Applications are due February 15.
The application form is available online.
Please note that the application will ask you to upload two items:
- Unofficial transcript (PDF)
- Passport style image (jpg or png files only): a recent picture of yourself from the shoulders up; you may use an online program such as https://www.persofoto.com/upload/passport-photo to help you create or edit such an image.
Letters of Recommendation
You should request letters of recommendation from two professors familiar with your work by early February. Please let your writers know that they will receive a link to the recommendation form via email after you submit your application. They will have until February 21 to submit their recommendation form, but please notify them before the February 15 due date to expect this email.
Selection, Payment, and Cancellation Schedule
- Notification of the Selection Committee’s decision will be made by early March.
- Each school handles the billing for the program: Please contact your school’s representatives for deadlines and details.
- Due to St. Anne’s policies, no refund for room and board expenses will be made after May 1. Refunds for the rest of the VPO tuition and fees will be made up to June 1 if circumstances force a student to cancel. Beyond that date, the student will recover only the portion of tuition and fees that the VPO itself can recover. The $250 deposit is non-refundable.
Deposit checks should be made payable to your home institution and given to your campus VPO representative:
- Hampden-Sydney College: Shirley Kagan
- Mary Baldwin University: Mary Hill Cole
- Roanoke College: Dana-Linn Whiteside
- Sweet Briar College: Lynn Laufenberg
- Virginia Military Institute: Duncan Richter
- Washington and Lee University: Holly Pickett