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{ T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S }

A view rom here 09

Academics and aculty 15Lie on campus and o 26

Athletics 32

Riding program 35

Beyond the ourth year 36

Sweet Briar at a glance 40

A college search journal 43



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J O E L L E N P A r k E r

PresidentSweet Briar College

{ W E L C O M E }

SWEETBriArCOLLEgE SBC . E DU 7



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A v i E W F r O M h E r E




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Sweet Briar oers endless opportunity or students tobecome more ully themselves… by learning to question,to rise to everyday challenges, and to revel in endlesslydiscovering and re-discovering the world.

DEBBiEkASPEr, SOCiOLOgyPrOFESSOr



udn/aculy a a sw Ba acd 8:1 lacng n pncn rw’ w cl “M Accbl p.”

We treat our students asprotégés. There is a strongdynamic o mentoringbecause we engage ourstudents in our ownintellectual endeavors.

JONAThANgrEEN,

DEANOFACADEMiCAFFAirS




The Sweet Briar promise sw Ba m a cmmmn x c na a nga

nalzd cla.

Customizable majors to ft yourgoals and interestsin addn ng m an 40 aa udy, yu’ abl mally

cumz a maj w a n--a-knd cu udy. sund daunng? N

w: p gud yu ug c and fn n ugg

y nk wll bn yu n and lng m.

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dg qumn. Daw n knwldg aculy, nal a and

alumna a yu lc ca-lad cmmndan and al-wld

ng.

Research opportunities with acultyeac ya, -ya and uclawmn cnduc gnal ac und

a aculy mmb’ gudanc. sudn gulaly ubl ndng and

n a nanal cnnc, ncludng Md-Alanc Cnnc

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caung da d a cal Da nugncy n oman, DNA

ngnng ud dmn any, dama and c n Ancn

rm, wkng w 100+ ak a l n cnc buldng n

camu, ung landca cllg a a labay wland andwldl udy— cc xlan a a d a udn

undakng m.

he proessors are hereecause they believe inur community and in thepirit o the women thatake up the student body.

E E r gO rDO NOOMFiELDhiLLS, MiChigAN

AJOr: PSyChOLOgyANDEATivEWriTiNg

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{ CLUBS }

Amnesy Inernaional

Anhropology Club

Archaeology Club

Belly Dancing Club

Business Club

Campus Chrisian Fellowship (CCF)

Campus Evens Organizaion

College Republicans

Cooking Club

Cross Counry

Engineering Sociey

Environmenal Club

Friends o Ar, Jr.

French Club

Gay-Sraigh Alliance

German Club

Gol Club

Habia or Humaniy Ialian Club

Naions Unied

Onyx-Diversiy Club

Phi Bea Lambda

Pre-Healh Sociey

Pre-Law Sociey

Pre-Ve Sociey

Red Clay (Suden Journal)

Riding Council

Sociey o Women Engineers

Sociological Sociey

Spanish Club

Suden Ahlee Advisory

Commitee (SAAC)

Suden Aliaes o he

American Chemical Sociey (SAACS)

Suden Leadership Programs

Suden o Virginia Educaion Associaion

Swee Briar Young Democras

Swee Briar Oudoor Program

Tau Phi

Transer Suden Associaion (TSA)

WNRS-FM

{ hONOrSOCiETiES }

Alpha Lambda Dela (Firs-year honors)

Alpha Psi Omega (Theaer)

Dela Phi Alpha (German)

Ea Sigma Phi (Classics)

Ioa Sigma Pi (Chemisry)

Omicron Dela Epsilon (Economics)

Omicron Dela Kappa (Leadership)

Phi Alpha Dela (Law)

Phi Bea Kappa

Pi Dela Phi (French)

Psi Chi (Psychology)

Sigma Dela Pi (Spanish)

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makng yu m and nng xnc xcnal a yu quckly

bcm a sw Ba cmmuny. onan ju a. Yu’ll

al bn m ya gam lk udn admn, udn

ucc , and n-n-n ac w uclawmn.

sw Ba a dnal camu. M yn l n camu, n

all a mak u Quad n dnc cl . a mak

cn camu w yu lan and w yu l. M manly, ’

w yu mak xadnay nd.

C A M P U S

SWEETBriArCOLLEgE SBC . E DU26




aditions are momentswhich students who areherwise very dierent—

majors and econ majors,

tball players and cellists,ss presidents and radios—can all come together

Sweet Briar identity.

OLFErgUSONE M , vi rgi Ni A

JOr: CLASSiCSSS O F

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a ltl am. ak, xaml, an ngng n hcng p Fg,

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a bnd a n amun m danc can bak. a’ wa daw u

alumna cm back ng n Quad 10, 25, 50 ya af y gadua—

bcau sw Ba ld a cal lac n a.



Right next door and just within reach

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JAMESMADiSONUNivErSiTy 80m

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Our Campus Events Organization plans

awesome events that draw in students romcampuses all over Virginia. People make riends

ast in a college environment, and there isalways someone who knows someone! There’s

defnitely no shortage o things to do here!

SArAhLiNDEMANN

W O O DBri DgE , vi rgi Ni A

MAJOr: ENvirONMENTALSCiENCEC L A SS O F 3



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and cmmuny yu dl and a w yu amma.

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cng yu n. en m, w’ wn yu gadua and bgn

nx a yu l.

A T h L E T i C S

o la dcad, 15 sw Ba laya wn oDAC Camn Flg,11 a bn ld n iA Nanal rankng,and 4 a bn namd voLvo/iAAll-Acadmc squad.

SWEETBriArCOLLEgE SBC . E DU32

{ TEAMS}

Lacrosse

Field Hockey

Soccer Soball

Swimming

Tennis

Volleyball

{ OLDDOMiNiO N

AThLETiC

CONFErENCE(ODAC) }

Bridgewaer College, Easern Mennonie

Universiy, Emory & Henry College,

Guilord College, Hollins Universiy,

Lynchburg College, Randolph College,

Randolph-Macon College, Roanoke

College, Swee Briar College, Virginia

Wesleyan College, Washingon and Lee

Universiy

{ NCAADiviSiONiii }




r i D i N g

Room to Roam

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n nly a. Qualy nucn nabl n bgnnng

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ducan.

• 130-acre on-campus riding center

• 10 large elds ranging from three to 25 acres

• More than 18 miles of trails through wooded countryside, foothills, dells, and open elds

• One of the largest indoor college arenas in the nation,measuring 120’ x 300’

• Three spacious outdoor rings, along with an enclosed lunging ring

• More than seven teaching and schooling elds

• Hunter trials course

• Fence lines with coops

• Complete inventory of hunter-jumper fences suitable for USEF competitions

• Veterinarians on-call

• Twice-weekly farrier visits

• Frequent equine chiropractor appointments

• Bi-annual equine dentist visits

sw Ba wn abu

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uny nll n a

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{ OUTCOMES} Where does Sweet Briarcontinue to fnd suchoutstanding students?Send us more!

CLErk’SOFFiCE,

U.S. SUPrEMECOUrT

rankd #8 B Ca sc accdng “ B 373 Cllg” – pncn rw, 2010

{ SELECT iNTErNShiPS }

Anion Loyaly Group

Booz Allen Hamilon

Boh houses o Congress

Cener or Advanced Engineeringand Research

European Parliamen

FOX News

Genocide Prevenion Cener

Habia or Humaniy,

The Humane Sociey

Lexington Children’s Theatre

Middle Eas Insiue

Naional Science Foundaion

Sae and local agencies in Richmond

and Lynchburg

Special Olympics

US Sae Deparmen

US Supreme Cour

US Deparmen o Commerce

The Whie House

{ SELECTCArEErS

ANDEMPLOyErS }

ABT Associaes

Americorps VISTA

Cenral Inelligence Agency

Chevron Corporaion

Edward Jones Invesmens,

Flee Pharmaceuicals

Inernaional Moneary Fund

Naional Ground inelligence Cener

Ouward Bound

Peace Corps

SNL Financial

US Fish and Wildlie Service

US House o Represenaives

US Senae

Tyco Elecronics

Virginia Deparmen o

Environmenal Qualiy

Welch Consuling

Wells Fargo

Ar galleries and museums

Dance companies

Lobbying rms

Public relations rms

Enrepreneurship including spa ownership,

equine breeding and training and more

Pracicing law

Pracicing medicine

Teaching a all levels domesically and

inernaionally

{ ADvANCEDSTUDiES }

American Universiy

College o William and Mary

Florida Sae Universiy

George Mason Universiy

George Washingon Universiy

Loyola Universiy

Nore Dame Universiy

John Jay College o Criminal Jusice

Pepperdine Universiy

Quinnipiac Universiy

Souhern Mehodis Universiy

S. Andrews Universiy

Universiy o Chicago

Universiy o Denver

Universiy o Edinburgh

Universiy o Georgia

Universiy o Kansas

Universiy o Maryland

Universiy o Michigan

Universiy o Norh Carolina

Universiy o Massachusets

Universiy o Wisconsin

Washingon and Lee Universiy

In their element:

accomplishments o recent

Sweet Briar graduates




{ ATAgLANCE}

{ STACkiNgUP

ThENUMBErS }

#3 Most Accessible Professors

#4 Proessors Ge High Marks

#6 Mos Beauiul Campus#8 Best Classroom

Experience

#8 – Best Career Services

#11 Class Discussions

Encouraged

The Best 373 Colleges –

Princeton Review, 2010

Top 50 Best Value College

Princeon Review/USA

Today, 2010

#69 – America’s Best Colleges

Forbes.com, 20 09

{ CAMPUS}

3,250 acres in the foothills of the

Virginia Blue Ridge Mounains

30 buildings, six nature

sancuaries, wo lakes

Home o he Virginia Cener or

he Creaive Ars

Home o he Blue Ridge Summer

Theaer Fesival

On-Campus students: 639

O-Campus students: 106

Total Population: 745

{ FACULTy}

Full-time: 76

PhD or terminal degree: 95%

Student/faculty ratio: 8:1

{ AFTEr grADUATiON}

Six months aer graduation, 96%

o Swee Briar sudens have

jobs or are pursuing graduate

degrees, more than 12% above the

naional average

{ ACADEMiC

DiSCiPLiNES }

More than 40 major, minor

and certicate programs

Pre-proessional programs in

pre-law, pre-medicine, and

pre-veerinary

Graduae degree programs in

Difereniaed Curriculum

and Insrucion ofering

Maser o Ars in Teaching

and Maser o Educaion

{ AThLETiCS }

Lacrosse, Field Hockey, Soccer,

Soball, Swimming, Tennis,

Volleyball

{ r iD iN g }

130-acre riding center on campus

{ CLASS OF4 }

Represents 153 high schools

Traveled a combined 115,912

miles o Swee Briar rom

locaions hroughou he

Midwes and Eas Coas,

Caliornia, Idaho, Monana

and Souh Dakoa, and as

ar as Singapore, Aghanisan and China

Average GPA: 3.4

SAT Middle 50%: 948-1148

ACT Middle 50%: 20-27

Top 10% of high school class: 22%

To 50% of high school class: 78%

{ MOTTO}

Rosam quae meruit ferat

She who earns he rose may

bear i

{ MASCOT}

The Swee Briar Vixens{ hiSTOry}

A private women’s liberal arts

and sciences college ounded

in 1901 by Indiana Fletcher

Williams in memory o her

only daugher Daisy who died

at age 16

{ NAMESAkE}

The Swee Briar rose, which

was grown on he ounding

family’s estate

{ F iNANCiALASSiSTANCE}

Sudens receiving insiuional

nancial assistance: 931%

Toal Scholarships/Grans awarded:

$9,058,664

Toal rom Swee Briar unds:

$6,843,848



What am I curious about?

Ask students:

Ask proessors:

Ask admissions counselors:

Ask mysel:

{ CAMPUSQ&A}{ DrEAMSTOrEALiTy}

What would my ultimate college experience be?

I’d love being on a campus where:

I’d explore these academic elds:

I’d learn most rom proessors who:

I’d get involved in clubs and activities that:

I’d want to build on my classroom studies with programs like:

I’d graduate wanting to:

Sts qetos a mr ip s.–N W L s s to ’s c

—Aïs N



ACADEMICS

Specialized Majors

Notable Departments

FACULTY

Impressive Proessors

Availability

CLASS SIZE

Small and Personal

Medium and Comortable

Large but Agreeable

Too Huge

CAMPUS

Overall Size

Buildings

Nature

Labs

Library

Hangouts

STUDENT LIFE

Residence Halls

Clubs and Activities

Dining Hall

Community Feel

ATHLETICS

Teams

Facilities

Notable Coaches

COLLEGE 1

SWEET BRIAR

COLLEGE 2 COLLEGE 3 COLLEGE 4 COLLEGE 5

{ ThESCOrEBOArD} hOWDOMyCOLLEgEChOiCESCOMPArE?{hANDySCOriNgSySTEM}

5 = DO E S i T gE T A Ny BE TTE r? 4 = Thi S i S E xC E L L E NT!

3 =Ok, BUTrOOMFOriMPrOvEMENT. = Thi S i S A PrO BL E M =COULDiTBEANyWOrSE?



COLLEGE 1

SWEET BRIAR

COLLEGE 2 COLLEGE 3 COLLEGE 4 COLLEGE 5

{ ThESCOrEBOArD} hOWDOMyCOLLEgEChOiCESCOMPArE?

OPPORTUNITIES

Research

Honors Programs

Leadership

Service

Of-Campus Study

International Study

Internships

Post-Graduate Guidance

ALUMNI

Notable Graduates

Networking

OTHER

IMPRESSIONS

This is a Big Question Mark

This is a Big Plus

OVERALL SCORE

{ hANDySCOriNgSySTEM}

5 = DO E S i T gE T A Ny BE TTE r? 4 = Thi S i S E x C E L L E NT!

3 =Ok, BUTrOOMFOriMPrOvEMENT. = Thi S i S A PrO BL E M =COULDiTBEANyWOrSE?

Fl s. T’s w u s .—O W



{ T h O U g h T S }

What do I want to investigate more? I want to write this down!

T , ,b s f.

—D Le



Ask yoursel. “What kind o academic community are you hoping to join?”Sweet Briar students study subjects that range rom literature to the arts,

social sciences to business, lab sciences to education.

Visit Campus. It’s the best way to see i it’s the right place. Stay overnight

and stay in the inn on campus. Attend an open house or plan a personalized

visit. We host campus tours every day.

Take the SAT or ACT. Send your scores to Sweet Briar using code 5634 or

the SAT and 4406 or the ACT.

Apply. You can start the process online. Submit your application orm, essay,

guidance counselor recommendation letter, teacher recommendation letter,

transcripts, and application ee.

Stand by. We’ll mail you a letter o acceptance. We’ll call you too.

Financial Aid Questions. We’ll work through fnancial aid questions that

you may have. On average Sweet Briar amilies receive $21,500 o aid each

year and many students earn academic scholarships based on high school

perormance.

Choose Sweet Briar. Reserve your place or the all semester by May 1.

See you in August.

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