Our new transfer program with local community colleges was mentioned in The New York Times this week. The story, Opening Up a Path to Four-Year Degrees, looks at the experiences of community college students, including nine Community College of Philadelphia students who have been admitted to Bryn Mawr this year.
We initiated Community College Connection in fall 2011 to recruit and enroll more transfer students from local community colleges. It is funded in part by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.
We are humbled by the experiences of applicants who consider Bryn Mawr and honored to be part of a program that opens up a liberal arts education to community college students. Of those admitted this year, more than half are first-generation college students, and potential majors range from biology and mathematics to English and history of art.
As a current Delaware Community College student anxiously awaiting my transfer application decision from Bryn Mawr, it’s so uplifting to read this article and to witness first hand the confidence Bryn Mawr has in community college students. Even though I am not eligible for the Community College Connection, I honestly think it is such an amazing opportunity and hope to meet those 9 admitted students if I’m accepted to Bryn Mawr.