<p>SATs: 700V, 750 M, 700W
SAT II: 700 World History, 750 US History, 770 Math II, 720 French w/listening, 780 Literature
GPA: 4.0UW, 4.38W
AP/IB: full-IB, plus 3 APs</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-School Newspaper (9-12): Editor-in-Chief (11-12), Lifestyles Editor (10), Assistant News Editor (9); won multiple awards individually and as a paper from CSPA, NSPA and VHSL; articles published in local newspaper
-Cappies Reviewer (10-12): reviews of local school plays published in the Washington Post
-Debate Team (10-12): President (12), VP (11), Regional Qualifier (11), District Qualifier (10-11)
-Young Democrats (10-12): President (12), VP (11)
-MUN (10-12): Committee Chair (11-12), Regional Qualifier (11), District Qualifier (10-11)
-NHS (10-12): VP (12), Secretary (11)
-SSHS (11-12): President (12)
-SCA (9-12): President (12), VP (11), 2nd VP (10), 3rd VP (9)
-UVA Summer Enrichment Program
-Columbia Summer Journalism Workshop
-Princeton Summer Journalism Conference
-United States Senate Page
-Au pair in Quebec
-Volunteer for Democratic Party of Virginia (10-12)
-Scorekeeper of Freshman, JV and Varsity Girls Basketball Teams (9-12)
-Youth Basketball Coach (10-12)
-Metropolitan Area Grant Committee (11-12)</p>
<p>No problem. You're in.</p>
<p>Do you think I have a shot at the Jefferson Scholarship? or Echols? I'm in-state and a legacy if that helps...</p>
<p>i'll bet you have little to no chance at jefferson, possibly echols, but i've seen people with better scores and grades not get echols. although most people on this board with stats like u get it i guess.</p>
<p>"little to no chance"? What would I have to do to have a better shot?</p>
<p>I don't know much about Jefferson scholars, but I googled it and heres what I found
<a href="http://www.jeffersonscholars.org/undergraduate/scholars.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.jeffersonscholars.org/undergraduate/scholars.html</a></p>
<p>This works against you (stat of the 2006-2007 Jefferson scholars)
2246 average combined SAT score</p>
<p>Anyways, I would say you'd probably need a 1500+ on the V + M to be considered and made a finalist. There are only 30ish students selected each year so it's only the best.</p>
<p>But before I get criticized, please let me reiterate...I have little to no idea what I'm talking about.</p>
<p>hmmm...do you want UVA, W&M (as this thread is posted there too) or as your name implies, truly looking to an Ivy with UVA as a safety?</p>
<p>Much of Jefferson has to do with your interview(s). First step is getting your school to nominate you, as each school can only nominate one person.</p>
<p><em>inside info</em></p>
<p>the secret to echols and rodman is to have a clearcut goal for your life and what you want to do with it. From that, it really helps to have made significant progress towards that goal through independent study/research and internships.</p>
<p>at least, this is what my gc told us after she called UVa to find out why no one in our top 10 students got echols.</p>
<p>Hmm, I thought I had what ^ ehiunno described but I didn't get echols. If it truly matters..I was in ED kid.</p>
<p>If you're instate, you're in. You might get Echols, you might not. Jefferson Scholar selection is based mostly on interview and EC's once you're past a certain stat cutoff.</p>
<p>Unless you're super rich or you have a super low EFC, I encourage you to consider UVA or W&M over ivies (as your moniker suggests). The significant extra cost isn't worth it (that is, if you get into Penn or Cornell).</p>
<p>I'm just not sure if I want a big school atmosphere. Not to mention the being in the middle of no where thing. But financial aid is important so I'm keeping my options open.</p>