Here's how students reacted when they learned their imploding college would be saved

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Sweet Briar junior Taneal Williams gestures as she talks about her future plans at the school.

Sweet Briar College received groundbreaking news this month when a court ruled the 114-year-old women's college will remain open for the next year.

That ruling ended a months long fight between Sweet Briar's Board and alumnae deeply committed to preserving the school, and garnered ecstatic reaction from Sweet Briar students.

Maggy O'Donnell, a rising sophomore, attended Sweet Briar her freshman year. She had plans to transfer to Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia, but as soon as she heard her college would be open in the fall, she immediately knew she'd go back.

"For me I knew if it was staying open, come hell or high water, I would be back there," she told Business Insider.

Reaction on Twitter was equally effusive, with students championing the news and pledging they will be back on campus next semester.

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Understandably, some Sweet Briar students have already finalized their transfer plans and will not return to the school, even in light of the recent development to keep it open.

Suri Xia, will finish her senior year at Mount Holyoke College, rather than Sweet Briar where she started. Still, Xia pledged her support and loyalty to Sweet Briar.

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"I am, and I always will be a Sweet Briar woman," she said.

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