Bryn Mawr Stories
Academic Excellence
A math major at Bryn Mawr, Meagan completed an internship at the Philadelphia Streets Department's traffic and lighting unit. Meagan researched the savings the city could achieve by switching their nearly 145,000 street lights from incandescent bulbs to more energy efficient LED bulbs.
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"It is absolutely critical to study the humanities. Now, with jobs and internships, students need to have those skills in order to look at certain situations and problems within in the workplace."
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"English and International Studies have been appealing to me, partly, because those disciplines at Bryn Mawr ask that we be holistic learners."
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"Bryn Mawr gives you the confidence to believe that you can do anything you set your mind to."
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"I discovered computational linguistics through my research for my senior thesis, and I was like, 'Yes, that's what I want to do!'"
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"Bryn Mawr gives you a kind of educational experience that is quite rare today...where communication and engagement with other people is
valued."
valued."
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"The knowledge that what I'm doing has a very real impact...makes me take the work more seriously"
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5,000+
Courses available through our consortium
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"Bryn Mawr gave me hands-on experience in theoretical physics, which is really hard to get as an undergraduate."
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159
Summer research and internships supported during the summer of 2016 (through grants totaling over $600,000)
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100%
Our most recent Posse students' six-year graduation rate
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Opportunity for Women
"I think Bryn Mawr gives you the space to grow. They don't just throw you into the sea and say, 'Just swim now.'"
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"Coming to college, I wanted to give other people that comfort level, to make them feel like they're part of a team."
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"Going to a women's college, I'm many times more likely to stay in a STEM field."
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"It has been very valuable to be surrounded by other women also pursuing science."
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"Most of the alums are really engaged: they're happy to help you out and share their networks."
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"In retrospect I feel fine taking up the space that I have earned and that I deserve."
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Menza writes on a range of topics, including a major story on women and guns
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28%
Percentage of undergraduate degrees awarded in STEM (Nearly 3x national average for women)
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Pathways to Purpose
"If there's anything that Bryn Mawr taught me, it's: Ask for what you want. You just might get it."
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"It is important to study the humanities because it gives you necessary skills for your future."
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"The culture at Bryn Mawr: the Honor Code, being able to trust your neighbor, standing up for the little guy ... it does inspire and motivate me to keep going."
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"Bryn Mawr has helped me grow as not only an educator,
but as a woman, just being comfortable in my own skin."
but as a woman, just being comfortable in my own skin."
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"Having a liberal arts education...will serve students and future workers better in the long run."
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50,000
Hours 645 students dedicated to community service in 2014-15
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Alumna/us Spotlight
"If you’re going to do politics, sociology, psychology, and theater are three very useful things to have some experience with."
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Sann won a national Watson Fellowship and traveled the world researching and sampling French and Francophone-island foods.
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A Community of Individuals
"I see this as an expansive opportunity to bring people together, to create new traditions and learn from old traditions."
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"Bryn Mawr has always been the place where I've been most accepted, where I grew the most."
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24%
Percentage of students who are international (3rd highest among U.S. liberal arts colleges)
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Alumna/us Spotlight
Passionate about women in technology and diversity, Iyengar-Emens is on the Advisory Board for Women in Technology International (WITI).
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