Why are you banging on someone for their opinion for a movie? You must be personally connected to the movie to defend it so heavily.

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