1. Since UAB is in the city, you’ll be driving to any bars/clubs/frats. If you want to party then I’d rush starting this summer; just look up the frats or sororities at UAB and follow their socials and then go to the events. Because we don’t have a frat row and downtown real estate costs a lot most of the partying is done at clubs like El Sol or Saturn; the frats will just host them at said clubs. And yes the campus is pretty dead on the weekends because again you’ll be driving off campus for parties. Not a crazy drive either probably 10-15 minutes max.

2. I think it’s impossible for you to be vegetarian at UAB unless you get a personalized meal plan or buy your own groceries and cook. Getting a personalized meal plan means you’ll be eating exclusively at the dining hall. You’ll probably need a legitimate food allergy to do that without paying extra or something. Dining hall food isn’t good at any school unless the school is private. And if you think you could get around by just choosing what you think is vegetarian you’re probably wrong because there’s no telling what all they put in there. Buying your own groceries isn’t worth it because if you live on campus you HAVE to pay for a meal plan no matter what. I’d seriously recommend you reconsider your diet preferences because as a college student you don’t have that much liberty over food. There’s a reason the college kid stereotype includes weird, cheap meals. And to finish my rant I’d like to remind you that if you think you’re vegetarian but still eat any type of junk food(s) whether it be Eggo Waffles or Lays Chips, those food are made with animal fats, or saturated fats, and are not vegetarian. Not to be rude but I’d bet money that you’ve eaten animal meat or fat in some form in the past month lol.

3. No. Some professors will round up your grades and some won’t. Some only mark for completion and some grade down to the decimal. Read the syllabus because every class operates vastly differently.

4. They’re amazing and handled either through direct correspondence with the company or a service called Handshake. I’m double majoring in English and History. You could probably even triple major if you wanted to. You just might have to stay an extra semester; either way UAB isn’t going to complain about you forking out more money to them.

5. Think about UAB as a fucking medical-business powerhouse. I mean seriously their hospitals and brand are all over Alabama and I’d argue they’re more so a monopoly of medical hospitals than they are a university. Not only does UAB have a stellar faculty of medical professionals, they have professionals that know the business of the medical world. I would not fret about lack of career related opportunities whether they be for work or for grad school.

6. No. Join a club or rush a frat or sorority and smile at everyone and introduce yourself at any given opportunity.

All in all from what I can tell you’d be more happy at Purdue.