Earlier this week it was announced that Sweet Briar College, a women’s college in Virginia, is closing this summer. We are saddened by the loss, and we stand ready to assist Sweet Briar and its students by guaranteeing admission to any Sweet Briar student who is in good standing and who meets our academic requirements, and by waiving admissions, scholarship and housing deadlines for their prospective students. We are prepared to warmly welcome all Sweet Briar current and accepted students to the Notre Dame community.
We are dismayed by the closing of any women’s college. At the same time, we are heartened that Notre Dame is a thriving institution, with a vibrant Women’s College of more than 500 young women, situated within an expanding co-educational University.
Transformation is the lifeblood of Notre Dame. Our ability to evolve—to nimbly address changing educational and marketplace needs—has enabled us to maintain and strengthen the strong core of our Women’s College while expanding into a University that includes adult undergraduate, as well as graduate and professional programs offering degrees from bachelor’s to doctorate.
Our Women’s College is thriving. This past fall, we welcomed our largest incoming Women’s College class in seven years. Over the past five years, the Women’s College has seen an 11% growth in enrollment and a 16% growth in retention. Our 85% retention rate—significantly higher than the national average of 68%—is testament to the fact that our students are immersed in their academic and co-curricular experiences and enjoy living and studying in a close-knit academic community situated in the midst of a thriving city offering countless social, cultural, recreational, and internship and job opportunities. This boost has not been achieved by lowering admission standards. Rather, the academic profile of the student body has strengthened, as demonstrated by an increase of approximately 60 points in SAT scores among incoming freshmen.
There are many reasons for our success, and they are as strong as our 120-year history—a history marked by our willingness to “trust and dare;” by our ability to be “fearless and faithful.” They embody the essence of who we are, and express our staunch commitment to the value of our Women’s College, and women’s colleges everywhere.
See Sweet Briar Sisters: Find your new home at NDMU! http://www.ndm.edu/
We are dismayed by the closing of any women’s college. At the same time, we are heartened that Notre Dame is a thriving institution, with a vibrant Women’s College of more than 500 young women, situated within an expanding co-educational University.
Transformation is the lifeblood of Notre Dame. Our ability to evolve—to nimbly address changing educational and marketplace needs—has enabled us to maintain and strengthen the strong core of our Women’s College while expanding into a University that includes adult undergraduate, as well as graduate and professional programs offering degrees from bachelor’s to doctorate.
Our Women’s College is thriving. This past fall, we welcomed our largest incoming Women’s College class in seven years. Over the past five years, the Women’s College has seen an 11% growth in enrollment and a 16% growth in retention. Our 85% retention rate—significantly higher than the national average of 68%—is testament to the fact that our students are immersed in their academic and co-curricular experiences and enjoy living and studying in a close-knit academic community situated in the midst of a thriving city offering countless social, cultural, recreational, and internship and job opportunities. This boost has not been achieved by lowering admission standards. Rather, the academic profile of the student body has strengthened, as demonstrated by an increase of approximately 60 points in SAT scores among incoming freshmen.
There are many reasons for our success, and they are as strong as our 120-year history—a history marked by our willingness to “trust and dare;” by our ability to be “fearless and faithful.” They embody the essence of who we are, and express our staunch commitment to the value of our Women’s College, and women’s colleges everywhere.
See Sweet Briar Sisters: Find your new home at NDMU! http://www.ndm.edu/
