Transfer Students

Complete and submit your Transfer Common Application.

• Please submit through the Common Application
• 250-500 words, single-spaced
• 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?

These should be submitted to our office through Common App.

Complete and submit your Transfer College Report.

Complete and submit your Transfer Mid-Term Report.

Students typically submit recommendations from professors of core academic subjects (e.g. math, science, language, English, or history).

• 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 transfer applicant interview.
• Arts supplement
  • Arts supplements in music, theater, dance, and creative writing can be submitted through the Common Application Art Supplement (SlideRoom).

• Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (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.

• 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.

• 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.

Any student who has matriculated into a degree-granting program and been enrolled full-time for at least a semester at another institution is considered a transfer student.

Transfer students can bring in up to 16 units of work (typically courses in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences). Learn more about our transfer credit policy.

A transfer student must spend a minimum of 2 years full-time at Bryn Mawr. Residency is determined at entrance based on the number of units transferred.

We are able to accommodate most transfer student requests for on-campus housing. You will confirm whether you wish to live on campus on your Common Application.

No. If you completed college courses in high school as part of a dual enrollment program, you are considered a first-year student.

Students aged 24 or older, who have or have not taken college courses, are considered non-traditional age students.

Bryn Mawr welcomes students who have started their college journey at another institution to apply for fall admission each year.