75.7% of undergraduate applicants, with admission standards considered difficult and with those enrolled having an average 3.54 high school GPA. The college does not require submission of standardized test scores, Sweet Briar being a test optional school. Those enrolled that submitted test scores had an average 1190 SAT score (22% submitting scores) or average 26 ACT score (15% submitting scores).
=== Rankings ===
Sweet Briar is ranked tied for No. 173 out of 211 National Liberal Arts Colleges by U.S. News & World Report, tied for No. 56 in Best Undergraduate Teaching, and tied for No. 78 in Top Performers on Social Mobility.
== Architecture ==
The college's architecture is dominated by the work of Ralph Adams Cram, who also lent his architectural expertise to the campuses of Princeton University and West Point, among others. Although Cram's forte was Gothic Revival, he designed Sweet Briar in the Colonial Revival style, using red brick buildings with white balustrades and arcades.
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