Sarah Lawrence College was founded in 1926 and it represents a co-educational liberal arts college with a distinguishing academic philosophy that emphasizes the individual student.
The campus occupies about forty-four forested acres in Yonkers, New York, close to the town of Bronxville – just N of NYC. It takes 30 minutes by train for students to go from the Bronxville station into Midtown Manhattan.
Sarah Lawrence College’s academic program combines individual, bi-weekly student-faculty meetings with small seminar classes, plus labs, studios, internships and performances. There are nearly fifty disciplines that the undergraduates have to choose courses from. Marks are noted for record purposes only and students receive only written evaluations.
The student body comprises women and men who part an interest for intellectual thoroughness, theoretical risk taking, interdisciplinary and original work, and creativity in each discipline. Sarah Lawrence College is mainly dedicated to having their administration, faculty, and student body replicate the racial, social and economic variety that characterizes the society. The College has 1200 undergraduate students and they come from almost each state and from thirty-five countries. 85% of their students live on campus.
Sarah Lawrence faculty have twice the student contact as professors from other colleges, given that the student-faculty proportion is 9:1 and that seminars comprise more than 90% of all classes.
The Law College has laboratories with round tables, unique theatres, performance and art studios, music spaces, modern-science laboratories, competitive sports facilities, a visual arts center and dining facilities that were newly renovated.
Some example of student organizations and activities would be: Bollywood Dance Club, Harambee, Outdoor Recreation Club, Stitch ‘n’ Bitch, Downstage, Hillel, and Spoken Word Collective. Some recent examples of events are: Annual Dead Poets Slam, Fall Formal with the Hot & Brass Band, The Trojan Women, and Winter Carnival.
When applying, many factors are taken into consideration, such as motivation, intellectual promise, creativity, writing skills and the quality of every student’s secondary school program. Admission decisions are also based on teacher recommendations and extra-curricular activities. However, SAT scores are not taken into consideration and a personal interview might be recommended.
The College also award financial aid on the basis of need, in order to make the education available to a wide range of students.
