<p><em>inside info</em></p>
<p>the secret to echols and rodman is to have a clearcut goal for your life and what you want to do with it. From that, it really helps to have made significant progress towards that goal through independent study/research and internships.</p>
<p>at least, this is what my gc told us after she called UVa to find out why no one in our top 10 students got echols.</p>