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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Trustees
of STI Classic Variable Trust:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of the STI Classic Variable Trust (the "Trust")
for the year ended December 31, 1997, we considered its
internal controls, including control activities for safeguarding
securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the
purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements
and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to
provide assurance on internal controls.
The management of the STI Classic Variable Trust is responsible
for establishing and maintaining internal controls. In fulfilling
this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are
required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of
control activities. Generally, control activities that are relevant
to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial
statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Those
control activities include the safeguarding of assets against
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal controls, errors or
irregularities may occur and not be detected. Also, projection
of any evaluation of internal controls to future periods is subject
to the risk that it may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and operation
may deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal controls would not necessarily
disclose all matters in internal controls that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A material weakness
is a condition in which the design or operation of any specific
internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low
level the risk that errors or irregularities in amounts that would
be material in relation to the financial statements being audited
may occur and not be detected within a timely period by
employees in the normal course of performing their assigned
functions. However, we noted no matters involving internal
controls, including control activities for safeguarding securities,
that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as
of December 31, 1997.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Philadelphia, PA
January 30, 1998
