<p>I heard Bryn Mawr has an inviting policy towards international students, but how inviting is it really? Do they have generous financial aid?</p>
<p>Overall GPA (UW) - 3.73
SAT I - 2080 (690 V, 660 M, 730 W)
ACT - 31 (31 E, 29 M, 26 S, 36 R, 29W)
SAT IIs - Lit 770, USHistory 720, Chem 650
AP’s - Eng Lang 5, USH 4, Spanish Lang 4</p>
<p>Senior classes:
Physics AP B
Spanish 5 AP B
English 4 AP A
Precalc H A
Modern Euro AP A</p>
<p>Extracurriculars -
Editor in chief Yearbook
Editor Newspaper
Residential Advisor
President of ______ (community service)</p>
<p>Hobbies -
Writing (I enter contests)</p>
<p>I go to boarding school in the United States. and I have citizenship from a very obscure country. I’m also a Questbridge finalist, would that help me a little bit?</p>
<p>I am a U.S. junior at BMC who lives in one of the three most common states to matriculate into BMC (PA/MD/NJ); you are an international student, which gives you some points. Your entering HS GPA is noticeably higher above mine, your SATs are a little below mine (I was 2210: 800W/780CR/630M) but are within what BMC is expecting. We have the same ACT score, which is a bit above average I believe. The rough corresponding SAT score for an ACT score of 31, by the way, is 1410, which is what I received on the SATs (CR + M), so clearly you are just more adept at the ACT than the SAT. Ultimately I submitted my ACT score because I had no SAT II scores, and when BMC accepts the SAT I they also want SAT II scores (I don’t think this has changed). You have excellent activities. I do not think you should have a problem matriculating into BMC. I don’t think, unless something bizarre happens (you leave out application materials, or you write an essay that offends the panelist, or something like that).</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr is generous with financial aid to those who are on the bottom of the socio-economic ladder. You will not get so great financial aid if you are middle to upper middle class, because FAFSA says that you don’t really need help. As to how financial aid applies specifically or differently to international students, I have no idea–the best thing to do would be to start shooting emails or phone calls at the financial aid office.</p>
<p>Financial aid wise, Bryn Mawr seems to be hit or miss. I have met students who were extremely happy with their financial aid offer, and I have met students who got their lowest financial aid offer from Bryn Mawr and often ended up transferring (or did not even enroll) due to finances. An international friend of mine had to cancel her study abroad plans for next semester because the college could not afford to apply her financial aid package to the study abroad program. That was not an issue just a year ago.</p>
<p>Thank you guys for responding. It was really helpful. b@r!um - Has the recession really affected bryn mawr that much? what will/has bryn mawr done to cope with the financial loss?</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr has been affected by the recession but it is not as bad as it could be. We closed one of our three dining halls (we still have twice as many dining halls as Haverford and Swarthmore though ;)), restructured the administration and put a couple of building projects on hold. </p>
<p>I think overall the college allocated more funds to financial aid this year. Students who stayed at Bryn Mawr did not get a financial aid cut, but there was less money for students going abroad. From the perspective of the college, it makes a huge difference whether they give students a discount for attending or have to pay the study abroad program on the student’s behalf.</p>