<p>any chance of getting the first preference on class selection back?</p>
<p>from your experience, do you see any correlation between likely letters and echols scholars?</p>
<p>livefootball: id say the administration made a decision to make things fair cus for a long time people felt that it was unfair, so it wont reversed</p>
<p>LizzieE: Well, theres not only a correlation but likely letters mean that you have a VERY high chance of being Echols/Rodman/CSS but it also can mean you arent a scholar but still a very good student who they like and want and are admitted.</p>
<p>Do you know anything about CSS? I know what it stands for, but I mean what is it?</p>
<p>Google?</p>
<p>[College</a> Science Scholars](<a href=“http://www.web.virginia.edu/CSS/]College”>http://www.web.virginia.edu/CSS/)</p>
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<p>I think I have seen that before Dean J, I guess I have a small understanding of what it is, I would just like some more subjective information. I have learned a lot about Echols/Rodman from peoples experiences in the programs, and possibly more from people who aren’t in the program’s experiences with them. :-).</p>
<p>Yeah, simply looking up descriptions online for various programs only gives one side of the story…</p>
<p>I don’t know if this is the right place to ask, but I figured it’s better than anything. I know that Rodman/Echols gets rid of some of the requirements so students are more free to take whatever classes they want. How does this change how easy it is to either double-major or major and minor in something. If I’m a Rodman, is it possible to get a major in the E-school and also get a minor in another subject (something completely unrelated, like literature or something)? Does this possibility diminish if I’m not a Rodman? Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>i dont know about the rodman scholars program - but the echols program really doesn’t free up that much. the most i really see is that you dont have to take the language requirement. otherwise, you’re most likely to fufill your requirements without really trying. Remember - a major at UVa (at least in the college) is 30ish credits. You need 120 credits to graduate - i.e. its not hard to double major regardless of whether or not ur echols.</p>
<p>Ye, echols helps you get into classes, more higher level classes faster, so u can take higher classes than your peers. However, it doesnt really help much in terms of double majoring. Maybe this can help fulfill requirement faster but i dont see it. Double majoring is a very common thing so it isnt an echols phenomenon.</p>
<p>Can someone explain the advantages and disadvantages of double majoring? At this point I am debating between a double major and the major and minor combo so any input can help.</p>
<p>i think advantages of double majoring depend on what 2 things you majored in. for example - being a history and english major probably isn’t that much better than being a english or a history major solo.</p>
<p>Being a history/english and an econ major is probably a great advantage though - as you can say in a job application that not only can you do econ type stuff, but that you can most likely write exceedingly well (probably better than most solo econ majors) ontop of that.</p>
<p>Live4Football - Yes, if you plan it out well enough, E-school majors can minor in something totally unrelated. Especially if you have AP credit that will fill some of the humanities (english, gov’t, history, ect if you got a 4 or 5). Start looking for the minors now (can be found on the Undergraduate Record…look around the UVa site, its easy to find in the A-Z index) and figure out what you would like to minor in. Then look at the specific department/major you want to take and look at their requirements and see where you’ll have electives and which are filled in by APs. Then talk to your advisor and try to set down a plan.
A minor in the College is very otainable in the E-school, I know many friends there who are minoring in anything from economics to english to urban studies (which is what I want to do as well) to math.
Good luck, feel free to PM because as a second-year transfer applicant to the E-school (EE dept) I know quite a bit about how the upper levels work, as well as what types of classes you’re taking now (but I don’t know too much about Rodman, only a bit) =)</p>
<p>Do you think a business major and a minor in psych is a good comibnation?</p>
<p>Can you get 2 majors and a minor?</p>
<p>BG - don’t think about what is or isn’t a “good combo”. Instead, think of what else you would like to study that you dont necessarily want to go fully indepth with. But a business major/psych minor could be a good combo since you’ll be dealing with a ton of people in business. But focus on what you want to study =) That’s the main purpose of a minor. If you were talking about double majoring, that would be a different story.</p>
<p>SigmaC - if you can fit it all in. Some majors require less credit hours than others, yet most are ~60. That leaves atleast another 60 for other classes. I would assume that if you can plan it out well enough, you could double major, then add another class for 18 credits/semester for 5-6 semesters to add a minor. If you’re up to the challenge, and the University/departments will let you, it could be possible. It will take a lot of planning and a lot of advising however, no doubt =P</p>
<p>Shoe…I love psychology…on days more than business. So I think I know what I want to do! </p>
<p>SigmaC…I read about a chick from U.Va. who is an anthropology and Spanish double major with an English minor. Wowza!</p>
<p>Oh, I just realized I have a question. I have been lurking U.Va.'s website (who isn’t?!) and I have been checking out the course descriptions in areas that I am interested. For example, I really liked a socialogy class in the 300’s that focuses on Eastern Europe’s culture and then some classes in the 300-400 range in the Slavic deparment sound sooo interesting. Since I am not going to be majoring in those specific areas will I be allowed to take any of the 300 and up classes? Would they allow me if I know a slavic language? And then I found some English course which requires you to watch Sex and the City… I think I got a soul orgasm when I read that! I love U.Va.!</p>
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<p>i don’t know if your in the e-school, maybe its different, but the last time I checked - a major in the college is about 10 or 11 classes - which is about 33 credits - i know the music major is only 28 credits and a history major is 11 classes. I don’t know where you got 60 credits for a major from.</p>
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<p>in the larger departments, you can easily take any 300 or 400 level class (provided you fufill the prereqs if there are any). A slavic language department class may be harder to get into because its a really small department, and the professor might not let you in depending on the demand from people majoring/minoring.</p>
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