The BLOUNT UNDERGRADUATE INITIATIVE
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
Box 870257 · Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0268 ·
(205) 348-5970

The Blount Undergraduate Initiative is a four-year, liberal arts program open through application to students in the College of Arts and Sciences. Students are expected to enter the Blount Initiative as incoming freshmen. Students should apply to the Blount Initiative at the same time they apply to The University of Alabama and the College of Arts and Sciences. Completed Blount Undergraduate Initiative applications are due to the Blount Initiative Admissions Committee by December 1. After receiving applications, the Committee will invite selected students to campus for interviews in February. Notifications of admission will be made in March.

The Admissions Committee will review your application to the Blount Undergraduate Initiative when the following steps have been completed:

• You have been admitted to The University of Alabama and the College of Arts and Sciences. University of Alabama applications are available from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Box 870132, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0132; by calling 1-800-933-BAMA or (205) 348-5666; or on the Web at http://www.ua.edu/ . You may also e-mail the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at UAAdmit@enroll.ua.edu.
  
  
• You have completed all parts of this application and mailed it to the Blount Undergraduate Initiative, Box 870257, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0268.
  
  
• You have provided to the Blount Undergraduate Initiative address above a sealed letter of recommendation from a teacher or guidance counselor. This may be mailed with your application or separately. If it is mailed with your application, your teacher or guidance counselor must sign the envelope across the sealed flap.

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE BLOUNT UNDERGRADUATE INITIATIVE

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e-mail address____________________________________________________________

Social Security Number___________________________________________________

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Current high school _______________________________________________________

Reference's name _________________________________________________________

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The Blount Undergraduate Initiative seeks students who have a love of learning, who want to learn both inside and outside the classroom. Blount Initiative students enjoy discussion, get excited about new ways of looking at the world, and are thoughtful about their experiences. Excellent candidates for the Blount Initiative may have high grades and test scores or they may not. This application is designed to help us get to know you and the qualities and abilities, beyond grades and scores, that will make you a successful Blount Scholar. Please respond to the questions below in ways that allow us to learn about you, your ideas on different issues, and you experiences. If using "I" in your responses makes this easier for you, please feel free to do so.

Please select three of the four questions below and write a two to three paragraph response to each. Please number and attach your responses to the application.

1. What is the best book that you have ever read? Why do you think it is the best?

2. Tell us about an event, big or small, in your family or community that changed your life. How did it influence who you are today?

3. Which paper, project, or performance did you do in the last year that really engaged you? What did you do, how did you approach it, and what general ideas did you gain from this?

4. Tell us about something that fascinates you, something that you are amazed and intrigued by, and tell us why.

Fill in a blank piece of paper (8.5 x 11) in a way that is distinctively yours and send it in as the last page of the application.

We appreciate your responses to the following questions:

How did you find out about the Blount Undergraduate Initiative?

What appeals to you most about the Initiative?

Residence in the Blount Living/Learning Center during the freshman year is required. Are you willing to reside in the Center?

Thank you for your application.

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Date ______________________________________________

Questions? We will be happy to answer your questions regarding your participation in the Blount Undergraduate Initiative or send you a brochure on the program.

Please contact the Blount Undergraduate Initiative, College of Arts and Sciences, Box 870257, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0257, telephone (205) 348-1730, email, jhornsby.