2024-25 Virtual Events

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We appreciate your interest in learning more about W&L virtually! Virtual events are great complements to a campus visit. On this page you will find information about past and upcoming events, including registration links for upcoming events and links to recordings of past events. Admissions Academy sessions are intended for high school seniors. Virtual Information Sessions are open to students of all class years.

Upcoming Event

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Virtual Information Sessions

Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time
Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 7:00 pm Eastern Time
The virtual information session, similarly to the in-person information session during a campus visit, provides a bird’s eye view of life at W&L. Admissions Officers and current students will discuss our liberal arts model, academic and extracurricular opportunities, holistic application review process, and need- and merit-based financial aid. The session will run 35-45 minutes with time for Q&A at the end. Students and parents are encouraged to attend. Please use the links below to register for one of virtual information sessions.

Past Events

Admissions Academy The Academic Advantage

Admissions Academy: The Academic Advantage

Sunday, September 15, 2024
In this session, faculty and staff will provide an overview of W&L's undergraduate schools and discuss the academic programs that make us stand out in the liberal arts college landscape. Join us to learn more about our distinctive academic opportunities and how you can forge your unique path with the help of advisers, professors, and peers!

Admissions Academy Building a Memorable Application

Admissions Academy: Building a Memorable Application

Sunday, August 11, 2024
In this session, W&L Admissions Officers will share about how to get the most out of each component of your application — optional test scores, activities list, personal statements, and letters of recommendation — so our application reviewers get to know the many dimensions of you. Applications open August 1, so take a look and bring your questions!

Admissions Academy: Getting Started

Sunday, July 21, 2024
This session provides tips on how to get started with your college search. Elaina Wenger '17, Assistant Director of Admissions, discusses helpful tools for learning more about colleges, demonstrated interest and how colleges use it in the admissions process, and ways to engage with admissions offices as a prospective student. Current student Admissions Interns share their college search advice and perspective.

Why W&L?

The opportunities students have at Washington and Lee allow them to grow as scholars, compete as athletes, evolve as leaders, succeed in their careers and apply their skills to lead lives of consequence.

Our commitment to community means a commitment to affordability.
Affordability: Students with the intellect to excel and the selflessness to care should have the opportunity to lead. Through generous need-based aid and our renowned merit-based Johnson Scholarship, we aim to make our first-rate education accessible.
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Community: Why do so many students love W&L? Our community welcomes everyone. Our honor system develops trust. Our faculty believe in our students. Our campus has a place for you.
Students join a community strengthened by a student-run Honor System.
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Students are welcomed into an active and engaged campus community.
Community: The number one thing to understand about life at a small college is that the campus is happening. Lively student activities programming, a thriving arts and music scene, 24 NCAA Division III sports, and outdoor adventure on the edge of campus ensure there.
Our pre-professional programs jump-start students' careers.
Opportunities: With a core liberal arts college, an undergraduate school of business, and a law school that integrates undergraduate studies in innovative ways, Washington and Lee University is uniquely capable of meeting the challenges of the modern world.
Our Spring Term allows students to delve deeply into an area of interest.
Opportunities: Washington and Lee University's innovative 4-week, one-class Spring Term at the end of each academic year is interdisciplinary, intense, and anything but traditional.
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Our students are engaged leaders in the community.
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