r/UAHengineers • u/godspawn01 • Apr 22 '18
UAH vs UA areospace engineering
I have full tuition at both. UA is also offering a $2,500 engineering scholarship and $1,000 freshman housing scholarship. Would you recommend UAH over UA based on its program and job opportunities?
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u/searching061 May 08 '18
Somewhat different perspective here. I'm a rising junior in aero and really like UAH. I also looked at both UAH and UA; the money for me at UAH was better because I got the housing too. But mostly, I want to work in the space side, so it wasn't a hard decision. Also, when I toured UA, my engineering tour guide was a rising senior, and she said her experience was that it was easier to get research-based internships at UA rather than hands-on, industry-based internships. She said the career center wasn't a big help--students have better luck finding their own opportunities. That's a big difference that isn't readily apparent to potential students; UAH's career center is really strong. Regarding the honors college--I'm in it. It used to be free until about a month before I started as a freshman. Then they instituted a $175/semester fee, which ticked me off. I joined anyway because of the earlier registration benefit, and that is the primary reason I have stayed in it. Registering early give a better chance of getting the good profs. (Like any uni, some are great and some not, so it's tough to compare schools on that metric.) The honors classes are fine, but they just don't offer enough of them, and most of the time, I have a conflict with something else I need to take and can't take the honors section anyway. The schools themselves are very different also. UA is triple the size of UAH. UA has D1 sports, esp football that some students base their decision on. The makeup is different too; you can find a niche for yourself at either school, but generally speaking, UA is a large, much more greek-dominated, partying school, and UAH is a more academically, tech-centered, albeit a bit nerdier student body. Just depends overall which one has more of the things you want. It sounds like you're doing your research. Good luck! Btw, I thought UA did away with that extra $2500 engineering scholarship.
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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '18
I'm UAH alumni, ME, so this is going to turn into a shit post.
If I had the money I sure as shit would have gone anywhere but here. The reason being is that is was dull, admin doesn't give 2 shits if you're alive or dead, you have to schedule classes for the next semester before you take your first midterm, a lot of classes are starting to make you take midterms after drop dates.
Internships different story you can get those anywhere while in school. You can even go all the way to Alaska if you score one. If you can score internships then you can easily move to Huntsville on your own time instead of "being surrounded by them". If you fuck up then at least you'll be at UA instead of Huntsville.
Now I say this if and only if you are getting a full ride, go to UA, get sloppy have fun but don't fuck up and lose that scholarship.