Bi-Co Exploring Transfer Together

The Bi-Co Exploring Transfer Summer 2025 program will take place June 1–6. Students will arrive at Bryn Mawr’s campus to move into their residence hall and participate in an opening ceremony on June 1. Students are in residence for the length of the program on Bryn Mawr’s campus but will have the opportunity to explore the campuses of both Bryn Mawr and Haverford throughout the program. Each accepted student receives a scholarship to the Bi-Co Exploring Transfer program that completely covers their tuition, room, meals, and books, as well as a $500 stipend to help offset any potential lost income resulting from participation in the program.

Through an intensive five-day residential program and immersion in the liberal arts, Bi-Co Exploring Transfer Together enables participants  to imagine the  broad range of academic opportunities that lie beyond their community college years. The program will focus on three primary areas of engagement: Academics, Community, and Transfer Success. Students will engage in a 15-hour academic course co-taught by faculty from both the 4-year college and community college communities. Students will live together in a dorm on Bryn Mawr’s campus and the program will include community-building events and activities to not only create a strong network for participants but also to demonstrate the benefits of the residential aspect of most 4-year residential liberal arts colleges. The program will also include workshops and events to help students as they consider and/or navigate the transfer application process. Bi-Co Exploring Transfer Together is not a pathway program to either Bryn Mawr or Haverford and is not intended to increase a transfer applicant’s chance of admission to either institution. The program is designed to bolster the confidence and academic skills of community college transfer students.

No. The Bi-Co Exploring Transfer Together is not a pathway program to either Bryn Mawr or Haverford and is not intended to increase a transfer applicant’s chance of admission to either institution. The program is designed to bolster the confidence and academic skills of community college transfer students.

The Bi-College Consortium, or Bi-Co for short, is a partnership between Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College. Bryn Mawr and Haverford have closely tied histories that have grown together over the last 130 years. The Quaker origins of both institutions have instilled in them common values and led to years of collaboration and partnership across institutions. By partnering together, students at both institutions have access to expanded academic and social opportunities, communities, and facilities.

The Bi-Co Exploring Transfer program is proudly funded by Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College. This opportunity is also supported, in part, by a grant from the ECMC Foundation's Exploring Transfer Together initiative at Vassar College.

Applicants must be actively enrolled at an accredited community college. Applicants should have completed or be on track to complete at least 24 credit hours of coursework by the end of their spring 2025 semester. Additionally, students must have completed English 101, or its equivalent. Priority applicants will be those students who have completed less than four semesters of community college work by June 2025.

The Summer 2025 application is available now and is due by February 28, 2025. Decisions will be released in the spring.

No. Given the brevity of the program it is essential that all attendees be able to participate in the full program.

While you will not receive credit or an official transcript from the academic component of the program, you will leave having gained valuable experience in a rigorous academic environment that will better prepare you for success at similar institutions and that you can reflect on and reference in transfer applications.

Bi-Co Exploring Transfer offers the distinct opportunity to experience and explore what being a student in a residential liberal arts college is all about. You’ll be immersed in the academic experience, network and build community, and gain skills to support your transfer success. The program is designed to bolster the confidence and academic skills of community college transfer students. Beyond gaining experience and confidence in a rigorous academic setting, familiarity with aspects of residential college life, and support in approaching the transfer application process, students will also leave having built connections between one another and expanded their network of peers. Upon completion of the program, students will receive a certificate that can and should be included on resumes.

We aim to enroll 15 students in the program each year.