<p>What do you all think?</p>
<p>you can't go wrong with any of those schools. with those choices it really comes down to personal preferences (location, which school is strongest in your intended major, etc.) and maybe the cost to you of attending these schools.</p>
<p>between smith and bryn mawr, what do you all think about the difference between them - like the pros and cons of each school? i've been wait listed at smith and accepted at bryn mawr and i dont know if i want to pursue getting accepted at smith</p>
<p>I'm considering similar options: I seem to be leaning Wellesley, then Bryn Mawr, and lastly, Smith. Have you considered Barnard? Where does it factor in for you?</p>
<p>i dont think i can get into wellesley, and i didnt apply to barnard. </p>
<p>i like bryn mawr and smith equally. so really cant decide ><</p>
<p>why do you like bryn mawr more than smith?</p>
<p>On the plus side for Bryn Mawr, I think Bi-Co classes with Haverford are easier to get to than the consortium classes for Smith. Haverford is pretty much walkable. So the time getting back and forth is less. Philly is a quick train ride away.
On the plus side for Smith, Northampton is a great town. I alo think that Smith has greater name recogntion. The Smith house system is pretty unique. Smith also has nearly twice as many students as Bryn Mawr.
What are you thinking of majoring in? Does one school have a better department than the other? Try looking at the course catalogue to see if one school has more offerings in the areas you are interested.</p>
<p>math and psychology..i know smith has alot of $$$$ in the science department. but bryn mawr has nice stats for sending kids to med/grad school</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr has amazing math and psychology departments! Bryn Mawr is only half the size of Smith but we have more math majors. We even have graduate programs in both subjects and strong undergraduate students are encouraged to take graduate classes and even have the option to graduate with a Master's degree after 4 or 5 years (called the 'AB/MA program').</p>
<p>hmmm, is it too late to apply for those programs? and do you have to have a masters in order to go to med school to become a psychiatrist? do you even need to go to med school to be a psychiatrist? im so lost @_@ why do i have to grow up?</p>
<p>You don't need a masters to go to med school but you do need to go to med school to be a psychiatrist. To be a psychotherapist, though, you don't necessarily need to go to med school eg PhDs (psychologists) and PsyDs who instead of med school go to psych programs and write dissertations.</p>
<p>Another Bryn Mawr/Smith difference - Bryn Mawr has required distribution courses and Smith does not. And, of course, Bryn Mawr has the swim test!</p>
<p>One of the best things Bryn Mawr has, that Smith does not have, is the honor code.</p>
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Nope, students usually apply to the AB/MA programs in their Sophomore year (of college :)).</p>
<p>shelly14, I think Bryn Mawr's distribution requirements are looser than Smith's Latin Honors requirements (while not required for graduation, I heard that some 90+% of the student body fulfill them anyway). And taking any 2 classes of your choice each in sciences, humanities and social sciences is not that bad, is it?</p>
<p>In general I like the idea of distribution requirements. The language requirement could be tough for those with only minimal language study in high school.</p>
<p>My daughter visited both BMC and Smith. She eventually decided to ED Smith and was admitted. The biggest factor for her is the available courses for her intended major - Economics. Smith's Economics department is very strong and offers a wide array of courses. BMC's Economics is joined with Haverford. She got the sense that most Econ courses are offered through Haverford - although Haverford's Econ department also has an excellent reputation.</p>
<p>swim test? o_O hahahahaha, i dont mind a language requirement. did spanish in hs and didnt like it. looking forward to either french or german</p>
<p>I, also, think the departments in your areas of interest should be the deciding factor. Bryn Mawr is small, so make sure your possible major is well represented there.</p>
<p>which do you all think is better in math and psych?</p>
<p>looking at the sites alone, i honestly do not know ><</p>
<p>Although checking majors is good advice, my D changed her intended major right after her first semester. She chose school for that major. Thank goodness the perfect major arose, and it was something she had never considered before.</p>
<p>Since many kids change majors, I think the most important issue is the intellectual atmosphere. One thing you can do is to pick a particular course and sit in on it at each school. Short of that, read reading lists.</p>
<p>Look at favorite departments and see if department has same interests/leanings as you. Is it trendy? conservative? mixed? innovative? old school? Catalogues make it possible to answer these questions.</p>
<p>Both of my kids are at top LAC's but the philosophies are very different. One is very academic, like mini-grad school. The other is very inter-disciplinary and innovative. Thank goodness each child chose carefully and is at the school that fits best.</p>