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By BONNIE PRICE LOFTON
Rappakaapock Newt Contributing Writer
For the second year in a row, a senior from Rappahannock County High School has been selected for the prestigious Echols Scholars Program at the University of Virginia.
Jim Clark is the Echols Scholar this year, following the footsteps of Shannon Eastham last year. ' All students admitted to the ffeshfnan class of UVa are automatically considered for the Echols program, but only about 10 percent get it.
Charles Vandersee, dean of the Echols program, says that urban magnet schools like Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax usually supply a[ disproportionate number of Echols Scholars.
“It’s definitely a compliment to Rappahannock County High School that such a small school has had a student in our coveted Echols Scholars Program for two years in a row,” says Dr. Vandersee.
Dr. Vandersee says that his admissions officers are alert to the fact that* rural schools don’t have the same range of course offerings as the big urban schools and take that into consideration when awarding the scholarship.
“We look at what was available and ask ourselves whether the student made the most of it. We depend heavily on students’ essays to tell us what stimulation they’ve been getting,” said Mr Vandersee. He added that his
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