<p>lol stupidbname... . i wish that could hav worked. but i appreciate your intention</p>
<p>iloveuva:
A 1320 is only mediocre on this site, average scores are in the low 500s for each portion. A 4.4 GPA means you work very hard, something schools like UVa like to see to let them know they aren't going to be wasting their time on you. What do you mean "not good ec's?" Have you not participated in any at all, or do you mean you don't have an extensive list? Although people on CC can be very intimidating with their stats and such, others with stats like yours are HARDLY what most would call mediocre. I'm going to have to agree with cavalier, they must have liked something about you, and I'm sure your stats were not hurting you.</p>
<p>Track, spanish club, fbla, math honors society, nhs, beta and some volunteering</p>
<p>you be the judge</p>
<p>but i dont have any significant awards</p>
<p>...wow, are YOU underestimating yourself. awards aren't everything, just perks.</p>
<p>iloveuva: Maybe they just like you and want you to come. Based on what I have heard and read, the letters are sent to around 5-8% of accepted students (those being considered for echols/rodman).</p>
<p>If you look at the posts from last year, many of the people who got these letters did NOT get echols/rodman.</p>
<p>where do you find the archived posts from the old board? When I search on this screen, I don't see that old info.</p>
<p>go to <a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/discus%5B/url%5D">www.collegeconfidential.com/discus</a> and look from there</p>
<p>A lot didn't but a lot did. It means you're in consideration.</p>
<p>Has anyone from Florida gotten a letter? And, what percentage of people that get accepted do you think get likely letters as well?</p>
<p>I'm an international, and I've just received the letter! Yeah!</p>
<p>Wow, really?!? What country are you living in, Iridium Oxide?</p>
<p>A small country in SE Asia.</p>
<p>bluegreen, i'm from florida and got the letter a bit ago, dated 2-28.</p>
<p>bluegreen- I'm not sure what the percentages are, but here's some comfort if you haven't gotten a letter yet(although it is a different state school). </p>
<p>The people on the UCLA forum were saying people who don't get likely letters don't get in, but I didn't get one and was accepted. It wouldn't make sense for UVa to send out likely letters to everyone they plan to accept before the actual acceptance letters are sent out. Those who do get them are probably in consideration for echols/rodman, like others here say.</p>
<p>Hi guys- a bit late here, but I also received the letter in the middle of Feb... since I live relatively close to UVA (I'm in MD- 3 hrs away,) my mom and I decided to visit, and we asked the rep what it meant, and he said it means "you should pat yourself on the back for getting and you have a really, really, really, really good chance of hearing good things from us come April." My mom was like "how many more "really"s did he need to make it a "you're in" LOL! I know many people have asked when letters are going to be mailed- the rep said that if you applied online, your decision would be posted online on March 31st and if you applied w/a paper app (like I did,) letters will be mailed out April 4th :-(. He said something about too many apps or something of the sort. That made me sad... I really want to hear whether I <em>am</em> in or not!!!!</p>
<p>"The people on the UCLA forum were saying people who don't get likely letters don't get in, but I didn't get one and was accepted. It wouldn't make sense for UVa to send out likely letters to everyone they plan to accept before the actual acceptance letters are sent out. Those who do get them are probably in consideration for echols/rodman, like others here say."</p>
<p>Just writing to back up the UCLA statement, I got in with no likely letter.</p>
<p>Cool, im just hoping the likely letters only go to the best of the acceptees, like the Echols people, so I still have a shot of getting in without one.</p>
<p>I really want Echols though, pretty much open curriculum? That is very attractive...</p>
<p>Yep, Zant, the Echols program is an open curriculum. Echols Scholars also get to register for classes first, even before upper classmen. The combination of those two factors allows Echols Scholars to pursue their interests to higher levels than would normally be possible, without the possible restrictions of space in their schedules of the classes themselves.</p>
<p>If you're interested, here's the Echols website:</p>
<p>Oh, BTW, for the millionth time: I'm fairly sure that the letter was sent to people whose applications were read once and marked for Echols/Rodman consideration. I'm basing this assumption on last year's CC thread on this topic, in which a legacy had his/her parent call, and it was clearly stated that the letters went to people in consideration for Echols/Rodman. Also, my guidance counselor told me that they told her the same thing about them at an admissions conference sometime last year. The term I heard used to describe them was "superstar letters". Not receiving one does not mean you will not get in; only around 10% of admits are offered Echols/Rodman status, and even if only half of letter-receivers are offered Echols/Rodman, that leaves PLENTY of room for other admits. I don't think UVa is anywhere near as competitive or as random as UCLA seems to be.</p>