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2018 Application

Welcome to the Blount Scholars Program Online Application. Although we accept applications as long as seats in the entering class remain, we encourage all applicants to apply by December 15th for priority consideration. Because the application form has no provision for saving your work, you may want to write your answers in a word processing program and then copy them into the form fields. Not trying to get in your biness or anything, just a thought.
The application has three sections:
- Section One - Pedestrian but nonetheless necessary biographical data--name, contact information, GPA & test scores, etc.
- Section Two - In which we try to get to know the person behind the myth. This might include: querying you about your preferences, passions, prejudices, and peeves; asking you to inhabit hypothetical scenarios or imaginary worlds; having you write a little poem; requiring you to translate a prose passage from Iriquois into Urdu.
  
  Ok, the thing about the translation was a gag. We do ask you to solve some differential equations, though.
  Ok, the differential equations bit was a gag too. Loosen up, will you?
- Section Three - Wherein we wax curious about how you see yourself fitting into the Blount Program.
Now get busy. And remember: if you're not having fun doing this application, you're living wrong.
Section One
Just the facts.
Name*
First Last
Email*
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UA email*
Enter Email Confirm Email
Permanent Address*
Street Address City State / Province / Region ZIP Country
Phone*
Areas of Current Academic Interest*
Current High School*
GPA
SAT EBRW (if taken)
SAT Math (if taken)
ACT Composite (if taken)
Reference's Name (should be someone who knows you in an academic capacity)*
First Last
Reference's Position/Title*
Reference's Email
Enter Email Confirm Email
Residence in the Blount Living/Learning Center during the first year is required. Are you willing to reside in the Center?*
- Yes
- No
Section Two
♫ Getting to know you, getting to know all about you...♫
Please answer the following questions.
The Japanese verse form known as Haiku traditionally uses linked images to connect an experience of nature to the human condition. Typically, traditional haiku consists of 17 on (aka morae, which for the purposes of English translation are often loosely rendered as syllables). The syllables are arranged in three phrases of 5, 7, and 5. Create a haiku in the space below. The concept of nature here is capacious--applicants from the Bronx may well have a different sense of nature than applicants from Boise.
Invent a job that doesn’t currently exist but that you’re convinced there is substantial need for. Tell us why you're the right person for the job.
In Spanish, as well as some other languages, the standard locution for inquiring about the meaning of a word or thing is “¿que quiere decir?” (literally, “what does it want, or desire, to say?"). The sense of desire is absent from the English concept of meaning. Are Spanish speakers on to something? What does desire have to do with meaning?
Take a blank piece of paper (8.5 x 11) and make your mark upon it, so to speak. You may write, tear, draw, color, fold--anything you like except a photo collage (which doesn't rule out either photography or collages). When you're done, scan it and upload. Alternately, of course, you can create a digital file from the outset and just upload it. It must be in .pdf or .doc format though.*
Accepted file types: pdf, doc.
Section Three
The Fit
How did you first learn of the Blount Scholars Program?*
What aspect(s) of the Blount Program induced you to apply?*
Far from operating on a merchant/consumer model, The Blount Scholars Program is a partnership between faculty and students. Blountees, as students in the program are called, are legendarily intrepid in helping to shape their academic and social lives. Which of the Blount groups below could you imagine yourself participating in?
- Executive Committee (student governance)
- Ambassadors (student recruitment)
- Mentors (new student orientation and transition to UA)
- Social Committee (Fun--note capital "F")
- Media Committee (print publications, website, social media)
- Blount Instruments (music, aka the food of love)
- Poetry Collective ("eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone")
- Trivia Team (undefeated!)
- Blount Cineastes (film group--turtleneck sweater required)
Now name an activity that isn't in the list above that you could imagine initiating.
What did we miss? If there are additional documents (tax returns, dental X-rays, talley sheet from that time you bowled 285, etc.) that you would like to include in your application, please upload them here. (Optional)
Drop files here or

Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, pdf, mov, doc, docx, txt.
Once Your Application Is Complete, Click the "Submit" Button Below
Questions? We would be happy to answer your questions regarding participation in the Blount Scholars Program or send you a program brochure (created by our students).

Please contact the Blount Scholars Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Box 870257, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0257, telephone: (205) 348-1730, email: bmontgomery@ua.edu.

The Blount Scholars Program
Box 870257
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0257
(205) 348-1706
bmontgomery@ua.edu

2018 Application

Section One

Section Two

Section Three

Once Your Application Is Complete, Click the "Submit" Button Below