Sweet Briar College is located in the foothills
of the Blue Ridge
Mountains, in
Sweet Briar Virginia. This college is
highly known for
its honors
program, science program, and its junior year abroad
program. Sweet Briar believes that women are vastly
underrepresented
in the areas of math, engineering and sciences,
their number one
priority is preparing women for careers in these
fields.
Sweet Briar's students consist of about 600
women
representing more
then 40 states and 15 different countries.
The
campus consists
of 35 buildings stretching over 3,300 acres.
Tuition for the
1996 through 97' school year is about 14,990
dollars for
full-time students, room and board fee charge is 6, 510
dollars; student
activity fee is 125 dollars.
Sports that offer competition at the Varsity
level include field
hockey, lacrosse,
riding, soccer, swimming, tennis, and volleyball.
Sweet Briar is a
member of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association, and
competes in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
Non-competitive
sports teams are also an option, many recreational
sports include
basketball, badminton, fencing, softball, canoeing,
squash, golf, and
dance.
Sweet Briar is one of the "International
50" colleges, which
refers to a group of private colleges that are noted
for their
contributions to
international affairs. Sweet Briar was
listed as
Money magazine's
150 best college buys in the nation.
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