University Scholars Program

Welcome

In 1984, the faculty of Washington and Lee University created the University Scholars Program in order to provide extra challenge and opportunity for some of our best prepared, most able students. The program combines broad yet intensive studies in the liberal arts with independent study leading to a thesis. The selective admissions policies of Washington and Lee result in an able and motivated student body. Within it lies a much smaller group whose even greater drive, maturity, and ability help them to benefit from a special program that offers additional opportunities and challenges requiring additional effort. The University Scholars Program builds on the personal attention made possible by Washington and Lee's traditional emphasis on teaching and low student-faculty ratio. It includes students of widely varied backgrounds, talents, and interests who nonetheless have in common active and curious minds, as well as an enthusiasm to explore ideas among themselves, with faculty, and with distinguished visitors to the campus.

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