Haverford / Nescacs

[Anonymous]

DC rising junior athlete with strong interest in several nescacs, and will def be recruitable with sports, and hopefully grades / scores. How does Haverford compare - social and academic? in terms of tiering, would it fit in below middlebury but above wes/tufts? do they recruit (non helmet sport) like the nescacs? any lift (slot or tip?$

[Anonymous]

I wouldnt say above Wes or Tufts.

Easier admit, more personal recruiting. Much smaller school but very sweet

[Anonymous]

Haverford has a reputation for being not particularly social or happy compared to the NESACs.

[Anonymous]

I'd say above Wes-they are doing terribly these days and don't have the prestige they used to, not totally sure when the fall started. But definitely beneath Tufts.

[Anonymous]

Disagree with pps above. Def ABOVE Wes and Tufts.
Much smaller as well. Not easier to get in compared to both of those. And depending on the nescac definitely not easier to get into (Conn college for ex).

Track and field esp for men has an incredible reputation. No formal recruiting but definitely helps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Disagree with pps above. Def ABOVE Wes and Tufts.
Much smaller as well. Not easier to get in compared to both of those. And depending on the nescac definitely not easier to get into (Conn college for ex).

Track and field esp for men has an incredible reputation. No formal recruiting but definitely helps.

Haverford hasn't been a premier LAC in a long, long time. It used to be the most rigorous LAC but has fallen out of that line. Tufts is better than almost every LAC other than WASP.

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's that worthwhile to rank them--it's not the same kids who want to go to Tufts. Haverford is very small (1400 students) and the Quaker influence is strong.

Middlebury is basically twice the size. Tufts is 4x, almost 5x as big.

Haverford is very personal, many faculty live on campus, good for PhD preparation. I know lots of successful people who went there. But I don't think there is tons of crossover with Middlebury (just a perception, could be wrong).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Disagree with pps above. Def ABOVE Wes and Tufts.
Much smaller as well. Not easier to get in compared to both of those. And depending on the nescac definitely not easier to get into (Conn college for ex).

Track and field esp for men has an incredible reputation. No formal recruiting but definitely helps.

Haverford hasn't been a premier LAC in a long, long time. It used to be the most rigorous LAC but has fallen out of that line. Tufts is better than almost every LAC other than WASP.

Tufts used to be a solid upper tier ivy backup, but now has the distinction of ranking 6th in two categories - boston area school rankings, and Nescac ranking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's that worthwhile to rank them--it's not the same kids who want to go to Tufts. Haverford is very small (1400 students) and the Quaker influence is strong.

Middlebury is basically twice the size. Tufts is 4x, almost 5x as big.

Haverford is very personal, many faculty live on campus, good for PhD preparation. I know lots of successful people who went there. But I don't think there is tons of crossover with Middlebury (just a perception, could be wrong).

what percent of students do you think are quaker at Haverford? a very insignificant amount lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's that worthwhile to rank them--it's not the same kids who want to go to Tufts. Haverford is very small (1400 students) and the Quaker influence is strong.

Middlebury is basically twice the size. Tufts is 4x, almost 5x as big.

Haverford is very personal, many faculty live on campus, good for PhD preparation. I know lots of successful people who went there. But I don't think there is tons of crossover with Middlebury (just a perception, could be wrong).

what percent of students do you think are quaker at Haverford? a very insignificant amount lol

The school's strong social justice orientation, honor code, and consensus-based decisionmaking style are all rooted in Quakerism. I think the influence is fairly pervasive, even though of course most students aren't Quaker:

https://www.haverford.edu/quaker-affairs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Disagree with pps above. Def ABOVE Wes and Tufts.
Much smaller as well. Not easier to get in compared to both of those. And depending on the nescac definitely not easier to get into (Conn college for ex).

Track and field esp for men has an incredible reputation. No formal recruiting but definitely helps.

so does this mean a superlative track athlete could get a lift? but not similar to a nescac slot?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's that worthwhile to rank them--it's not the same kids who want to go to Tufts. Haverford is very small (1400 students) and the Quaker influence is strong.

Middlebury is basically twice the size. Tufts is 4x, almost 5x as big.

Haverford is very personal, many faculty live on campus, good for PhD preparation. I know lots of successful people who went there. But I don't think there is tons of crossover with Middlebury (just a perception, could be wrong).

what percent of students do you think are quaker at Haverford? a very insignificant amount lol

The school's strong social justice orientation, honor code, and consensus-based decisionmaking style are all rooted in Quakerism. I think the influence is fairly pervasive, even though of course most students aren't Quaker:

https://www.haverford.edu/quaker-affairs

These are typical things for most liberal arts colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Disagree with pps above. Def ABOVE Wes and Tufts.
Much smaller as well. Not easier to get in compared to both of those. And depending on the nescac definitely not easier to get into (Conn college for ex).

Track and field esp for men has an incredible reputation. No formal recruiting but definitely helps.

so does this mean a superlative track athlete could get a lift? but not similar to a nescac slot?

Yes to this. I don't understand the second questions.

[Anonymous]

This time next year you will realize he’s nowhere near as “definitely recruitable” as you now think. And your idea that you can pick and choose will be gone, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd say above Wes-they are doing terribly these days and don't have the prestige they used to, not totally sure when the fall started. But definitely beneath Tufts.

This is such a weird assertion. Wes is tied with middlebury in the US News rankings.