Non-Traditional Age Students

Submit your Transfer Common Application.

• 2025-2026 Application Cycle Prompt: Bryn Mawr students bring their authentic selves to campus. What do you know about yourself to be true—and what in your background or experience led you to that truth?
• Please submit your Bryn Mawr Writing Supplement via the Common App.
• 250-500 words, single-spaced.

Including all coursework from grades 9-12.

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If you have been out of school for more than three years, we will accept non-academic recommendations.

Submit your Transfer College Report through Common App.

Submit your Transfer Mid-Term Report through Common App.

• Standardized test results (SAT or ACT)
• Interview
  • Interviews can be scheduled between June and December of your senior year. We have a limited number of interview slots so we strongly recommend you interview well ahead of the application deadline. Contact admissions@brynmawr.edu to schedule a non-traditional age applicant interview.
• Arts supplement
  • Arts supplements in music, theater, dance, and creative writing can be submitted through the Common Application Art Supplement (SlideRoom).

The CSS Profile opens each year on October 1.

• Submit your CSS Profile using Bryn Mawr College code #2049. The College Board grants fee waivers for eligible students based on income information upon completion of the application.
• If your parents are divorced, separated, or never married, both parent households must submit a Profile.
• Report your full legal names as they appear on your social security card. Provide your social security number to ensure accurate processing of your financial aid results.
• After reviewing your Profile data, your financial aid counselor may contact you directly and request that you send more information in order to provide you with the most accurate award possible.
• If you are a McBride student, you should submit your CSS Profile using your information and your spouse's (if applicable).

The FAFSA opens each year on October 1.

• Complete the FAFSA using Bryn Mawr College code #003237.
• You and a parent must have an FSA ID to sign the online FAFSA form.
• We strongly encourage providing consent for the Department of Education to receive an individual's federal tax information (FTI) directly from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). If you do not provide consent, your student will be ineligible for federal aid.
• Report social security numbers and full legal names as they appear on your social security card. Without them, the Department of Education will not be able to process your financial aid application.
• If you are a McBride student, you and your spouse (if applicable) must sign your FAFSA with an FSA ID and provide FTI consent (see above).

• Full federal income tax returns are required to apply for institutional financial aid.
• When you complete the CSS Profile, the College Board will prompt you to submit 2023 year federal tax returns or non-tax filer statements to Bryn Mawr College using the Institutional Documentation Service (IDOC). This service is provided at no cost to you or your parents.
• You should submit signed copies of all federal income tax returns (no state returns), both business and personal, including all W-2 forms, statements, attachments, and schedules for both parents and stepparents (if applicable). All documents should be uploaded through IDOC.
• If you are a McBride student and independent, you and your spouse (if applicable) must submit signed photocopies of all 2022 federal income tax returns (no state returns), both business and personal, including all W-2 forms, statements, attachments, and schedules.

Yes, Katharine E. McBride Scholars may enroll at Bryn Mawr part-time.

Yes, McBride Scholars enroll in the same classes as first-year students.

Yes, McBride Scholars may apply for need-based financial aid. Refer to our financial aid required materials for more information.