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admissions officers sometimes give more weight to activities outside of school, such as educational family trips or community activities, than to school activities, if the school’s offerings are limited.
Since only 10 percent of the incoming freshman get to be Echols Scholars, it is clear that Shannon and Jim beat the odds, since Shannon was one of only three Rappahannock students admitted to UVa in her class of ’95 and Jim was one of four admitted this year.
In an earlier interview with the Rappahannock News, Jim made it clear that he wanted to attend Princeton University. He gained admission, but Princeton offered him no financial aid, which put it out of reach for his family, since it takes more than $30,000 a year to attend Princeton.
In this year’s Echols information package, however, there is a quote from an Echols Scholar that relates directly to Jim’s disappointment. “The student says he has a message to all those who got into Ivy League universities but who couldn’t afford to go,” says Dr. Vandersee.
“The student said he came to UVa feeling frustrated and resentful, but that by his second semester he knew he had come to the right place,” Dr. Vandersee said. The student found the faculty to be accessible, the courses to be challenging, and the students to be great. - Shannon, who recently returned home for the summer after her first
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