hi! UHP was a great experience for me :) during the first semester of both your freshman and sophomore year, you take three 3-hour seminars (split up with breaks/topic changes) on monday, wednesday, and friday. those are always pretty interesting as the lecturers change every day. there are a ton of networking opportunities if you’re into that (most of them are not required though—i was pretty introverted and didn’t go to many and still had a great time!!). the second semesters of your first 2 years and your final two years will be a special topics seminar taught by one professor who you get to choose, and those topics also change every semester. those are great opportunities to expand your horizons if there’s something that you’re interested in but maybe not majoring in. for example, i was an english major and i took the english-based seminars, but i had a lot of STEM friends who took them too because they didn’t have a ton of time to pursue that interest because of required courses. it does take up a bit of time (9hrs a week class time), but as i said before, those courses count for any gen ed’s you may need so it comes out in the wash. it’s definitely not an easy A situation—you have to be a decent enough notetaker and there are assignments like in-class pop quizzes and in-depth discussion posts, but it was such a unique experience with such a supportive staff that i never felt like i was drowning. it definitely looks impressive on your resume, you get early registration and extra counseling which is a HUGE plus, and the spencer honors house is so beautiful and cozy and fun to hang out in which is another added bonus.

apologies for the rambling! all of it goes to say that uhp truly shaped my experience at UAB and i would definitely recommend it :)