Admissions Criteria

Greenbrier Academy serves young women between the ages of 14 and 17. Our admissions criteria are as follows:

• Have successfully graduated from an outdoor character building, wilderness or other residential programs and are in need of continuing care and support (recommended but not required);
• Possess an average to above-average IQ;
• May be interested in preparation for post-secondary education;
• May need a drug-free environment with a substance abuse prevention component;
• Possess the potential to develop her conscience and social awareness;
• May be currently behind academically in secondary educational requirements;
• May need elicitation and development of her learning style;
• May have family relational conflicts;
• May have peer relational conflicts;
• May feel a lack of meaning or purpose in life;
• May benefit from small classes and one-on-one mentoring.

Greenbrier Academy generally does not serve residents with one or more of the following characteristics:

• Have not successfully graduated from an outdoor character building, wilderness or other high adventure residential program;
• Appear to be a significant danger to self, others or property;
• Psychotic disorders;
• Have medical or health conditions that would prevent him/her from participating in rigorous program activities;
• Have health conditions that require unreasonable health care supervision by physicians or other health care professionals;
• Have an IQ significantly below average;
• Have parents/guardians with little or no commitment to the company family program;
• Are living under guardianship of divorced parents who share joint custody of the child and who do not concur in the enrollment;
• Have reached the age of majority and are unwilling to enroll.