Bryn Mawr or Barnard?

englishivy
Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:49:08 +0000

Bryn Mawr is located in the historic Main Line, an old and wealthy suburb of the city. The campus is about a 5 minute walk to the regional rail, which takes 20 minutes to get to Center City/downtown Philly. You can also walk about 20 minutes to a High Speed Line which hooks up directly to the city’s subway system. At night, Bryn Mawr offers free shuttles to these trains. Between Philly and Haverford just down the street, there’s a lot of choices for how to spend your time. While during the week most students are studying or going to club meetings, you’ll also find students socializing in the campus center or in dorm common spaces. On weekends, there are lots of campus events between BMC, Haverford, and Swarthmore–from dance recitals to traditional college parties to concerts. All events are free to students of these colleges and there’s a free bus system to get you from campus to campus. I went into the city at least once a week, but that would vary if you had an internship in the city or friends at other colleges (UPenn, UArts, Temple, Drexel, etc). It’s also really easy to get to NYC and DC via megabus or boltbus. There’s Amtrak, too, but it’s obviously more expensive than a $10 bus ride.

Yes, we are consistently ranked as having one of the best dining services in the country. It’s included with your room and board fee, so you don’t have to worry about paying meal by meal or anything like that. You can also dine with your student ID at Haverford and Swarthmore in case you had class or just visiting friends there (although BMC’s food is better…). All dorms have free laundry in each building. The dorms are beautiful and each room is unique (some have window seats, others have skylights or fireplaces).