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<p>That “finishing school” aspect was a turn-off for my D.</p>
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<p>Just to be clear, Bryn Mawr is no slouch when it comes to professional schools, either. In addition to ranking in the top 10 colleges and universities in the percentage of its graduates going on to earn Ph.D.s, Bryn Mawr also ranks among the top 10 LACs in placing its graduates in leading medical, law, and business schools, according to the Wall Street Journal. (I know, it’s a flawed survey, but it does tell you something useful in this context). Bryn Mawr grads report a 75% admission rate to medical schools and an 80% admission rate to law schools. They must be doing something right.</p>
<p>Keilexandra, you’re right that the distance between Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore limits students’ ability to cross-register between those two schools, though many Bryn Mawr students do take at least one or two classes at Swat in their four years. Cross-registrations at Haverford are a snap as the shuttle takes only 5 minutes—less time than it takes to walk from Scripps to some parts of the Pomona campus—and class schedules are coordinated between the two schools so there’s plenty of time to shuttle from a 9 am class at Bryn Mawr (ending around 10) to a 10:30 class at Haverford. And again, cross-registrations are unlimited, unlike the Claremont consortium. The Claremont consortium also doesn’t include a major research university for those really specialized or unusual courses. My D is interested in studying some less-commonly-taught languages like Portuguese and Hindi, both offered at Penn and therefore accessible to her if she’s at Haverford or Bryn Mawr. Can’t do that in the Claremont consortium, basically a consortium of 5 LACs. I’m sure there are other highly specialized areas where the same thing would be true.</p>