[Studyabroadadvise] Sweet Briar College Junior Year in France

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Dear colleagues:

  An information update regarding the Sweet Briar College Junior Year in 
France:

  1) Departure date for Fall semester and Academic year students:
      Sunday, September 2, 2001  from JFK, NY,NY 
      Air France Flight # 7 at 7:45 p.m ; Paris Arrival : 8:50 a.m. on 
Monday, Sept 3, 2001
   
      Students will be met at Charles De Gaulle Airport by Dr. Margaret 
Scouten, JYF Director (as of July 1, 2000),
      Dr. John Lambeth, Resident Director for 2001-2002 (Assoc. Professor of 
French from Washington and Lee   
      University, VA) and Ms. Lucy Hervier, Administrative Assistant from the 
Paris Office.  We will accompany the 
      students by bus to the charming city of Tours, in the Loire Valley, 
where they will meet Mme Carol Denis, Assistant 
      to the Resident Director and their host families.  The following day, 
the 4 week orientation program in Tours will begin.
      At the end of the orientation program, they will be transported to 
Paris during the first week of October. 

  2)   Fall semester :  September 2, 2001 - January 17, 2002  
        Fall semester students should be reminded that the fall semester in 
Paris does not end until January 17, 2002.  
        Please impress upon your fall semester students that professors at 
Paris universities do not administer early final 
        exams.  If a student decides to leave early, he will receive a 0 on 
his final exam (which is often the only grade
        given for a course).  I appreciate your cooperation in this important 
matter. 

 3)    Spring semester:  January 17, 2002-May 31, 2002 
        Spring departure flight time has not been finalized.  However, the 
departure will be out of Washington, Dulles airport 
        and JYF will limit the group to 15 students with a minimum of 3.5 
gpa.  This gpa is required since these students 
        will be entering Paris universities in the middle of the year.  We 
want them to succeed. Spring semester Orientation
        will be held in Paris. 

  4)   Fees for 2001-2002 remain the same as for 2000-2001:  $22,750 for the 
full year; $13,520 for the fall 
        or spring semester.  This fee is guaranteed and will not be subject 
to increases or rebates arising from
        exchange rate fluctuations.  Please consult our web site or the 
catalogue for the description of the fee coverage
       plus estimates of other expenses not included in the fee (such as 
books, certain meals, public transportation 
        passport, photographs, visa, personal expenses, etc.) 

    Thank you for advising your students about JYF and for encouraging them 
to meet our application deadlines:
         February 20, 2001 - Academic year
         March 1, 2001  - Fall semester only
         October 15, 2001  - Spring semester only

   To date, we have a very large applicant pool and have accepted 
approximately 90 fall and academic year students.
   Letters of acceptance are being sent this week. Will keep you posted. 
   If you have any questions and/or concerns, please do not hesitate to 
contact me. You and your students  
   may visit our web site at <www.jyf.sbc.edu> 
   I would sincerely appreciate meeting you in the near future, if I have not 
yet visited your campus.  
   Please advise the  Virginia JYF office about  2001 dates for Study Abroad 
Fairs on your campus.  I would 
   be delighted  to discuss the Sweet Briar College Junior Year in France 
program with your students.

   Thank you. 

   Sincerely, 

   Margaret Scouten
   Director
  Junior Year in France
  email: jyf@sbc.edu
  Tel: (804) 381-6109
  Fax: (804) 381-6283
  Web site: www.jyf.sbc.edu