GPA/Rank

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<p>testing for understanding:</p>

<p>I saw in one of zooser’s earlier post, that if z-girl attends barnard, she would probably commute. </p>

<p>If z-girl should attend bryn mawr, would she be staying on campus during the week and maybe coming home on the weekend to check up on her beloved?</p>

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<p>How is Bryn Mawr more financially “do-able” than Barnard? Both have similar COA’s, no?</p>

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<p>I didn’t mean commute daily, but possibly weekly and definitely often! And surely able to pop in from time to time without warning to make sure said pooch is appropriately pampered.</p>

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<p>I don’t think Bryn Mawr is more financially do-able, but it’s not as tough for admission as Barnard, right?</p>

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<p>Travel between Bryn Mawr and NYC: There are three choices for getting to Philly – AMTRAK (60 min from Newark, 80 or so from Penn Sta., runs at least hourly), NJ Transit/SEPTA hookup through Trenton (2-1/2 hours from Penn Sta., less from Newark, 60-90 minutes apart), Chinatown bus (about 2+ hours, they leave pretty frequently when people travel). Amtrak is way more expensive and nicer than the other two, Chinatown bus is cheapest but least safe and least pleasant. Once in Philadelphia, from 30th St. Sta. or Center City (if you’ve taken the Chinatown bus) you take the R5 commuter train to Bryn Mawr – it’s about 25 minutes and runs every 20-30 minutes most of the day. (It’s the old Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railway, which is why the suburbs around Bryn Mawr are called the Main Line.) I don’t know whether you would go to Penn Station or switch to PATH in Lower Manhattan and go to Newark to hook up with the train lines. Door to door, it’s not a negligible trip, but you could do it in 4 hours for $20-$30 one way, and in under three if you were willing to pay for Amtrak.</p>

<p>Driving on a Sunday morning without traffic could take 90 minutes. If you caught a rush hour, it could take as long as the cheaper train.</p>

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<p>Queen’s Mom,
In regard to “Her school will also not rank, so I have no idea how she measures up to other kids”

  • My D’s school did not rank either. I asked this question at one of the Honors college information sessions that required to be top 2%. College rep. said that if school does not rank, Rank is calculated by college based on kid GPA and graduating class profile that has to be provided when school does not rank. So, it will be there even when school does not rank.</p>
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<p>MiamiDAP, so how does a parent get to see the school profile? I guess I have to put another call into the guidance counselor.</p>

<p>ETA: never mind Google is my friend. D seems to be somewhere in the top 36% based on WGPA, not exactly stellar stats. Well, back to the B+ student thread for me. :wink: (Oh, these numbers are based on the Class of 2007-the last available stats on line. Maybe a call to guidance is still necessary)</p>

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<p>“I didn’t mean commute daily, but possibly weekly and definitely often! And surely able to pop in from time to time without warning to make sure said pooch is appropriately pampered.”</p>

<p>Bryn Mawr is such a lovely campus, who would want to leave?? I think it would disrupt her ability to “bond” with her classmates if she’s running up to NY all the time.</p>

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I’m not sure she’d want to leave once she got there, but I don’t think she’ll accept a spot in a college where she felt she couldn’t get home to check on the dog if she wanted to. They are totally connected to each other and she couldn’t make the emotional decision to leave him if she had to accept that she really was leaving him.</p>

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<p>Queen’s Mom,
Our class profile was available on our school website. It had GPA ranges and what percentile they represent. But your idea of calling the guidance counselor is good, he should have an idea.</p>