DD doesn’t see anything on her portal so I guess she wasn’t selected. She is one of the top 5 students at her FCPS school with 1540 SAT, and over 4.5 GPA. I really don’t understand the college application process, it just feels so random much of time, and maybe that’s clarity in and of itself.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at HYPSM and got into UVA (in-state) arts and sciences but no merit scholarship consideration at UVA (only need-based FA).

Echols isn’t a “scholarship”. No money attached to it.

I was wondering about that. I got Echols back in the dark ages (early 90s) and it came with zero dollars. Wound up elsewhere, and wondered if UVA ever attached money to it.

Anonymous wrote:My kid is at HYPSM and got into UVA (in-state) arts and sciences but no merit scholarship consideration at UVA (only need-based FA).

Echols isn’t a “scholarship”. No money attached to it.

My kid is at HYPSM and got into UVA (in-state) arts and sciences but no merit scholarship consideration at UVA (only need-based FA).

Essays are very important, with gpa, scores, ec’s needed to get in the pool to be considered.

It's a black box.

My kid is at an Ivy now but did not get picked for Rodman Scholars. She had all the stats/gpa/extracurriculars so not sure what the criteria is or whether it is really used as an incentive to get students to come to UVA.

I am interested in Rodman Scholar profiles. Dean J’s blog entry indicates that standardized tests are not heavily considered in this selection. But she also de-emphasized SATs in her lives. Not really sure in the end.

What is Echols? Merit Aid?

I would agree that the selection criteria are opaque.

Anonymous wrote:It’s a crapshoot honestly.

Everything about this process is

It’s a crapshoot honestly.

My kid got it. 1540 SAT, top 10% of class gpa (4.3). Good extracurriculars, great teacher recs.

Ha ha your kid has to get in in the first place and it’s almost impossible RD.

According to UVA, Echols offers came out last week for ED/EA round. Did anyone receive an offer? If so, can you share stats? Trying to figure out if my kid has a chance in RD round.