Current student + friends at BMC, ask us anything!

lacscn
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 06:35:29 +0000

@LilAwkward Hi! So I would say that generally the environment at Bryn Mawr is very very collaborative and everyone wants others to do well. While it is collaborative, it’s also pretty academic, and generally we push ourselves hard (although that is obviously different for different people!). I’m constantly talking with my friends about stuff that’s been talked about in my classes, and a really significant portion of my time is spent doing schoolwork. That, again, could be different for different people, but it’s what I expected since it’s college. Since departments are so small, students are often very close with their professors. I have super close relationships with a few of my professors - we’re almost friends in a way because we talk so much. I know a lot of other people have those close relationships too. My classes are usually pretty interesting because we all make a real effort to participate which is a welcome change from most high schools.

Schools I applied to/results (as many as I can remember… it’s been almost two years!):
Carleton ED: rejected
State schools: accepted
Gustavus Adolphus: accepted w/ some really good scholarships
New College of Florida: accepted w/ even better scholarships
Macalester RD: accepted
Grinnell RD: accepted
Bates RD: waitlisted
Haverford RD: waitlisted—>accepted
Hamilton RD: accepted
WUSTL RD: rejected
And of course, Bryn Mawr RD: accepted

I love Bryn Mawr! My best friends are here and I’ve learned so much from my professors/other students and have received SO much support. The dorms are nice and the food is good! The level of siblinghood I feel is seriously so strong, I genuinely feel like I could rely on almost any student/graduate of BMC. Sometimes it feels a little stifling because it is small, but I can always get off campus if I need to and it’s a good area to be in. I wouldn’t want to be at a college that was bigger, despite the small disadvantages. I feel like I regret it when I’m there every once in a while because I miss my people at home (they’re in the Midwest) but it’s just homesickness. I would definitely choose Bryn Mawr again - I had a very hard year but I think learned more in that year than I did in all of my life previously. I answered about the tri-co/quaker consortium in an earlier answer, feel free to ask any more specific questions about it also! Quick answer: we’re chill, closest with Haverford, then Swat, then Penn. It’s nice to have so many potential people to be friends with even though it’s a small college. Hope to meet you when you visit campus