UVA Echols v. Dartmouth v. Rice (v. pursuing Duke's waitlist)

Globalist · April 18, 2010, 9:24pm

If I were you, I would choose UVa. First of all, as an Echols Scholar, you get priority registration for your classes, and you’re free from any required course outside of your major. Secondly, UVa has 2 highly-regarded Government/International Relations programs that you can apply for at the end of your 2nd year: [The</a> Distinguished Majors Program](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/politics/undergrad_program/distinguished.html]The”>http://www.virginia.edu/politics/undergrad_program/distinguished.html) and the [Honors</a> Program](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/politics/undergrad_program/honors_cur.html]Honors”>http://www.virginia.edu/politics/undergrad_program/honors_cur.html). BTW, when you enter the Honors Program, your grades are frozen. Meaning if you have a 4.0 when you start the program your junior year, you will graduate with a 4.0.

Speaking of ambassadors, UVa has produced a large number of current and former ambassadors to countries such as Great Britain, Austria, Romania, Turkey, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Djibouti, NATO, Kuwait, and even South Vietnam - before the fall of Saigon.

BTW, there are 4 centers housed at UVa that could be great resources for you as well as places where you could intern.

The [Miller</a> Center of Public Affairs](<a href=“http://millercenter.org%5DMiller”>http://millercenter.org), which is currently [archiving/documenting all the once-classified U.S. White House Presidential tapes](<a href=“http://millercenter.org/academic/oralhistory”>http://millercenter.org/academic/oralhistory</a>). They’ve also opened an [office</a> in Washington, DC](<a href=“http://millercenter.org/newsroom/pressreleases/2009_1029]office”>http://millercenter.org/newsroom/pressreleases/2009_1029).

The [Asia</a> Institute](<a href=“http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/asiainstitute]Asia”>http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/asiainstitute), which is particularly strong in [Tibetan</a> Studies](<a href=“http://www.uvatibetcenter.org/?page_id=126]Tibetan”>http://www.uvatibetcenter.org/?page_id=126).

The [Sorensen</a> Institute](<a href=“http://www.sorenseninstitute.org%5DSorensen”>http://www.sorenseninstitute.org), which espouses bi-partisanship and has educated a large percentage of Virginia politicians (and growing number of politicians in other states), who have learned to work with both sides of the aisle.

The [UVA</a> Center for Politics](<a href=“http://www.centerforpolitics.org/index.html]UVA”>http://www.centerforpolitics.org/index.html) founded by Professor Larry Sabato, the nationally renowned political analyst/pundit who’s the most quoted professor in the country and who himself donated $1 million to UVa – a promise he made when he was a UVa student before becoming a Rhodes Scholar.

Overall, UVa has a strong focus and emphasis in International Studies from running [Semester</a> At Sea](<a href=“http://www.semesteratsea.org%5DSemester”>http://www.semesteratsea.org) to being the only American college in [Universitas</a> 21](<a href=“http://www.universitas21.com/memberlist.html]Universitas”>http://www.universitas21.com/memberlist.html), whereby UVa conducts plenty of [global</a> collaborative research](<a href=“http://www.universitas21.com/URC.html]global”>http://www.universitas21.com/URC.html) and [exchanges</a> – with around 100 exchange programs](<a href=“http://www.studyabroad.virginia.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ListAll]exchanges”>http://www.studyabroad.virginia.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ListAll). With over 700 international undergrads at UVa, you also have plenty of opportunities to learn from them – from living at the [International</a> Residential College](<a href=“https://sites.google.com/a/virginia.edu/irc]International”>https://sites.google.com/a/virginia.edu/irc) to immersing yourself in a foreign tongue in one of our foreign language houses for [Spanish[/url</a>], [url=<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/french/maison]French[/url”>http://www.virginia.edu/french/maison]French[/url</a>], [url=<a href=“http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/russianhouse/index.html]Russian[/url”>http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/russianhouse/index.html]Russian[/url</a>], [url=<a href=“http://germanhouse.org%5DGerman%5B/url”>http://germanhouse.org]German[/url</a>], [url=<a href=“http://web.virginia.edu/Shea]Arabic”>http://web.virginia.edu/Shea]Arabic</a>, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi-Urdu, Italian, Japanese, and Farsi (Persian)](<a href=“http://atuva.student.virginia.edu/Community?action=getOrgHome&orgID=1392]Spanish[/url”>http://atuva.student.virginia.edu/Community?action=getOrgHome&orgID=1392).

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