the seven sisters

interesteddad
Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:28:16 +0000

but I’m afraid it’s too out of nowhere?



I would not say that at all about Bryn Mawr. First of all, the town of Bryn Mawr is stunning. There are multi-million dollar estates surrounding the college. The town of Bryn Mawr has its own Ferrari dealer if that gives you any idea.

But, of more interest are two things. Bryn Mawr and Haveford are really two campuses of the same school (in some ways). They share many departments (Haveford has this dept; Bryn Mawr has that one). So students from both schools take a lot of courses at the other. They have a combined student newspaper, combined social scene, etc.

Second. Bryn Mawr has a train station. 20 minutes to downtown. Philly has great restaurants (Iron Chef Morimotos is the most enjoyable restaurant meal I’ve ever had), good museums, good symphony, thriving theater scene, major league sports, and 20 minutes later you are back in your lovely campus. Two hours to NYC on the train or the $10 Bolt bus – in some ways NYC is more fun for a weekend visit than to live there. Three hours to DC. Incredibly easy and affordale air travel. Philly has Southwest, Airtran, and USAIR shuttle. Very cheap fares.