How Does Selection for UVA Echols Indicate my Odds at Duke,Columbia,Princeton, etc.?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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White Male, 4.48 GPA SAT: 1550-790 EBRW, 760 Math, IB Diploma Candidate.

I applied in state to UVA EA, accepted and named an Echols Scholar (top 5-10% of class, supposedly)

Activities:
United States Senate Page, Student Council President of Page School

Secretary General of MUN

Editor in Chief of Newspaper

Captain of Congressional Debate

Worked on political campaigns in Virginia for 2020

Work for a youth-led policy think tank

Involved with county-wide leadership org

Anchor for school’s football broadcasts

Sold Sneakers and Made bread $$$

NHS

Awards: National Speech Contest, a few local awards & distinctions including Boys State & Governor’s School.

What are my odds at Ivies+Duke? Worked hardest on Penn, Columbia, Duke, Princeton

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Thats certainly a good sign. But getting into any of these schools during the RD round is very difficult. But you may be lucky. Best wishes

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It probably bodes well for Duke, as Duke and UVA seek similar attributes, but Ivies are very very different and the Echols gives no analogy there

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You have strong qualifications for all of your targeted schools, but especially so for the University of Virginia as you are very involved in Virginia politics.

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Their criteria overlap only partially- the VA angle definitely helped you for Echols. It may help elsewhere but it’s impossible to know for sure since they’re so different.

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Each college’s decision is made independently. You have the qualifications to be a serious candidate any any school but nobody can say much more than that.

Great to have one wonderful acceptance already.

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I got rejected by Columbia ED and got Echols

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These things are very hard to predict. I certainly don’t see strong correlation between UVA Echols and T10 admissions. My son got into MIT and got a Yale likely letter but wasn’t selected for Echols scholar. As a matter of fact, I don’t know what Echols selection is based on.

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