What does it mean to be an Echols Scholar at UVA?
The Echols Scholars Program in the College of Arts & Sciences draws together a diverse community of students united by their potential for significant intellectual engagement at UVA and beyond. Echols Scholars participate in unique communal programming to cultivate academic, social, and cultural development.
What percentage of UVA students are Echols Scholars?
Today roughly 5% of an incoming class are admitted as Echols Scholars.
How many UVA are Echols Scholars?
200 students
The Office of Admission does not have a fixed “target” for the number of applicants selected for admission to the Echols Scholars Program. Each Echols class contains approximately 200 students.
How do you become a UVA Echols Scholar?
The Echols Scholars Program accepts a limited number of rising second-year students currently enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences into the program annually. Admission is by application made after the spring semester and is open to all first-year students currently enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.
How do you know if you are an Echols Scholar?
To summarize, selection as an Echols Scholar, is a holistic process that considers three main attributes: outstanding academic achievement, academic leadership, and felicity of expression.
Does UVA have an Honors College?
UVa does not have separate honors colleges. These colleges often have separate curricula, faculty, and resources.
Where do Echols scholars live at UVA?
Echols Scholars are currently housed in the Balz-Dobie residence hall on Alderman Road during their first year. Echols Scholars are housed with Rodman Scholars (the honors program of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) and College Science Scholars, creating a unique residential experience.
Where do Echols Scholars live at UVA?
Is there a UVA Honors College?
Does UVA have a Honors College?
What is a Jefferson scholar at UVA?
Jefferson and Walentas Scholarships are awarded to individuals who have undergone a rigorous selection process and who possess an exceptional record of accomplishment both inside and outside the classroom.
Why choose the University of Virginia Echols?
Many Echols Scholars have told us that the privilege of being selected for the Program contributed substantially to their choice of the University of Virginia over other peer institutions and top-tier liberal arts colleges because of its unique academic structure and flexibility.
What is the Echols Scholars Program?
The Echols Scholars Program in the College of Arts & Sciences draws together a diverse community of students united by their potential for significant intellectual engagement at UVA and beyond.
How many students are in an Echols class?
Each Echols class contains approximately 200 students. Many Echols Scholars have told us that the privilege of being selected for the Program contributed substantially to their choice of the University of Virginia over other peer institutions and top-tier liberal arts colleges because of its unique academic structure and flexibility.
What is the Ingrassia family Echols Scholars Research Fund?
The Ingrassia Family Echols Scholars Research Fund, established in January 2009 by an Endowment Gift from Timothy J. Ingrassia, provides financial support to Echols Scholars conducting a research project under the supervision of a faculty member that requires personal expenditures (stipend support), travel, and/or research supplies costs.