<p>Ill go first! I got my letter today stating I have been admitted to the University AND to the Echols Program! :) I got a likely letter in mid-February and a phone call last week!</p>
<p>Congratulations.</p>
<p>My S got his Echols invite today...we're in Cincinnati. He had received the "likely letter" and phone call previously.</p>
<p>Yes in Florida; but no phone call ; GO HOOS! :)</p>
<p>Any Rodmans so far? Don't you think they would mail those out at the same time?</p>
<p>My son received his Echols letter Saturday. (Instate, accepted ED, phone call 2/14).<br>
Congratulations everyone! :D</p>
<p>yo goodoldsong, im from FLA too, and no phone call. i'm rodman.</p>
<p>rodman = echols, just different schools... right?</p>
<p>Amnesia, you're right. I didn't get a letter :( I'm so bummed haha.. oh well there is always spring semester</p>
<p>are only Echols recipients being notified or are the deluge of acceptances/rejections from UVA in the mail?</p>
<p>i made it!</p>
<p>My S got the Echols letter today - he is OOS ED (from New Jersey). He received the phone call last month (no likely letter, of course). Congrats to all.</p>
<p>I got echols today. No phone call though?</p>
<p>hey is living in the echols/rodman dorms cool?</p>
<p>can any current student (cav302) say if it is or not? it says I get to live with echols/rodman scholars if i want...</p>
<p>hey what are the stats of echols people? and have they all gone out?</p>
<p>I'd already gotten in ED and today I got the Echols letter. I'm not sure whether to accept it or not. Should I go for it with an astronomy major in mind? I'm considering going to other schools for Graduate studies.</p>
<p>I was an Echols and lived in Maupin my first year. You become close friends with the ppl you live with for the rest of your college experience. Everyone is really smart and most rejected Ivy leagues to come to UVa. The best part about the program, in my opinion is that you are totally exempted from all area requirements (language, social science, history, etc.) so you can narrowly focus on exactly what you want to do. </p>
<p>There is a bit of animosity from other college first years if you tell them that you live in Maupin or Webb because they may assume that you're a bookworm, socially inept, or really dorky. (All Echols and Rodmans live in same dorms first year)</p>
<p>This is funny but for my first year, we made dorm shirts that said on the back, "we'll integrate your parts" and had XX + YY = <3. For webb, I think they had a pic of a stereotypical nerd (w/ big glasses) and below it said something like: "Fine, I'll do your homework if you .... (can't remember)." </p>
<p>Anyways, the program is pretty cool because it gives you a lot of freedom. Living in those dorms your first year is an exclusive but not isolating experience. </p>
<p>Oh and you may get random emails from elite on-grounds organizations asking you to consider interviewing for their membership.</p>
<p>Are Maupin, Webb, and Watson all the suite-style dorms? Being from the "old school", it looks pretty nice.</p>
<p>Yea, they all are. Each building has 4 floors (I think), each floor has 5 suites, and each suite has 5 rooms, 2 showers and 2 toilets. So each suite can have up to ten ppl. Girls generally get second or above floor suites for safety reasons. One RA is assigned to two suites and the RA lives in one of the suites. The RAs are generally second or above years of the same gender. </p>
<p>And there are cockroaches in your rooms. But of course, they don't appear until you're alone, in a towel after taking a shower, barefooted, and completely vulnerable and defenseless. </p>
<p>Move-in day is a PAIN because you have to carry everything up flights of stairs. You're sweating profusely because there is no air conditioning in these dorms. (Although you can request one installed in your particular room b/c of medical reasons.) </p>
<p>And UVa has this really intelligent thing of asking everyone (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years) to move in on the SAME day. So for my first year, it was hot, crowded, and confusing.</p>
<p>But, you get use to it and the fun begins immediately after you move in. There are plenty of break the ice, getting to know each other, introductions, etc. B/c no one knows anyone else so everyone is in the same boat of socially foreign territory. Unless, of course you went to TJ HS which sends in first years in the hundreds.</p>
<p>This may be a stupid question, but do you get housekeeping for the baths. I can't imagine 10 guys keeping it halfway decent.</p>
<p>in response to the post above: HAHAHA. Amen. <em>feels ashamed</em></p>