<p>Hey! </p>
<p>I was accepted to Haverford today and I am just ecstatic. I love the school but the only question i really have is: does having Bryn Mawr so close and so involved in the student body make the male to female ratio noticeably awkward? I'm thinking about dating and the social scene and I don't want everything to be entirely female dominated. </p>
<p>What do you guys think/know?</p>
<p>I’m also concerned about this aspect of Haverford. I love the school (it is currently my top choice) but the viewbook Haverford sent said that the school has a 55:45 female to male ratio. Because Bryn Mawr is also in the proximity, I wondered about the dating scene.</p>
<p>Yes, the presence of Bryn Mawr does skew the gender ratio, but -as a female myself - I think it’s not at all awkward that some events (and many classes) are 80% female. I can’t speak for the feelings of the 20% guys in the room. </p>
<p>If you are concerned about the dating scene: a third of the Bryn Mawr student body is more interested in girls than guys, according to a campus-wide survey conducted last year. A good majority of the straight girls is plain apathetic about their social life. It’s only a small minority of Bryn Mawr girls who are actively seeking a date at Haverford, but at times it’s a very visible minority. There have certainly been feelings of resentment among some Haverford girls towards Bryn Mawr girls.</p>
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<p>When you visit and talk to Haverford women they actually say that they don’t feel competitive with BMC women. Polls show HC women like the bi-co relationship as much as HC men. The relationship is actually pretty healthy. For social life, HC students (both M & F) focus on HC. The bi-co ties are still strong academically, but not as strong for social (compared to the days when the schools were both single sex). It’s an understandable worry, but not really one in reality.</p>
<p>It’s not an issue for the most part. Resentment seems to peak when there’s an entire bus of Bryn Mawr girls flooding a semi-private Haver-party. I have heard stories of these, but I don’t know how often it happens in practice.</p>