Rodman 2013

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<p>Our son got his email a little bit ago! Sound like it was really competitive.</p>

<p>Congrats to your son! Yes, indeed, very competitive.</p>

<p>Looks like my son didn’t get invited, which is disappointing. And a bit of a surprise, to be honest, because of his very strong credentials from a very good school.</p>

<p>The Rodman Program takes more students in after the first semester of First-Year so if a student wasn’t selected now it doesn’t mean that a student will not end up in the program.</p>

<p>Yeah, I wrote a recommendation for an amazing student who was not part of the program until after 1st semester. Her facebook feed is always filled with amazing things - travel to other countries, interned with the White House, etc.</p>

<p>RA for the Lawn?</p>

<p>To clarify, mid-year Rodman Scholars apply for the program.</p>

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<p>The following link offers information about mid-year Rodman applicants:</p>

<p>[U.Va&lt;/a&gt;. Engineering Rodman Scholars Program](<a href=“http://seas.virginia.edu/students/rodmans/applicants.php]U.Va”>http://seas.virginia.edu/students/rodmans/applicants.php)</p>

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Yup that’s her</p>

<p>I gott itttttttt !!!
so where else are you guys applying?</p>

<p>Our son has been accepted to MIT, Ga Tech, VCU/Honors and UAB/Honors. He applied regular decision to Johns Hopkins, Duke and Drexel. The Rodman invitation along with in state tuition make UVA look pretty good at this point.</p>

<p>patesq, That’s a really impressive list, topped by that M-something school! Too bad that it takes comfortable wealth to be able to ignore cost of attendance at a place like that.</p>

<p>Yep - MIT is exorbitantly expensive. He could only go if he’s willing to accept a ROTC scholarship. That’s how I went there. His dad went to Ga Tech so there’s been some friendly parental rivalry. But Ga Tech is not much less than MIT if you’re out of state and he would be. Duke and JHU are also likely out of our range unless they offer good merit scholarships. UVA with Rodman is a good option. He’s interested in biomedical engineering and med school so UVA would be a great undergrad for him.</p>

<p>Where else are others considering?</p>

<p>Unfortunately nearly every good school is expensive, including UVA for us out of state types. My son has also applied to Vanderbilt & VaTech, has offers from Clemson & NCSU (yes he likes the South). A scholarship at Vandy (yeah, I know) would make it a very attractive option.</p>

<p>I’m now torn between UVA Rodman and jhu bme.</p>

<p>My S is also torn between UVA Rodman (OOS tuition ) and Duke for BME. Any thoughts?</p>

<p>doglova and garetville – I can’t help on the academic aspects of the respective programs, but I can offer perspective on the differences in the overall college experience. There is a big difference in the typical student experience between UVa and JHU. Are you more interested/comfortable with a typical college campus in a college town or would you prefer a small school in a decidedly urban setting? Do you want big-time college sports? Are you more comfortable in a community of intellectuals? Or would you prefer to be with bright kids who are looking for a broad college experience?</p>

<p>Likewise there is a difference between a “Duke” experience and a UVa one. And it mostly has to do with the size differences in the two schools. You have noted the cost difference on a different thread. Duke has big time athletics, even its football team has been improving. But do you want to camp outside in the winter for basketball tickets? Charlottesville is a far superior town to Durham, tho Durham is closer to an airport for OOS students. Your child will find many NYers at both schools. The biggest downside to Duke, in my opinion is the cavalier way students are treated there. The horrible way the administrators and the faculty there handled the false rape accusations against their students a few years back totally soured me on Duke, and the worst offenders are still at the school. My experience with the student affairs folks at UVa and with President Sullivan convinces me that UVa is a much more student-centric place than Duke. At Duke, the focus is much more on Duke as a “brand,” than as a center for learning. Just my two-cents there, of course . . . .</p>

<p>My son was admitted as a Rodman (quite an honor) and wants to pursue MechE. His choice right now is UVa, Cornell or Vanderbilt. We’re OOS so all come in at about the same cost (not cheap) for us. There is a lot to like at all of these places and we love what we’ve seen at UVa so far. He is not a “party” type kid but wants to be involved with things like marching band and engineering teams, so he doesn’t want to be 24/7 engineering study - he wants a more diverse education than just engineering (maybe an economics minor). But he obviously wants an exceptional engineering program too. Any thoughts by anyone would be great.</p>

<p>As mentioned earlier, minoring in business outside of the engineering school is not advisable because of credit loads and effect on social life. There is an engineering business minor. There is an engineering fraternity and a number of engineering social justice groups (GEMS - getting young and teenage girls excited about math and science; robotics high school competition sponsored by UVACS, etc). There are also about 500 clubs in UVA as a whole (no need to stay secluded in the eschool with social matters). Good luck with your decision. Any of the schools would be great I think! Vanderbilt I believe is a bit more urban, while Cornell has a snowed-in-studying type of reputation.</p>

<p>@hazelorb, Thanks for the information. I’ve read here that it was very difficult to double-major in business, not minor in business so apologies if my question sounded redundant. As for clubs or teams, do you know how one gets involved with the engineering teams, for example the UVa Hoo’s Flying Team (SAE competition), or the NASA Aviation College Student Challenge team, or the Autonomous Manta Ray project, etc. At Cornell it’s fairly open for anyone wh can commit to the team, 1st year to 4th year they can be involved. Vanderbilt has fewer, but provides funding and support for new teams and projects easily. How is UVa in this respect, if you know.</p>

<p>I’ve never heard of any of those, sorry.
Just majoring in 1 thing in the eschool is challenging…</p>