Bryn Mawr Vs. Conn

<p>D accepted to both; BMC offered much better financial aid (initial offer, at least). How to choose?</p>

<p>Hi zdc; Have you visited both places yet? If not, Bryn Mawr is offering “The Bryn Mawr Experience” on April 2nd or April 5th; which is 1/2 day of classes, tour, financing info, student panel, lunch with students & staff. Or perhaps you could go the Open Campus days at Bryn Mawr on April 18th & 19th? I don’t know if Connecticut College offers similar introductions to the school beyond the typical tour & info session. They are such different schools, in such different areas. Bryn Mawr, while in a suburban location, has ready access to other schools and to Philadelphia. Conn College, self-contained coed campus, in New London, 2 hours from Boston, 2 1/2 hrs. from NYC.</p>

<p>Already visited both places; will attend open house at Conn as well as the two-day event for accepted students at BMC. Trying to figure out if extra $ for Conn will be worth it. Co-ed nature of Conn is a big draw, but I’m not convinced the academics are at the same level as BMC.</p>

<p>I totally agree with your last sentence. Bryn Mawr just seems to offer so many opportunities. We are visiting both places this weekend, for the first time!</p>

<p>My D1 started at Conn a few years ago and ended up transferring to her 1st choice BC. I want to say that Conn nurtured their freshman, had incredible classes, a fantastic French program…all the kids she met there were lovers of travel, literature and movies…I would have loved her to stay there but she missed the city life and the rah-rah of football games…When she was in Paris all the Conn friends visited her from all around the Globe…It is a fantastic small school!!</p>

<p>hmmm. nuturing their freshmen, incredible classes & fantastic French program…sounds very compelling! Thanks for the “slice of life” notes, Nicole.</p>

<p>I actually emailed the prez and told him how important it was that the freshman class was nurtured so well, starting with the very first minute you walk on campus and all the upper classmen move the kids stuff into the rooms…and a meeting right away once the parents say their last goodbyes…followed by a cookout on the quad!! And the prez emailed me right back! He is fantastic, btw, he was at Babson, then School of Charleston where he did wonders and now Conn…(Lee Higdon is his name). My daugheter was fluent in french by the time she got to Paris.(took 4 years in high school too)</p>

<p>^^Lee Higdon also did Peace Corps as a young man.</p>

<p>I was accepted to both Conn College and Bryn Mawr, but decided to attend Bryn Mawr. This discussion was based on both my perception that Bryn Mawr offered a better academic environment and the fact that I felt Bryn Mawr was a better community for me personally. I felt really at home on campus, and the other students seemed to be just as enthusiastic and focused as I am. They also seemed quarkier and more interesting.</p>

<p>quarkier? if that’s a typo, it’s a happy one :)</p>

<p>We just visited both Conn College & Bryn Mawr for the first time over Easter weekend. The campuses were totally different. Conn College; grey brick buildings, all of the same height, laid out in rectalinear fashion; students; little to no diversity. Bulletin boards emphasized LSAT’s, GMAT’s etc. Our Conn College tour guide spoke about the fun Friday nights of “ordering pizza in and playing board games”; yikes! Conn College is pretty isolated, there is nothing within walking distance. Bryn Mawr; gorgeous campus, wonderful landscaping with lots of interesting outdoor seating, walking distance to coffee shops, movie theater, etc. Two full-sized busses disgorge Haverford/Bryn Mawr students every 1/2 hour. It’s more effort, but one can take classes at Swarthmore & UPenn. Ready transportation to Philadelphia. Friendly students & faculty…we got lots of smiles while wandering around. Definitely a diverse population of incredible young women. Intellectually challenging but not intimidating. Bryn Mawr seems like a wonderful community. I wish I’d gone to Bryn Mawr.</p>