COMPARATIVE GUIDE TO AMERICAN COLLEGES (HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE)

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residence halls unless "cleared by the dean of student ser-
vices."
About 16% of men, 32% of women live in traditional
dormitories; 34% of men, 27% of women in coed dormito-
ries; 43% of men, 40% of women live in off-campus housing
or commute. Sexes segregated in coed dormitories by wing.
There'are 3 fraternities on campus which about 8% of men
join; 7% of men live in fraternities.
ANNUAL Coals. Tuition and fees, $2,900; room and
board, $1,250; estimated $600 other, exclusive of travel.
About 65% of students receive financial aid; average
amount of assistance, $2,600. University reports scholar-
ships awarded only on the basis of need.
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE
Hampden-Sydney, Virginia 23943
731 M, I W (full-time) Presbyterian, 1776
6 M (part-time)
A small, church-related, liberal arts college for men,
Hampden-Sydney dates from Revolutionary War days,
when it counted Patrick Henry and James Madison among
the numbers of its first board of directors. It has a notable
record of producing leading professional men for the region
and the nation. The 550-acre campus is located in a rural
setting 7 miles south of Farmville (pop. 5,674) and 70 miles
southwest of Richmond.
ADMISSION is selective. About 76% of applicants ac-
cepted, 49% of these actually enroll; 36% of freshmen grad-
uate in top fifth of high school class, 64% in top two-fifths.
Average freshman SAT scores: 487 verbal, 547 mathemati-
cal; 44% of freshmen score above 500 on verbal, 9% above
600; 72% scorc above 500 on mathematical, 24% above
600. Required.- -SAT, 2 ACH (English and mathematics);
interview recommended. Nonacademic factors considered
of moderate importance in admissions: alumni children, di-
verse student body, special talents. Entrance programs:
early decision, midyear admission, advanced placement.
Apply by March 1. Transfers welcome; 15 accepted 1976-
77.
ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT. Pressures for academic
achievement appear moderate. Administration reports 13%
of general education courses needed for graduation are re-
quired; numerous distribution requirements. School pre-
pares substantial number of students for law and medical
school as well as for, graduate study. Degrees: AB, BS. Ma-
jors offered include usual arts and sciences, computer sci-
ence. Undergraduate degrees conferred (120): 44% were in
social sciences, 17% in biological sciences (nearly all in
biology), 15% in psychology, 8% in letters, 7% in English,
6% in physical sciences, 3% in mathematics.
. Class attendance expected. About 80% of students enter-
ing as freshmen graduate eventually; 14% of freshmen do
not return for sophomore year. Special programs: CLEP,
independent study, study abroad, honors, undergraduate
research, 3-year degree, individualized majors, Washington
Semester, dual degree programs with Georgia Tech, Eight
College Exchange Program, cross-registration with nearby
Longwood College for women. Library: 107,025 volumes,
open-stack privileges; hours until midnight (5 PM on Satur-
[ 240
day). Calendar.; early semester. Miscellaneous: Phi Beta
Kappa.
GRADUATES CAREER DATA. Full-time graduate study
pursued immediately after graduation by 36% of students;
7% enter medical school; 1% enter dental school; 11%
enter law school. Medical schools typically enrolling largest
numbers of graduates include U. of Virginia, Medical Col-
lege of Virginia (Richmond), Duke, West Virginia; dental
schools include MCV (Richmond); law schools include U.
of Virginia, T.C. Williams, William and Mary. Careers in
business and industry pursued by 25% of graduates.
STUDENT BODY. College seeks a national student body;
80% of students from South, 15% Middle Atlantic. An
estimated 78% of students reported as Protestant, 10%
Catholic, 1% each Jewish, other, 10% unaffiliated; 1% each
as black, oriental. Minority group students: "very small
scholarship program."
RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION. Hampden-Sydney is a
church-related institution, but makes no religious demands
on students. Religious clubs on campus include Newman,
Wesley, Westminster, Baptist, all in conjunction with Long-
wood. Places of worship available on campus for Presbyteri-
ans, 7 miles away for Catholics and other Protestant
denominations, 70 miles away for Jews.
CAMPUS LIFE. As one administrator notes, "for a church
college, one would consider us very progressive on rules of
conduct." Residence halls now determine own intervisita-
tion hours. Use of alcohol permitted according to state law;
drunkenness prohibited. Cars allowed. Private airplanes
may not kept for individual use. Freshmen required to live
in college residences.
About 70% of men live in dormitories; 10% live in off-
campus housing or commute. There are 11 fraternities on
campus which about 65% of men join; 20% live in fraterni-
ties. About 50% of students leave campus on weekends.
ANNUAL CosTS. Tuition and fees, $2,750; room and
board, $1,075; estimated $500 other, exclusive of travel.
About 22% of students receive financial aid; average
amount of assistance, $2,300. College reports some scholar-
ships awarded on the basis of academic merit alone; nongov-
ernmental loans available to middle-income students.
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE
Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
594 M, 637 W (full-time) Independent, 1965
Hampshire is a new, experimental, liberal arts college
(first freshman class entered September, 1970) developed
under the aegis of its sister institutions in the Five College
Cooperative Program (Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Univer.
sity of Massachusetts, and Smith). Like a few other young,
experimental colleges of high potential quality, Hampshire
has attracted extraordinary interest and a very large group
of freshman applicants. The college has begun with many
innovations in academic structure, courses of study, and
social arrangements. Enrollment expected to stabilize,at
approximately present size. Hampshire is located on the
outskirts of Amherst (pop. 18,000) on 550 acres of high land
overlooking the Connecticut River Valley, within a 7-mile
radius of its sister institutions.
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