Sarah Lawrence College, a private liberal arts college founded in 1926 and located in Yonkers, New York, just 30 minutes by train from Manhattan, is a model for undergraduate programs that emphasize individualized education with a focus on one-on-one mentoring between students and faculty. The 44-acre campus utilizes the Oxford-Cambridge system of teaching, with most classes conducted in small seminars and bi-weekly mentor meetings, allowing students to design their own academic direction based on their interests without the need for a major. The school has a strong reputation in the fields of writing, performing arts, and humanities, and focuses on creativity, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary research, with alumni such as Vera Wang and J.J. Abrams.
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