<p>Has anyone taken them yet?</p>
<p>Yup, I took calculus 1. I have proceeded onto Calculus 2.</p>
<p>Is this without an AP? I’m just trying to get an idea how high you can place with no APs. I do realize there’s no credit.</p>
<p>ETA: also wondering about Chemistry.</p>
<p>Students who have studied calculus before, whether it was an AP class or not, can test into Calc 2 or 3. Students who have taken pre-calc in high school typically place into Calc 1. Students with a shaky math background are often placed into Statistics.</p>
<p>There’s no placement exam that takes students beyond Calc 3. Advanced students can get permission to take a higher-level course by talking to a member of the math department.</p>
<p>@Queen’s Mom: I come from British Education System. I have studied A-Level Mathematics which was enough for me to score full on Cal 1 placement test. I have not yet gone through calc 2 though. Barium’s response sums up pretty much everything.</p>
<p>Thanks you. That was helpful. Any idea what the chemistry placement is like? D did not take AP chem, so I am not exactly sure why they require testing. I would think she would go into the entry level class no matter what.</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr teaches several entry-level chemistry courses. There’s the standard two-semester gen chem sequence, a one-semester gen chem course for students who have seen much of the material before, and a one-semester pre-gen chem course for students who have never been exposed to chemistry before.</p>
<p>Thank you. The placement requirements were sort of confusing. One more question. Do you recommend she take a language placement test (she took 5 years of French) if she is planning to start a new language anyway.</p>
<p>I remember feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the placement and requirements instructions. :)</p>
<p>If your D is not exempt from the language requirement on the basis of AP or SAT scores, I would recommend she take the placement exam in French in an attempt to test out of the requirement. It’s nice to get that out of the way just in case her interests change and she does not want to continue with the new language. The 2-year requirement can become a big burden if she loses interest.</p>
<p>If she’s already done with the language requirement and not interested in continuing French, there’s no reason to take the placement exam.</p>
<p>I’m going to be a high school senior this coming year and I had a few questions about Bryn Mawr. First of all I want to say that I absolutely love this college! I’ve visited 2 times and it’s the perfect fit for me. However, do you recommend that I apply early decision? Will it make that much of a difference in the admissions process?
Also, Bryn Mawr has the new test-flexible plan where you can submit a combination of SAT 2’s and AP scores. Do you think these scores are good enough to send? Please give your honest opinions.
AP Biology-4
AP Government-4
SAT 2 Chemistry- 680
GPA: 3.9 unweighted
Have any of you ever stayed overnight at Bryn Mawr while you were in high school? I was thinking about staying overnight before I plan on doing early decision? Was it helpful?</p>
<p>@11phillygurl, I stayed overnight at Bryn Mawr for their fall preview days this past year. It was a really good experience- my host room mate showed me around campus and I was able to sit in on a couple classes. I was really able to get a “feel” of the campus. If you want to go to the fall preview days program, there’s even a travel scholarship available that you could apply for.</p>
<p>Thanks Felicitywut! I just have two more questions… Did you have an interview at Bryn Mawr? If you don’t mind telling me, what were some questions they asked you, other than the standard interview questions? </p>
<p>Also, what are some of the popular extra curricular activities and sports BMC offers? During a tour, my tour guide said that Bryn Mawr is mostly run by the girls in student government. How does that work?</p>
<p>
Socially we try to practice self-government. For example, we vote on dorm quiet hours (instead of having them dictated by the administration) and we decide what constitutes a respectful way of interacting with each other (the social honor code) and how to deal with small infringements. </p>
<p>We do not have direct control over administrative decisions though. There are two ways in which we get at least some input into administrative decisions: there are student representatives on various committees, and there is “plenary”. Plenary is a twice-yearly meeting of the whole student body where we discuss and vote on suggestions (resolutions) contributed by students. Recent resolutions have included</p>
<ul>
<li>giving Haverford students key card access to non-residential buildings</li>
<li>implementing take-out options in the dining hall</li>
<li>changing the confidentiality procedures in the health center</li>
<li>allowing us to uncover pass/fail grades at the end of the semester if we earned good grades</li>
</ul>
<p>Our decisions are not binding though. The administration has a choice whether or not to implement each change. The pass/fail resolution, for example, was passed by the student body but rejected by the administration.</p>
<p>All major financial decisions are made by the colleges with little if any input from students. (That makes very much sense. Students tend to make short-sighted decisions because we are only here for a few years, but the college has to plan in terms of decades.)</p>
<p>Yes, I did have an interview while I was there. We talked mostly about my extra curriculars, but I think that was because the conversation just went that way. Every interview is different! :)</p>