Student Handbook - Sweet Briar College

Residence Status
Sweet Briar values the enhanced educational experience that living on campus
provides for students to live and learn together. The College also recognizes that
not all students can or desire to live on campus. Students who choose to enroll at
Sweet Briar and have a home address within the following areas may live offcampus
and still participate fully in the College as non-residential students:
Albemarle County, Amherst County, Appomattox County, Bedford City,
Bedford County, Buckingham County, Buena Vista City, Campbell County,
Charlottesville City, Lexington City, Lynchburg City, Nelson County, and
Rockbridge County.
Students with a home address outside of the above-listed areas who wish to
enroll at Sweet Briar and be a non-residential student are encouraged to contact
the Admissions Office (434.381.6142) or the Office of Co-Curricular Life
(434.381.6134) for more information.
Additional information regarding Non-Residential students can be found on
p.101.
Married Students
Since campus student housing is not available for married couples, a student and
her partner are responsible for making off-campus housing arrangements. Any
student who marries during their time at SBC may maintain their residency but
must make other accommodations for her partner.
Room Assignments
Room assignments are made for the entire academic year. Residency must be for
one academic year, unless the student is completing the requirements for
graduation at the end of the fall semester, entering the College for the first time
at the beginning of the spring semester, spending a semester on off-campus
study, or if a housing vacancy has occurred that would permit occupancy for a
shorter period of time. Returning students select rooms in the spring semester
during the room selection process. New students are assigned a residence space
during the summer, generally based on roommate compatibility. The Office of
Residence Life reserves the right to change room assignments and/or consolidate
spaces whenever necessary, without prior notification. Special note: In situations
where roommate conflicts become irreconcilable, any or all occupants of the
room in question will be required by the College to move. New students are
generally housed in double spaces with roommates.
Special Housing Accommodations Process
Students who have a medical or psychological disability, which may require a
particular type of housing, can request a special housing accommodations space.
As defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, a disability is “a physical or
mental impairment, which substantially limits one or more major life activities.”
Please see additional information on p.82.
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