Bryn Mawr College - SAT Scores, Costs and Admissions Data

• Percent of Applicants Admitted: 46%
• GPA, SAT and ACT graph for Bryn Mawr
• What Are Your Chances? (from Cappex.com)
• Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
  • SAT Critical Reading: 600 / 710
  • SAT Math: 600 / 720
  • SAT Writing: 630 / 710
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  • ACT Composite: 26 / 31
  • ACT English: 27 / 33
  • ACT Math: 25 / 30
  • ACT Writing: 8 / 9
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• Total Enrollment: 1,751 (1,289 undergraduates)
• Gender Breakdown: 100% Female
• 100% Full-time

• Tuition and Fees: $40,824
• Books: $1,000 (why so much?)
• Room and Board: $12,890
• Other Expenses: $1,000
• Total Cost: $55,714

• Percentage of New Students Receiving Aid: 80%
• Bryn Mawr Scholarships (Cappex.com)
• Percentage of New Students Receiving Types of Aid
  • Grants: 69%
  • Loans: 58%
• Average Amount of Aid
  • Grants: $32,718
  • Loans: $5,134

• First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 93%
• 4-Year Graduation Rate: 80%
• 6-Year Graduation Rate: 87%

Bryn Mawr and the Common Application

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"The mission of Bryn Mawr College is to provide a rigorous education and to encourage the pursuit of knowledge as preparation for life and work. Bryn Mawr teaches and values critical, creative, and independent habits of thought and expression in an undergraduate liberal arts curriculum for women and in coeducational graduate programs in Arts and Sciences and Social Work and Social Research. Bryn Mawr seeks to sustain a community diverse in nature and democratic in practice, for we believe that only through considering many perspectives do we gain a deeper understanding of each other and the world.

Since its founding in 1885, the College has maintained its character as a small residential community which fosters close working relationships between faculty and students. The faculty of teacher/scholars emphasizes learning through conversation and collaboration, primary reading, original research and experimentation. Our cooperative relationship with Haverford College enlarges the academic opportunities for students and their social community. Our active ties to Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania, and the proximity of the city of Philadelphia further extend the opportunities available at Bryn Mawr.

Living and working together in a community based on mutual respect, personal integrity and the standards of a social and academic Honor Code, each generation of students experiments with creating and sustaining a self-governing society within the College. The academic and co-curricular experiences fostered by Bryn Mawr, both on campus and in the College's wider setting, encourage students to be responsible citizens who provide service to and leadership for an increasingly interdependent world."