<p>Is anyone framilar with this school?</p>
<p>Yes, I've visited. Another parent on this board lives near there. Check the individual college forum for past threads (under "The University of the South").</p>
<p>It is a beautiful campus on top of a "mountain". I have been there several times. It is good academically, but not in the top tier. There is quite a bit of drinking on campus, but the students have close relationships with the professors. There is an Episcopal Seminary affiliated with the school.</p>
<p>my english teacher went there..i had never heard of it before he started talking about it.</p>
<p>a few kids from my S's school go there every year. has unique atmosphere & OK academically. I think it may be fairly preppy, & I hear that either the profs or senior wear their full gowns regularly....interesting place.</p>
<p>STUDENT BODY </p>
<p>Coeducational Yes </p>
<p>All Undergraduates 1,374 </p>
<p>Full-Time Undergraduates 1,356 </p>
<p>Ethnicity of Students from U.S. 0.2% American Indian/Alaskan Native
4.3% African-American
1.3% Asian/Pacific Islander
1.8% Hispanic
91.1% White
0.0% Unknown </p>
<p>International Students 1.3% </p>
<p>Average Age 20 </p>
<p>about 2500 kids, sewanee, Tn., 25.5 k tuition, about 7500 rm/brd</p>
<p>Sewanee Review is a big plus..and famous for writer's conferences. Students are often from private high schools, fraternity culture, formal and preppy. Stunning setting. Anyone remember A Summons To Memphis by Peter Taylor, got a Pulitzer in the early 80s...key scenes were set in the mountain retreat area favored by the lowland Southerners for summer homes--away from the heat, traditional summer cottages.</p>
<p>the University of the South is a 'top tier' school-has been rated in the top 40 for many years(#33 in 2005 in US News). In the south, it competes for those affluent students that apply to Rhodes, Davidson, Washington and Lee and Furman etc... probably the most eccentric of the bunch with many quaint customs. The well-to-do southern preppy who wishes to go to professional or graduate school would be very happy there, others-less so. It is the episcopalian equivalent of the presbyterian Rhodes and Davidson-that is, founded with strong religious undertones, but has become secular over time. One of the most beautiful campuses that exists-a private 'domain' that is breathtaking. For the right student-a dream school.</p>