I would like to come back here and update anyone who finds and reads this thread. My daughter attended Bryn Mawr and graduated last May. In fact she often did feel a lot of stress while attending Bryn Mawr. She also took many classes at Haverford, a couple at Penn, and one at Swat and her report was that Swat seems more pressured but Haverford students seem a little (at least on the outside) more easy going, and the particular Penn classes she took were actually less rigorous and less stressful than those she took at Bryn Mawr. However, she absolutely loved Bryn Mawr despite the stress and throughout her years there I would periodically ask her if she wishes she had chosen a different college and she always (and to this day) immediately says no, that she could not imagine having gone anywhere else, it was the best place for her. She is now abroad on a fellowship after graduating and feels very lucky to have attended Bryn Mawr as well as to have the opportunity that attending Bryn Mawr currently has helped her to get. So, at least for similar students, yes, Go Bryn Mawr!!