<p>IS bryn Mawr the sister school of UPENN? like Barnard for Columbia?</p>
<p>No it is not. Barnard College is affiliated with Columbia because Barnard is actually a College of Columbia University (just as The School of Law is a College within the University). Bryn Mawr is not affiliated in the same manner. Additionally, Bryn Mawr is part of the Tri-Co and Penn which is a program between Swarthmore, Haverford, Bryn Mawr and Penn that allows students of either college to take classes at the other colleges within the program. This also allows for cross-registration, at times, with certain colleges within the program. If anything, Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore and Haverford are a lot more connected than Penn is to any of them. After all, it's called the Tri-Co AND Penn.</p>
<p>if you're thinking 7 sisters, bryn mawr is the sister of princeton or yale. haverford and swarthmore are the "male cousins", at least in athletic 7 sister conferences. :)</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr is NOT the sister of yale or princeton - for all of the reasons I've stated above. The only college under a big-name univeristy or affiliated with one - is Barnard College with Columbia University. Yale and Princeton aren't even in the same state. lol.</p>
<p>Actually, you're both right - and wrong. Barnard is the only college with an official link to another Ivy university. However, once upon a time, when all of the Ivies were male-only, there was an unofficial, social tradition which linked each of the prominent women's colleges with an Ivy. Vassar, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Radcliffe, etc. Thus, the "seven sisters." Bryn Mawr was the "sister" to UPenn.</p>
<p>roxychristina, no academic affiliations was not what i was referencing. i was refering to social traditions, as rbdad said. the seven women's schools were each associated with one of the all men schools. rbdad, perhaps bryn mawr is a sister to penn, but according to students at bryn mawr (of which i am one) which i have spoken to, bryn mawr's brother is either princeton or yale, which it is i cannot remember.</p>
<p>CURRENTLY there are no social ties. Maybe back in the olden days they used to have dances together... but now that they allow women to attend, they don't need the sister schools.</p>
<p>Two of the "Seven Sisters" historically had "Ivy brothers": Barnard was (and is) affiliated with Columbia, and Radcliffe with Harvard. A third "sister", Vassar, was offered a merger with Yale in 1969, but declined.</p>
<p>The other "sisters" traditionally had informal social relationships with various nearby Ivies and non-Ivies. Wellesley, for example, has traditionally been linked with Harvard (despite Radcliffe), and also non-Ivy MIT. Bryn Mawr had social links with Penn and Princeton, although the closest relationship was probably with non-Ivy Haverford.</p>
<p>..but Bryn Mawr & Haverford are like sister schools, right? Super close in location and academics wise?</p>
<p>I'm not sure if anyone would know this...but what is the relationship between Bryn Mawr and UPenn. Do Bryn Mawr students ever take class at UPenn or go to hang out there on weekends?</p>
<p>chickeek, yes, Bryn Mawr & Haverford form the Bi-co.
victorial-- there are students who go there on weekends, just how many i couldn't say. and yes, we can take classes there if it's not offered in the tri-co, i've actually had a graduate course there, so that alone is a great opportunity if you're looking for advanced courses as an upperclasswoman.</p>