<p>ever since I found about the echols scholar program (no required credits!!) i really really want to go to UVA a lot more than before (if I can be an echols scholar). is there any special application process at all, or does the adcom decide based on the application?</p>
<p>Nope. You can read about the process on the UVa website and on [url=<a href=“http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/]the”>http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/]the</a> admission blog<a href=“just%20do%20a%20search”>/url</a>. If you aren’t offered Echols as an incoming first year, you can apply into it during the first semester.</p>
<p>There’s no special application - the office of admissions invites people to join based on their application materials. If you’re competitive for top 10 universities, you’ll be competitive for the Echols program. I was an Echols scholar and entered UVa with the intention of <em>not</em> meeting the distribution requirements in some areas, but apparently I did meet them by the time I graduated. They’re pretty easy to hit even if you’re not trying.</p>