Application Process - The Bryn Mawr School Online

Thank you for your interest in being a part of Bryn Mawr Online. Below you will find details about the application process, important dates and deadlines.

Priority Application Deadline

December 8, 2022
(Priority consideration and admissions decisions sent by December 16th)

Application Deadline

Rolling admission

Student Questionnaire, Essay, Transcripts, and Common Referral Forms Deadline

Within two weeks of submitting application

Testing Deadline

Within one month of submitting application

Step 1 - Inquire

We want to learn about you! Please complete our short inquiry form and our admissions team will be in touch soon.

Step 2 - Apply

If you’ve decided Bryn Mawr Online is a good fit for you, here’s how to apply. Complete the application and submit a $25 application fee. A completed application includes the following items:

Student Questionnaire
Transcripts
2 recommendation forms (one from a math teacher and one from an English teacher)
Writing Sample
Completing an essay or submitting a video responding to the provided prompt

All of these documents, along with instructions, are listed on your application checklist within our Application Portal.

Form: Application
Form: Transcript Release Form – PDF (150K)
Form: Common Referral Form – PDF (150K)

If you have any questions about the application process, we are here to help! Please contact us at: admissions-online@brynmawrschool.org.

Applications for the 2023-24 are now being reviewed on a rolling basis.

Step 3 - Interview

We are eager to meet you! After applying, schedule your student and family online interviews from your application checklist within our Parent Portal. We ask that students and parents/caregivers are on camera during their video interviews.

Step 4 - Student Testing

We require student testing for course placement purposes.Students may take any of the following tests: ISEE (Independent School Entrance Exam), SSAT, PSAT, SAT, PACT, or ACT. Please contact us if you have any questions about the testing requirements and we will be happy to assist. Testing should be completed within 30 days after an application is submitted.

Step 5 - Watch your inbox!

When your admissions decision is ready, you will receive an email notification.

Interested in learning more?

Fill out this form and a member of our admissions team will be in touch shortly!

Information Session

June 2023

June Information Session I - June 7, 2023 at 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
June Information Session II - June 21, 2023 at 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Meet Mallory Pladus

English Teacher

Where do you live?
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

What do you like about teaching online?
I like the small school environment, the ambitious students BMOS attracts, and the
flexibility learning and teaching online affords students and faculty.

What do you like to do when you’re NOT in school?
Hike, travel, play frisbee, and spend time on the Jersey Shore.

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Japan. My dad is half Japanese, and there is a rumor in our family that he and my aunt
relinquished property rights to a small portion of a mountain in Japan. I’d like to go see
that mountain.

Best way to spend a Saturday?
Reading outside.

What do you want students to remember about you?
I want them to remember that I did my best to make literature open up for them in
surprising, intriguing ways and that I cared about their ideas.

Personal catchphrase?
“Let’s reflect on this.”

Who inspires you?
Writers I love: James Baldwin, Marilynne Robinson, Louise Erdrich, to name a few.

What activity/class have you enjoyed the most through BMOS (and why)?
The poet Sarah Ali visited our English 9 and 10 classes to discuss her poem about
animal roadkill. The students asked great questions, and she gave thoughtful answers.
We broached a topic that often feels too intractable to talk about.