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Choosing Bryn Mawr was an extremely difficult decision for me.  During my senior year I was faced with two good options for schools, both of them seemed right in their own ways.  One of them came with a very large scholarship and a community that I was comfortable in (the college was the alma mater of every woman in my family), and the other was Bryn Mawr, which was appealing to because of its academic rigor and reputation.  I struggled for months trying to decide which was better, environment or academics.  Ultimately in the end my decision was almost made for me, based on something I was positive I wanted, to be independent and get away from home a little bit.  Ironically, my father was actually offered a job as a professor at the other school that was not Bryn Mawr, which he accepted. Because of his choice, I decided to go to Bryn Mawr.  In hindsight, it probably wasn’t the best way to decide on such a big decision like college, but Bryn Mawr has offered me exactly what I wanted, independence and an excellent education.