<p>Bryn Mawr is a great place academically. Much less competitive a place to get into that would be suggested by this quality thanks to no men need apply. Scripps, though a upstart, actually has a student body with somewhat stronger admit stats than Bryn Mawr these days likely because of the consortium. Agree with points already made in this regard. Scripps feels (and is) more balanced male/female-wise sitting among 4 other schools (esp. with Mudd and CMC male dominant) than Bryn Mawr does in mixing it up with Haverford.</p>
<p>I’d also warn you look carefully into cross-reg between Bryn Mawr and Penn. My understanding is that on multiple levels this is technically very difficult to do and rarely utilized. If Hindi/Portugese are in the mix (and important) might be better served yielding to a large research u.</p>