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Hi I just got accepted to Bryn Mawr yesterday from being waitlisted RD round, but I committed to MHC mid-April. I’m torn about what college to spend my next four years so definitely help needed!!!
Most importantly, I want to major in women’s, gender studies, sociology, humanities, etc. so much, but I know for sure that the chance of an international student staying in the US after graduation with these majors are not high. I’m thinking of pursuing Data Science with a social aspect, but at these dire times I’d even appreciate if you have another major/minor/combination for me.
The info on the 2 schools’ websites about the courses isn’t exactly helpful, hence I’m asking for more info on CC, esp first-hand experience. Can anyone help me with this? Are there any recent Bryn Mawr/MHC Data Science graduates?
There is minimal difference between the amount of EFC for the two schools (if I go to MHC then 28k/yr, and Bryn Mawr then 27k/yr) so I don’t think it matters that much.
That would seem like a pretty good reason for the OP to choose it!
My two cents is the other big differences are mostly about the setting/location–Mount Holyoke is in a small town not very close to a major city, and Bryn Mawr is in a historic suburb of Philadelphia, with a quick train ride into the downtown area–and the BiCo with Haverford.
Mount Holyoke is in the Five Colleges consortium, but for practical reasons I think that is more equivalent to Bryn Mawr’s consortium relationships with Swarthmore and Penn. Not a bad plus, depending on your interests, but not necessarily heavily used by most students.
But the BiCo with Haverford stands out–they coordinate in ways that make it very easy to take classes on both campuses, they have a lot of joint activities, and so on.
All this can be a plus or minus depending on your personal preferences. In this case, for academic reasons it sounds to me like sticking with Mount Holyoke makes the most sense. But either would likely work out well.
I found it interesting to find that 20% of Mt. Holyoke’s enrollment is international students. Also more than 2% of the enrollment is students who are from Vietnam, which is 46 actual students, or 11-12 per class.
It’s quite different at Bryn Mawr. Only 13% of the enrollment is international students and less than 1% is from Vietnam. Because Bryn Mawr has a smaller overall enrollment, this means that only 15 students are from Vietnam, or 4 per class.
If I were from a foreign country, that difference would matter to me. Does it matter to you?