I recently committed to Bryn Mawr and just found out I got off the waitlist at Fordham. My fear about going to Bryn Mawr is that I won’t fit in and that I won’t be able to meet guys. While I understand how shallow this must sound, I will most likely be on the heels of a breakup of a 2 1/2 year long relationship with someone I care about deeply. I want to focus on my academics, but I know that to do that I will need to be able to move on quickly and not dwell on the breakup. I am also coming from an all girls school and fully intended to go to a co-ed college. However, Bryn Mawr’s 4+1 and 3+2 programs and strength in STEM fields drew me to it. I was born and raised in NYC and I’m not sure how I would adjust to suburban lifestyle which is another reason Fordham is appealing to me.
Thank in advance for your help 
There are plenty of guys around Bryan Mawr. They are in the classrooms, cafeteria, and around the general area. Having a close relationship with Haverford, as well as the relationship with the wider consortium helps, and the myriad of other colleges in Philly and the main line helps too. There are also guys in Bryn Mawr’s graduate school.
I can’t speak to the rest, but that seems to be one worry you can probably cross off.
Hey, I am also planning to major in Biology. Listen, I get what you mean with the whole relationship stuff. My boyfriend and I have been long distance for a while now and everything is working just fine, we have plans to meet up in the future. If distance isn’t the issue then the best I can suggest for you is to talk it out with your significant other, reassure each other and if you need to break then make sure to focus on yourself. Always focus on yourself, no matter the outcome.
Biology is not easy to major in and I am very excited for college, if my boyfriend gets in the way of my success I will talk to him about it and although it may hurt, I need to excel in school because this is my future and if he is willing to work things out then he deserves to be in my future.
If Bryn Mawr is the school you think is right for you, and your degree plans, go for it. Never regret not attending a school that will benefit YOU because of a heartbreak that will wear off. Clearly if you can hold a relationship for that long, you can find someone else with that commitment, or your significant other atm can hope to work things out with you and continue your life together.
Whatever the outcome, I get what you’re going through. Maybe not fully, but partially. I wish you the best in your personal and academic future.
I don’t think Bryn Mawr and Fordham are even comparable. You probably fit one of them much more than you fit the other. If you felt you fit Bryn Mawr, go to Bryn Mawr- it is a fabulous school. My daughter had similar concerns, but attended Bryn Mawr and has never regretted it. She took at least half of her courses at Haverford (where there are boys) and took a few courses at both Swarthmore and Penn (which each have plenty of boys) and there were usually a few boys in most Bryn Mawr classes (mostly Haverford boys) and there are other very nearby colleges with plenty of boys around (Villanova, and others - close enough that some of their students recreationally jog right past or through the Bryn Mawr campus). And numerous extracurricular clubs and activities are coed with Haverford boys. Did you know that Haverford boys are allowed (if they choose to) even live on the Bryn Mawr campus (although I think it’s rare that the do)? And Bryn Mawr girls can live on the Haverford campus (where there are boys in the same dorms) - and my daughter did live in a coed Haverford dorm (at her own option) for a semester? As far as “the suburbs” concern-- it’s a pretty city-like suburb and it’s very easy and relatively fast to go into center city Philadelphia and my daughter did so quite often. She even held part-time jobs and part-time internships during the school year in center city Philadelphia during some semesters while she was at Bryn Mawr (an easy and inexpensive 20-minute train ride to/from Bryn Mawr). Hands down I believe the concerns you stated are NOT going to turn out to be reasons for regretting choosing Bryn Mawr, if you go there…as long as you make some effort to take advantage of what is available for you there. (However, if having something close to 50% boys versus girls ratio around you most of the time at college in all situations is important, then clearly Bryn Mawr will not have that.)
Which of these places do you think will force you to grow the most? Think of that as well. College is one of the rare times in your life when you can choose the opportunity that you think will help you stretch yourself further.