Never before in my life have I been able to find a place that both helps me to grow as an…read moreindividual and completely accepts the individual that I am, no matter where I am in the process of that growth. I have personal connections with nearly every one of my faculty members. For example: I took a Marketing course out of curiosity during the fall of my sophomore year. To this day, as a rising senior, that professor (who teaches only one or two night courses for the College) periodically emails to check in with me and to keep me aware of various jobs/internships that may be available to me - and that's not even the field in which I've chosen to major! The friendships that I have fostered here at Sweet Briar are some of the nearest and dearest I have ever experienced. While many of my friends graduated with the class of 2015, I have no doubt that we will remain close, despite between states apart. There are so many opportunities to create meaningful relationships, be it on your dorm hall, in a class, on a team, onstage, or in any number of our myriad of available clubs and activity groups. I have been a Student Admissions Ambassador since the spring of my first-year and I have never once felt phony or cliche when showing off our beautiful campus to visitors. I am not one to stomach "BS" and would certainly never stand for speaking it on my tours. Just goes to show that all the love and positivity is 100% real. As someone who initially visited SBC to prove that it was NOT what I wanted, I ask potential Vixens to put aside any preconceived notions you may have about Sweet Briar or women's colleges in general. I know that SBC tends to be thought of as tons of rich, white, Lilly Pulitzer-wearing, equestrians. I will not lie and say that there is not a portion of our student body that fits this description. But I will also honestly and passionately inform you that not every Sweet Briar woman falls into this type. I have friends who are terrified of horses, who are the first in their families to attend college, who rock Goth chic on a steamy August day at noon. We all come from different backgrounds, have different goals, and different interests. But one thing unifies us above all else: We are Sweet Briar women who fought to save our school and who sure as else are ready to take on the world.

My sweetie & I visited a friend of mine here on winery wending from DC. The acreage this place has…read moreis incredible. They have awesome views as they are situated on a rise overlooking the rolling hills of Virginia. They have a beautiful Equestrian Center and many trails. This is a gorgeous all-womens school and very well outfitted and in a great, central location outside of Charlottesville & near Lynchburg.

Here for the weekend to support my brother who attended the University of Lynchburg and graduated…read moretoday with a Doctorate in Medical Science degree. He's a Physician's Assistant and attended the U of L entirely online for the last year, finally graduating. The campus is beautiful with lots of open space, several modern buildings and a lovely student center. The campus bookstore is a little small but still had the tshirts and decals needed to show that he attended the school. Graduation was on the huge Shallenburger Field with proper social distancing enforced and plenty of space between parties. A little warm in the Sun so they had EMS available in case someone had a medical issue plus tents with cold water and plenty of shade. They did a great job of ensuring one-way traffic. We found a couple of great spots for photos and he's thinking that attending in person instead of online would have been awesome. [Review 15070 overall, 572 of 2021, number 1288 in Virginia.]

Do not attend. School only cares about billing you for things that don't exist. My housemates and I…read moregot robbed and the school blamed us for leaving our door unlocked when both of our doors lock automatically. Then they failed to report it to the police and failed to put it into the crime log. School then tried to reprimand us for installing cameras after they did nothing for us. School then billed our remaining housemate that has not graduated yet for nonexistent damages and of course these charges were outrages for whatever these "damages" were.