<p>What are Echols and Rodman scholars?</p>
<p><a href="http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/echols/%5B/url%5D">http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/echols/</a></p>
<p>The Echols Scholars program is something like an Honors program for top students in Arts & Sciences; Rodman is a similar program for engineering students. As I understand it, benefits include no distribution requirements outside of one's major, preferential registration, special freshman-year housing, etc.</p>