Unapologetic Plug for Sweet Briar

[Anonymous]

As our DD is weeks away from graduating with her ABED accredited engineering degree, with her $90k a year job locked in, and having built connections and sorority for a lifetime - please think outside the box for your daughters.

[Anonymous]

Are they financially stable now as an institution? They were pretty shaky a while back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are they financially stable now as an institution? They were pretty shaky a while back.

Yes. Their endowment is nearing $100 million. They have also converted over 600 acres of campus into vineyards bringing in significant revenue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As our DD is weeks away from graduating with her ABED accredited engineering degree, with her $90k a year job locked in, and having built connections and sorority for a lifetime - please think outside the box for your daughters.

Typo: ABET not ABED...

[Anonymous]

NP. Back in the day, i worked with a Physicist whose undergrad was from SB. Plenty smart and she credited her undergrad for giving her a solid foundation in math and physics.

[Anonymous]

my boss is a devoted Sweet Briar alum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As our DD is weeks away from graduating with her ABED accredited engineering degree, with her $90k a year job locked in, and having built connections and sorority for a lifetime - please think outside the box for your daughters.

Typo: ABET not ABED...

A liberal arts degree parent - OP 😂

[Anonymous]

Would Sweet Briar be a strange choice for a west coast girl if we have a lot of friends and family (and engineering career aspirations) back east? My DD is at a small girls’ school now and curious about small women’s colleges. The only Sweet Briar graduates I knew were really rich old ladies and blond horse girls from the fancier rival town.

[Anonymous]

Excellent college in a beautiful part of the state just south of Charlottesville. The consortium with University of Lynchburg and Randolph College is wonderful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would Sweet Briar be a strange choice for a west coast girl if we have a lot of friends and family (and engineering career aspirations) back east? My DD is at a small girls’ school now and curious about small women’s colleges. The only Sweet Briar graduates I knew were really rich old ladies and blond horse girls from the fancier rival town.

Not strange if the applicant likes the school and the school offers the college degree sought.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As our DD is weeks away from graduating with her ABED accredited engineering degree, with her $90k a year job locked in, and having built connections and sorority for a lifetime - please think outside the box for your daughters.

I didn’t realize they have Engineering. Since it is just a general Engineering Science degree, how does that work if trying to go into Mechanical Engineering?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As our DD is weeks away from graduating with her ABED accredited engineering degree, with her $90k a year job locked in, and having built connections and sorority for a lifetime - please think outside the box for your daughters.

I didn’t realize they have Engineering. Since it is just a general Engineering Science degree, how does that work if trying to go into Mechanical Engineering?

One of the benefits of a small college is more access to faculty research and more assistance with internships and independent study. There are ways to tailor to a student’s interest, but it works differently at small colleges. DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would Sweet Briar be a strange choice for a west coast girl if we have a lot of friends and family (and engineering career aspirations) back east? My DD is at a small girls’ school now and curious about small women’s colleges. The only Sweet Briar graduates I knew were really rich old ladies and blond horse girls from the fancier rival town.

LOL Your comment made me smile because that's a very accurate description of the 1960s Sweet Briar!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are they financially stable now as an institution? They were pretty shaky a while back.

Yes. Their endowment is nearing $100 million. They have also converted over 600 acres of campus into vineyards bringing in significant revenue.

For perspective, my kid's high school has an endowment that is a good bit larger than that. $100M is not enough to assure stability.