<p>jc40: Your daughter and I are pretty much in the exact same situation! I also received a likely letter and have great stats and was admitted to other great schools, but I guess I just missed the bar for Echols. I will come in with 8 AP credits, so hopefully I will be taking advanced courses anyways, but I really really hope I can get Echols after applying in my freshman year if I go to UVA, because I would love to be around such a great group of students!</p>