Man, this sucks. Does anybody else think this is a bad system? I mean, if they do it by batch, they're pretty likely to have this problem early each application year. I'm thinking that probably the most motivated and likely competitive applicants interview earliest in the year, then are accepted earliest, so they have them all together in one batch for campus assignments. Assuming UAB values research experience in admissions, they're likely to have a lot of accepted people in the first batch that want to do research and do not want to be assigned to either of the smaller campuses. Also, if the earlier acceptees have better stats, they're more likely to feel entitled to their first choice and not want to budge on campus selection. It seems like Miami has a slightly better system, where you apply to each campus separately. I still love UAB, but I'm not loving this situation.
(I can already imagine somebody reading this and thinking I'm being arrogant because I interviewed and was accepted early in the year, so I apologize in advance for sounding like a pompous ass.)
