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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
STI Classic Variable Trust for the year ended December 31, 1998, we
considered its internal control, including procedures 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
control.
The management of STI Classic Variable Trust is responsible for establishing
and maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates
and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits
and related costs of controls. Generally, controls 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 controls include the safeguarding
of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or fraud may
occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal
control 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 control would not necessarily disclose all
matters in internal control 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 one or
more of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low
level the risk that errors or fraud 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 control and its operation, including procedures for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
December 31, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management,
the Board of Trustees of STI Classic Variable Trust, and the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
Philadelphia, PA
January 29, 1999
