<p>Anyone heard or received email? Is Echols Day on the Lawn April 7, 2006?</p>
<p>Yes, Echols DOTL is on friday, april 7.</p>
<p>I just called the admissions office and the lady I spoke to said that the Echols and Rodmans scholar information would be released afer April 1st by snail mail. After asking about previous years (the e-mails sent the middle of March) she simply said, "things are a little bit different this year." </p>
<p>How can this be the case? If the day on the lawn is April 7th, then surely selected Echols and Rodmans scholars would be notified more than just a week before, right?</p>
<p>She might have been BS'ing you, but maybe they are doing things differently.</p>
<p>Perhaps you could speak with someone else. Makes no sense since April 7 is Echols Day.....</p>
<p>I just called admissions and received the same info. "They would be sending the letters out about the same time or a little after the acceptance letter are mailed. They are doing things a bit differently this year" And yes, Echol's Day is April 7. She also said the office has been getting quite a few calls about it.</p>
<p>Emails went out on March 15th last year, but Echols DOTL was April 4th and on a Monday. This year it's on a Friday, April 7th (yes it's true, I'm signed up to volunteer for this). Also, I actually got my email on March 16th. Don't worry about it now and just wait until the weekend before asking if they're going to send out emails about it.</p>
<p>What is an Echols scholar? You get out of most of the requirements, but what else? Do you get to take more classes or is it like an honors thing? What's good about it?</p>
<p>the best advantage is priority registration. cav and sv3a know the best about it though.</p>
<p>Admissions office indicated today that Echols notifications would be mailed next week.</p>
<p>I received an email today about Echols Day on the Lawn (where I will be volunteering) that said that 600 applicants were selected for Echols Scholar status this year.</p>
<p>Is it true that early decision applicants aren't considered for Echols? If so, how do you know? and if so, that sucks.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what the average SAT/SAT II scores are for Echols students?</p>
<p>ED applicants ARE considered for Echols. My roommate and I are ED Echols, and a friend of mine is also ED Echols</p>
<p>Also, I would imagine that the average Echols SAT would be high 1400s to low 1500s, comparable to the average SATs of top universities (I may be wrong though, but comparing me and my friends' scores this is what I gather)</p>
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The mean combined SAT score of the 2005-06 entering class was 1320.
The mean combined SAT score of the 2005-06 entering Echols Scholars was 1480.
The mean combined SAT score of the 2005-06 entering Rodman Scholars was 1480.
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<p>These scores are for entering students. The averages are probably higher for accepted students.</p>
<p>do most people who got the likely letter get echols?</p>
<p>iwanttoknowiwanttoknowiwanttoknow</p>
<p>1480, hmmm.... I had a 2210 SAT I (800 CR, 610 Math, 800 Writing)
and 770 SAT II average (800 US History, 800 World History, 760 Lit, 720 Bio M). I think I fit the bill somewhat (although the math bothers the hell out of me), but then again I'm OoS, so I'm more concerned with just getting in than being an Echols scholar (but wouldn't it be nice....).</p>
<p>Are SAT scores the major qualifier for Echols? UVA says that SAT scores are not nearly so important for admission itself and, for that, come behind grades and diffficulty of courses selected in high school.
And what about this likely letter business. Apparently - according to other CC posts - some people got likely letters or calls from the admissions office expressing special interest in them. One person said that the top 500 applicants were being called. If 600 people are being offered Echols, does that mean there are only 100 people being offered Echols who haven't already gotten a call? How many likley letters were "likely" sent out? If you didn't get a likley letter does that mean you are probably out of the running for an Echols?</p>
<p>Burr, your scores are fine. Grades and test scores are only part of the Echols selection process. Remember, Echols Scholars are generally the top 5-8% of the incoming class, so they're people who have great numbers AND great soft factors. </p>
<p>eli, SAT scores are part of it, but among those whose applications are earmarked for Echols review, only around a third are given Echols status. Usually it's the numbers that will get the person to the review stage, but the essays, recs, and ECs that will get the person "accepted" to the program.</p>
<p>Oh, and about the call/letter thing: if you didn't get a letter thing, you probably won't be an Echols Scholar. If you didn't receive the call, but you did receive the letter, you still may be an Echols Scholar. In the admissions office, student volunteers make the calls, and they probably can't get to everyone on their list. The figure of 500 people being called is probably some BS number created by a nervous CC applicant. The number of 600 is one that I received in an email from someone involved in the Echols selection process. I don't think any assumptions at all can be made about how many were called or about how many weren't called.</p>