Return

If a medical / physical health condition or symptoms or a psychological / mental health condition or symptoms led to you taking a leave of absence, you must arrange for each of your providers to fill out the Healthcare Assessment Form with a full description of the diagnosis and the treatment you received.

• Providers are asked to comment on your readiness to return to a residential academic community and to engage in a rigorous course of study, as well as to indicate the supports you would need upon your return.

The Healthcare Provider Assessment Form will need to be submitted to the Directors of Health and Counseling Services, as well as information on what care you may need to engage in when you return to the College.

• If you addressed a physical health condition or symptoms during your leave, contact Beth Kotarski, the Health Services Director. Email bkotarski@brynmawr.edu

• If you addressed a mental health condition or symptoms during your leave, contact Luci MacNamara, the Director of Counseling. Email lmacnamara@brynmawr.edu 

Students who went on a mandated Academic Leave by the Committee on Academic Standing will need to answer a short answer question on the application detailing the expectations prescribed by Committee on Academic Standing in the letter that was sent when they began their academic leave and briefly describe how they met those expectations. 

Official transcripts for coursework taken at other institutions must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office prior to submitting an application, or the application will not be reviewed by the Re-Enrollment Committee.

If courses are in-progress when re-enrollment applications are due, students should submit the scores on graded assignments and/or a letter of support from their professor(s)/instructor(s) about engagement in the course(s). The student may be approved to return, albeit conditionally, provided that an official transcript be submitted by the deadline detailed in the approval letter from the Re-Enrollment Committee.

Students who previously went on a leave of absence prior to Fall 2024 may have been placed on leaves of absence that are no longer listed on the Time Away website. To get the most accurate information about the re-enrollment procedures for their specific circumstances, the students should schedule a Re-Enrollment Consultation with the Assistant Director of Academic Support prior to completing any of the other re-enrollment requirements.

Students will need to complete all the listed re-enrollment requirements above and meet any other expectations as directed by the Assistant Director of Academic Support by the re-enrollment deadlines (March 1 for a fall semester return and October 15 for a spring semester return). 

The Re-Enrollment Committee will inform students of their decisions by April 15 for a fall semester return and by November 15 for a spring semester return.

Students may receive a tuition bill from Student Accounts before they have received the Committee's decision on their application. Receiving a bill does not imply that a student has been approved to return. This is especially important for students applying to re-enroll in the spring semester. The billing timetable is set for specific times throughout the year, so all students applying for re-enrollment should wait to respond to a tuition bill until after they have received the Committee's decision. 

Students who have been approved to return are required to follow through on the specific expectations detailed in the letter from the Re-Enrollment Committee. These expectations may include:

• Schedule a meeting with their class deans and/or major advisors to confirm their academic plans.
• Register for courses as instructed.
• Confirm their housing plans as instructed.
• All international students on F-1 or J-1 visas should schedule a meeting with the Assistant Director of International Student and Scholar Advising for instructions on how to re-enter the U.S. Email plausch@brynmawr.edu or call 610-526-7390 to schedule. 
• Contact Financial Aid with any questions you may have about your financial aid package. Please email finaid@brynmawr.edu for general questions. All other questions should be directed to your financial aid counselor.
• Contact Access Services if you are requesting new or intend to resume receiving an accommodation of any kind. Email accessservices@brynmawr.edu if you have any questions about the accommodations process. 

The Re-Enrollment Committee handles students’ applications with great care. Sometimes this may mean that the Committee determines that additional time away from the College is in the best interest of the students. Therefore, the Committee will inform the student that their return from leave is postponed for another semester.

The Committee will provide a detailed explanation to the student about how they came to this conclusion, and the Office of Academic Support welcomes students to schedule an additional Re-Enrollment Consultation Meeting to create a plan on how to make the additional time away to enhance their readiness to return.

Unfortunately, we do not have an appeals process. However, if you have additional information/documentation that you’d like to share with the committee, the committee will review and consider whether that information alters its original decision. 

The Office of Academic Support assists students throughout their first semester back. Students are required to meet a minimum of one (1) Re-Enrolled Student Support Meeting per month with either Amanda or Rachel. The goal of these meetings is to help students to thrive academically, socially, and personally in their first semester back.

Students are also encouraged to participate in Re-Enrolled Student Hangouts. These hangouts will be facilitated by our RS Mentors and by Amanda and/or Rachel. To offer feedback on what kind of hangouts you may be interested in, fill out the Re-Enrolled Student Hangouts Form.