i've just learnt that there will be fifteen students from singapore attending uva this year! i am astonished, and not a little worried, but i don't think we're in danger of becoming cornell yet. of those fifteen there are two sph scholars, again this is unusual - we've only had one scholar before this - an LTA scholar, so i wonder if this will set a precedent and allow UVA to be seen as a place where the government and stat boards are willing to send scholars. su-lin you must encourage the lit smarties in your class to apply.