Longwood University Top Questions

Longwood is small enough where the teachers can form a bond with his or her students; providing personal almost one-on-one learning.

It's centered around a small-town atmosphere, which I was attracted to as a nervous Freshman. It also offered a great 5-year plan for Education majors (I am an English-Education major).

There is a lot of tradition that my school holds high in Greek Life. We are the only school left in the country that still wears sorority jumpers for special recrutiment occasions. We are also a fairly small school with a close, tight-knit community feel. The small campus creates an environment that makes students feel secure and at home, contrary to the surrounding town which is very poor and is known to have a lot of gang involvement.

Our school has a lot of traditions such as secret organizations called Chi and Princeps. The students that are secretly selected to be in the organizations uphold good standing with the university, good academic standing and are involved in one or more other organizations on campus. Traditions such as these and others like color wars at oktoberfest, and spring weekend events are what help create the Longwood spirit . It is so easy to just walk around campus and just "feel" the history and the spirit of longwood with our unique traditions. This is one thing I ten to brag about.