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BRYN MAWR COLLEGE Bryn Mawr Facts Number of undergraduates: Size of the Bryn Mawr campus in acres: Number of college students in the about 1,300 135 area: more than 250,000 Number of states represented in the Distance from Philadelphia by commuter Number of cross-registrations with student body: 43 rail, in minutes: 22 Haverford, Swarthmore and the Number of countries represented in the City’s distance from University of each year: student body: 62 Philadelphia via Amtrak, in hours: 1.25 more than 3,000 Percentage of student body made up Washington, D.C.’s distance from Courses available through Haverford, of students of color and international Philadelphia via Amtrak, in hours: 1.75 Swarthmore, and the University of students: 53 Pennsylvania each year: more than 5,000 Percentage of student body receiving some kind of financial aid:76 Amount of grant aid awarded to Bryn Mawr students in 2013-14, in dollars: 27.5 million Middle 50 percent SAT verbal score: 600-710 Middle 50 percent SAT math score: 610-760 Number of majors offered:36 Number of minors offered:46 Number of interdepartmental concentrations offered:4 Student-to-faculty ratio: 8 to 1 Percentage of Bryn Mawr undergraduates pursuing majors in the natural sciences or mathematics: 31 (nearly 4 times the average of women nationally) A Few Alumnae… EMILY BALCH, 1889 RHEA GRAHAM, 1974 Percentage of undergraduate women nationwide pursuing science or math Founder of the Women’s International First woman and first African- majors: 8 League for Peace and Freedom, and American to serve as director of the winner of the 1946 Nobel Peace Prize U.S. Bureau of Mines Number of full-time faculty: 161 DOROTHY KLENKE NASH, 1922 , 1984 Percentage of faculty who are women: 55 First woman neurosurgeon in the Senior Fellow for Digital Policy on the Council on Foreign Relations Percentage of faculty of color: 17 KATHARINE HOUGHTON HEPBURN, FARAR ELLIOTT, 1987 Number of students collaborating with 1928 professors on independent projects Curator of the U. S. House of every year: 500+ 20th-Century Screen Legend, Winner Representatives of four Academy Awards Volumes in the college’s libraries: more , 1989 than 1 million , 1952 Founder and President, the Global Year in which the College’s students First woman to head the Congressional Fund for Children founded the nation’s first self- Budget Office and the Commission on NEDA ULABY, 1993 government association: 1892 Budget and Financial Priorities, also known as the Rivlin Commission National Public Radio Arts and Culture Student-run clubs and organizations: Reporter more than 150 , 1968 Division III varsity athletic teams: 12 President, JULIE BECKMAN, 1995 Number of buildings on campus: 40 Designer of The Pentagon Memorial MARGARET MORROW, 1971 and the Space Shuttle Memorial First woman president of the State Bar of California Fields of Study Africana Studies (minor) Anthropology (major/minor) Arabic (language courses offered) Astronomy (major; offered through Haverford) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (major) Biology (major/minor) Chemistry (major/minor) Child and Family Studies (minor) Chinese (minor) Classical Culture and Society (major/minor) Classical and Near Eastern (major/minor) To learn about additional academic opportunities, Classical Languages (major) visit: brynmawr.edu/combined_degrees Comparative Literature (major/minor) Computational Methods (minor) Geology (major/minor) Studies (concentration) Computer Science (major/minor) Greek (major/minor) Music (major/minor; offered through Haverford) Creative Writing (minor) Growth and Structure of Cities (major/minor) Neuroscience (minor) Dance (minor) Health Studies (minor; offered through the Peace, Conflict and Social Justice East Asian Studies (major/minor) Bi-Co) (concentration) Hebrew (language courses offered) Philosophy (major/minor) Economics (major/minor) History (major/minor) Physics (major/minor) Education (minor; offered through the Bi-Co) History of Art (major/minor) Political Science (major/minor) English (major/minor) International Studies (major/minor) Psychology (major/minor) Environmental Studies (minor) Italian and Italian Studies (major/minor) Religion (major; offered through Haverford) Film Studies (minor) Japanese (minor) Romance Languages (major) Fine Arts (major; offered through Haverford) Latin (major/minor) Russian (major/minor) French and French Studies (major/minor) Latin American, Latino and Iberian Sociology (major/minor) Peoples and Cultures (concentration) Gender and Sexuality Spanish (major/minor) (minor/concentration) Linguistics (major/minor) Theater German and German Studies Linguistics and Languages (major) Theater Studies (minor) (major/minor) Mathematics (major/minor) Geoarchaeology (concentration) Athletics BRYN MAWR WOMEN COMPETE ON 12 NCAA DIVISION III ATHLETIC TEAMS: • Badminton • Lacrosse • • Outdoor Track and Field • Crew • Soccer • Cross-Country • Swimming • Field Hockey • Tennis • Indoor Track and Field • Volleyball BRYN MAWR students are driven, courageous, confident, insightful, and enthusiastic. They are young women who love to learn and are purposeful and intentional about what they study and what they do. History & Mission

When opened its doors in 1885, it offered women a more ambitious academic program than any previously available to them in the United States. Other women’s colleges existed, but Bryn Mawr was the first to offer graduate education through the Ph.D.—a signal of its founders’ refusal to accept the limitations imposed on women’s intellectual achievement at other institutions.

Setting & Location

The College is located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, a lively small town (pop. 9,000) on Philadelphia’s Main Line, a region known for rolling hills, majestic estates, and a remarkable collection of colleges and universities, including , , , and Saint Joseph’s University. The center of town—walkable from campus—includes restaurants and coffee shops, bookstores and clothing stores, cafés and a movie theater. Philadelphia is twenty minutes away by commuter rail; and Washington, D.C. are two hours away. The College is easily accessible by planes, trains, and automobiles. Applying to Bryn Mawr

Bryn Mawr exclusively accepts the Common Application and waives the Where do Bryn Mawr students $50.00 application fee when students apply online. Go to: www.commonapp.org come from? to begin your application 13% West 25% International APPLICATION DEADLINES TEST OPTIONAL STANDARDIZED 4% Southwest TESTING POLICY • Early Decision I: November 15 7% South • Early Decision II: January 1 Domestic undergraduate applicants to 11% New England • Regular Decision: January 15 Bryn Mawr College have the option of submitting standardized test scores. 5% Midwest HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC Applicants who are not U.S. citizens or 35% Mid-Atlantic RECOMMENDATIONS U.S. permanent residents are required SAT Middle 50 % Verbal 600 710 A school program providing good to submit standardized tests (SAT Math 610 760 preparation for study at Bryn Mawr or ACT); and some, depending on Writing 620 720 would be as follows: English grammar, language of instruction, may also be ACT Median 30 composition, and literature through required to submit English proficiency four years; at least three years of tests (TOEFL or IELTS). Learn more mathematics, with emphasis on basic at: brynmawr.edu/admissions/ TUITION AND FEES: 2014-2015 algebraic, geometric, and trigonometric standardized-testing-policy concepts and deductive reasoning; three Tuition and Fees $44,470 years of one modern or ancient language, ACADEMIC PROFILE OF ENROLLING Room and Board $14,350 STUDENTS AVERAGED OVER THE PAST or a good foundation in two languages; Fees $1,070 FOUR YEARS some work in history; and at least three years of science, with two courses in • 93% in top 25% (of those who BRYN MAWR MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS reported rank) laboratory science, preferably biology, Students admitted to Bryn Mawr College • 65.2% from public schools; 33.3% chemistry, or physics. Elective subjects as first-year, first-time students are from private schools might be offered in, for example, art, automatically considered for the Bryn • Acceptance Rate Overall: 40% music, or computing to make up the total Mawr Merit Scholarship; no additional • One-third of class enters through of 16 or more credits recommended for application is required. Early Decision admission to the College. • Applicants are evaluated using Bryn • Acceptance Rate for Early Decision: Mawr’s holistic admission review 50% INTERVIEWS process. On-campus, Skype, and alumnae • Students may receive a Bryn Mawr FINANCIAL AID interviews are available and strongly Merit Scholarship even with no recommended. • 76% of students receive some type of demonstrated financial need. financial aid • Merit scholarships may be awarded to • Average total financial aid package for U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and students with need: $41,195 international students. • Scholarships are awarded at the time of admission, and are renewable each year for up to four years as long as the student remains in good academic standing with the College.

Diversity in the Undergraduate College CONTACTING BRYN MAWR African-American 7% One race/ethnicity Bryn Mawr Office of Admissions Latina 10% More than one race/ethnicity* 101 North Merion Avenue Asian-American 14% Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 Tel: 610-526-5152 Fax: 610-526-7471 Native American 1% [email protected] White 42% brynmawr.edu/admissions Unknown 10% Multiracial 4%

Non-US Citizen** 24% * Multiracial students counted once for each race/ethnicity indicated ** Temporary residents only Visiting Bryn Mawr

The College’s Office of Admissions is PHILADELPHIA open year-round, Monday through Philadelphia is our nation’s sixth largest Friday, 9 am to 5 pm and selected city and home to civic, cultural, and Saturdays. Bryn Mawr welcomes historic treasures. Some sites worth prospective students and their families seeing in and around Philadelphia: to campus. Students who wish to know more or schedule a visit may • The Philadelphia Museum of Art call the office at 610-526-5152 or • The Avenue of the Arts visit our website at: brynmawr.edu/ • Independence National Historic Park admissions/visit • National Constitution Center TRI-COLLEGE AND PENN • The Franklin Institute Science Museum Activities during a visit may include: • Professional Football, Basketball, Bryn Mawr and its academic neighbors, • Taking a campus tour Baseball, Soccer, Hockey, and Swarthmore and Haverford, form one of • Having lunch in the dining hall Lacrosse teams the most interactive college partnerships • Attending a class in the nation. Dubbed the “Tri-Co” by • Interviewing with an admissions THE HONOR CODE students, this dynamic relationship counselor (the College strongly allows students from each community Every Bryn Mawr student lives and recommends interviews) to access resources, such as classes, works under the College’s honor code, a • Attending an information session libraries, dining halls, and social events, set of principles that emphasizes mutual • Staying overnight with a student on all three campuses. Bryn Mawr has a respect and academic integrity. Some ambassador similar agreement with the University of benefits of living under the honor code • Meeting with a coach Pennsylvania, twenty minutes from Bryn system include: self-scheduled exams, a • Attending an open house Mawr via commuter rail. high regard for the property and privacy of others, and a shared belief that while grades are important, they need not be publicly discussed.