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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know why Bryn Mawr isn't ranked that high?  When I applied to colleges in the 1990s, it was ranked the #5 liberal arts school.  I see it is now #31.

Just curious what happened.  [/quote]

All-women’s colleges aren’t mainstream anymore, or attractive to a critical massive of apolitical heterosexual girls, as they were pre-1970s. No debutantes, no weekend trips to meet Yale boys.

Except for maybe Wellesley, they attract and/or target a niche market. And that niche is a combination of upper middle class white lesbian (or lesbian-adjacent) girls;  minorities seeking substantial financial aid, and international students.

Not every American girl wants a “Bama Rush” type of college experience, but they don’t want to join the “Social Justice Movie Club,” either.

The Result, achieved by slow drip over the last several decades: a complete replacement of one type of student body by another; relatively fewer applicants (vs mainstream colleges like NESCACs), higher admission rates, lower status and rankings, etc etc.

Farewell Nancy Davis Reagan. Au revoir, Barbara Pierce Bush.[/quote]

+1 You have nailed it.[/quote]

Not even close. See the other post about the consortium with other schools, etc. My DD has been talking to people at the school and getting feedback from some of the students and it is NOTHING like you all are describing. Absolutely nothing. [/quote]

Yeah ok.  Get back to us after she has been there a year. [/quote]

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