Accelerated Graduation
Some students enter Bryn Mawr having already earned some credits through exams such as Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, A levels, and the like. If you enter Bryn Mawr with at least eight credits, you may want to consider accelerating your graduation. If you are interested in this, you should discuss this option with your dean and faculty members in any departments you are considering majoring in. Most commonly, students who do accelerate enter Bryn Mawr with a good idea of their majors and with credit for first-year courses in those fields The Special Cases Committee must approve all requests for accelerated graduation. .
Students who plan to complete the degree in seven semesters may work out the details with their deans and need not petition the Committee. Such students do not accelerate officially and will receive their degrees in May with their classmates.
Many other students will choose to complete eight full semesters at Bryn Mawr students, in order to take full advantage of the resources and opportunities here.
BMC Student Handbook 2011-2012
YEAR AT A GLANCE
Semester II (2011-2012)
January 13
Dorms reopen at 12 noon
January 16
Martin Luther King Day: no classes at Bryn Mawr or Haverford
January 17
Classes begin at Bryn Mawr and Haverford
January 24 and 25
Confirmation of Registration
February 3
Last day to drop a fifth course (5pm)
Last day to declare a class Credit/No Credit
for first quarter courses (5pm)
February 24
Last day to declare a course credit/no credit
for full semester courses (5pm)
March 2
Last day of First Quarter spring classes
Spring break begins after last class
March 12
Classes resume
Start of Second Quarter spring classes
April 19
Student Awards Ceremony (6:30pm)
April 27
Last day of classes: all written work due 5pm
April 28-April 30
Review period
April 29
May Day
May 1 –May 11
Examination Period
May 11
Convocation 4pm
May 12
Commencement
May 13
Dorms close at 12 noon