Elite schools with down to earth students

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tufts

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Anonymous wrote:Haverford

+100. It is the Quaker vibe.

Why is it not the same at Sidwell? Location?

People don't go to Sidwell because of any Quaker values/policies/vibe...when you hear about why people send their kids there, it's about the academics (and prestige, no doubt, has a lot to do with it).

Haverford absolutely has first-rate academics but it is a Quaker institution at its core...and it IS what attracts many students...
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False. There are only 75,000 Quakers left in the US and they are too old to have college-aged kids. Ever see the deserted Quaker church in Nantucket? It’s a dying religion. Also Haverford, like most Protestant missionary training schools started in the US, no longer has any affiliation with Quakerism.

Don't know what you mean by "has no affiliation with Quakerism" and it is nonsectarian...but it's Quaker roots are strong and it is unapologetic about it...

https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/Office/President/Haverford-Quaker-Elements.pdf

Go look Haverford on wiki ir it’s own page. It no longer has any religious connection with Quakerism just as my own Slac no longer has any connection with the Presbyterian Church and Harvard has no connection with the Congregationalist church. Even the President of Haverford Wendy E Raymond is not Quaker. They may want to claim there is not “feel” there but it’s purely projection on your part if you think it’s there, just like there is no Quaker “feel” to Sudwell.

Nobody is arguing about the fact that Haverford is not formally a Quaker college anymore--it is obviously nonsectarian. But I just read the link provided by the earlier poster (because my DS is a junior and is interested in looking at Haverford--in part because of a Peace Studies program they have--which sounds pretty Quaker-ish to me) and it is clear that the college still has a clear Quaker identity. [b]The whole PDF is about how Quaker elements are woven into the fabric of the college.
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https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/Office/President/Haverford-Quaker-Elements.pdf

I don't know anything about Sidwell but I haven't seen anything like this about that school.

All marketing. How does anything "quaker" "woven into the fabric of the school" sound different from any slac? Wendy isn't Quaker. The profs aren't quaker. This is a chimera.

What a weird post.... I'm not sure how many SLACs use Quakerism as a "marketing" device...I don't know much about Haverford but I just read the link about Quaker elements and I haven't seen anything like it from any of the many SLACs my DD is looking at.

No one there is Quaker. Not even the President.

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Anonymous wrote:Carnegie Mellon (IT and writing)
U Washington St Lois (premed)
Harvey Mudd (stem)

New York Uni (real estate and performing arts)
University South California (music production / media)

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Dartmouth, Northwestern, Williams come to mind

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Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth, Northwestern, Williams come to mind

I wouldn't consider students generally at these three schools to be down to earth. Quite the opposite.

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Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth, Northwestern, Williams come to mind

I wouldn't consider students generally at these three schools to be down to earth. Quite the opposite.

My experience with Northwestern grads has been quite positive. I only know a handful of Dartmouth and Williams grads so can't speak definitively, but they also seem quite nice. Not like certain grads I know from, say, Penn, who will jump at the first opportunity to tell you they went to an Ivy lol.

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Anonymous wrote:Haverford

+100. It is the Quaker vibe.

Why is it not the same at Sidwell? Location?

People don't go to Sidwell because of any Quaker values/policies/vibe...when you hear about why people send their kids there, it's about the academics (and prestige, no doubt, has a lot to do with it).

Haverford absolutely has first-rate academics but it is a Quaker institution at its core...and it IS what attracts many students...
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False. There are only 75,000 Quakers left in the US and they are too old to have college-aged kids. Ever see the deserted Quaker church in Nantucket? It’s a dying religion. Also Haverford, like most Protestant missionary training schools started in the US, no longer has any affiliation with Quakerism.

Don't know what you mean by "has no affiliation with Quakerism" and it is nonsectarian...but it's Quaker roots are strong and it is unapologetic about it...

https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/Office/President/Haverford-Quaker-Elements.pdf

Go look Haverford on wiki ir it’s own page. It no longer has any religious connection with Quakerism just as my own Slac no longer has any connection with the Presbyterian Church and Harvard has no connection with the Congregationalist church. Even the President of Haverford Wendy E Raymond is not Quaker. They may want to claim there is not “feel” there but it’s purely projection on your part if you think it’s there, just like there is no Quaker “feel” to Sudwell.

Nobody is arguing about the fact that Haverford is not formally a Quaker college anymore--it is obviously nonsectarian. But I just read the link provided by the earlier poster (because my DS is a junior and is interested in looking at Haverford--in part because of a Peace Studies program they have--which sounds pretty Quaker-ish to me) and it is clear that the college still has a clear Quaker identity. [b]The whole PDF is about how Quaker elements are woven into the fabric of the college.
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https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/Office/President/Haverford-Quaker-Elements.pdf

I don't know anything about Sidwell but I haven't seen anything like this about that school.

All marketing. How does anything "quaker" "woven into the fabric of the school" sound different from any slac? Wendy isn't Quaker. The profs aren't quaker. This is a chimera.

What a weird post.... I'm not sure how many SLACs use Quakerism as a "marketing" device...I don't know much about Haverford but I just read the link about Quaker elements and I haven't seen anything like it from any of the many SLACs my DD is looking at.

No one there is Quaker. Not even the President.

Interesting that you know the religion of every faculty member, staff and student at Haverford.

For those really interested in Quakerism at Haverford, please take a look at https://www.haverford.edu/quaker-affairs/resources

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Anonymous wrote:Haverford

+100. It is the Quaker vibe.

Why is it not the same at Sidwell? Location?

People don't go to Sidwell because of any Quaker values/policies/vibe...when you hear about why people send their kids there, it's about the academics (and prestige, no doubt, has a lot to do with it).

Haverford absolutely has first-rate academics but it is a Quaker institution at its core...and it IS what attracts many students...
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False. There are only 75,000 Quakers left in the US and they are too old to have college-aged kids. Ever see the deserted Quaker church in Nantucket? It’s a dying religion. Also Haverford, like most Protestant missionary training schools started in the US, no longer has any affiliation with Quakerism.

There is a Quaker house, there is a "Quaker in Residence". Some students are Quaker and some dabble in Quakerism. There is a Quaker collection in the Library. The Quaker religion and philosophy is a distinct element at the school.

Don't know what you mean by "has no affiliation with Quakerism" and it is nonsectarian...but it's Quaker roots are strong and it is unapologetic about it...

https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/Office/President/Haverford-Quaker-Elements.pdf

Go look Haverford on wiki ir it’s own page. It no longer has any religious connection with Quakerism just as my own Slac no longer has any connection with the Presbyterian Church and Harvard has no connection with the Congregationalist church. Even the President of Haverford Wendy E Raymond is not Quaker. They may want to claim there is not “feel” there but it’s purely projection on your part if you think it’s there, just like there is no Quaker “feel” to Sudwell.

Nobody is arguing about the fact that Haverford is not formally a Quaker college anymore--it is obviously nonsectarian. But I just read the link provided by the earlier poster (because my DS is a junior and is interested in looking at Haverford--in part because of a Peace Studies program they have--which sounds pretty Quaker-ish to me) and it is clear that the college still has a clear Quaker identity. [b]The whole PDF is about how Quaker elements are woven into the fabric of the college.
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https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/Office/President/Haverford-Quaker-Elements.pdf

I don't know anything about Sidwell but I haven't seen anything like this about that school.

All marketing. How does anything "quaker" "woven into the fabric of the school" sound different from any slac? Wendy isn't Quaker. The profs aren't quaker. This is a chimera.

What a weird post.... I'm not sure how many SLACs use Quakerism as a "marketing" device...I don't know much about Haverford but I just read the link about Quaker elements and I haven't seen anything like it from any of the many SLACs my DD is looking at.

No one there is Quaker. Not even the President.

Interesting that you know the religion of every faculty member, staff and student at Haverford.

For those really interested in Quakerism at Haverford, please take a look at https://www.haverford.edu/quaker-affairs/resources

There is a Quaker house, there is a "Quaker in Residence". Some students are Quaker and some dabble in Quakerism. There is a Quaker collection in the Library. The Quaker religion and philosophy is a distinct element at the school.

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Anonymous wrote:Haverford

+100. It is the Quaker vibe.

Why is it not the same at Sidwell? Location?

People don't go to Sidwell because of any Quaker values/policies/vibe...when you hear about why people send their kids there, it's about the academics (and prestige, no doubt, has a lot to do with it).

Haverford absolutely has first-rate academics but it is a Quaker institution at its core...and it IS what attracts many students...
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False. There are only 75,000 Quakers left in the US and they are too old to have college-aged kids. Ever see the deserted Quaker church in Nantucket? It’s a dying religion. Also Haverford, like most Protestant missionary training schools started in the US, no longer has any affiliation with Quakerism.

Quaker House is just a building. It has only 363 likes on Facebook. The President of Haverford is not a Quaker. When I taught there there were no Quaker profs. I didn't meet a single Quaker student "Dabbling" would be correct but what is there to dabble in? Silence? The college no longer has any affiliation with Quakerism. This is all marketing and PR to distinguish the college from the other SLACs. Yes, my alma mater had a religious start and even has a chapel but that is long gone and the chapel is now some sort of international religious meeting hall, like "Quaker House".

There is a Quaker house, there is a "Quaker in Residence". Some students are Quaker and some dabble in Quakerism. There is a Quaker collection in the Library. The Quaker religion and philosophy is a distinct element at the school.

Don't know what you mean by "has no affiliation with Quakerism" and it is nonsectarian...but it's Quaker roots are strong and it is unapologetic about it...

https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/Office/President/Haverford-Quaker-Elements.pdf

Go look Haverford on wiki ir it’s own page. It no longer has any religious connection with Quakerism just as my own Slac no longer has any connection with the Presbyterian Church and Harvard has no connection with the Congregationalist church. Even the President of Haverford Wendy E Raymond is not Quaker. They may want to claim there is not “feel” there but it’s purely projection on your part if you think it’s there, just like there is no Quaker “feel” to Sudwell.

Nobody is arguing about the fact that Haverford is not formally a Quaker college anymore--it is obviously nonsectarian. But I just read the link provided by the earlier poster (because my DS is a junior and is interested in looking at Haverford--in part because of a Peace Studies program they have--which sounds pretty Quaker-ish to me) and it is clear that the college still has a clear Quaker identity. [b]The whole PDF is about how Quaker elements are woven into the fabric of the college.
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https://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/Office/President/Haverford-Quaker-Elements.pdf

I don't know anything about Sidwell but I haven't seen anything like this about that school.

All marketing. How does anything "quaker" "woven into the fabric of the school" sound different from any slac? Wendy isn't Quaker. The profs aren't quaker. This is a chimera.

What a weird post.... I'm not sure how many SLACs use Quakerism as a "marketing" device...I don't know much about Haverford but I just read the link about Quaker elements and I haven't seen anything like it from any of the many SLACs my DD is looking at.

No one there is Quaker. Not even the President.

Interesting that you know the religion of every faculty member, staff and student at Haverford.

For those really interested in Quakerism at Haverford, please take a look at https://www.haverford.edu/quaker-affairs/resources

There is a Quaker house, there is a "Quaker in Residence". Some students are Quaker and some dabble in Quakerism. There is a Quaker collection in the Library. The Quaker religion and philosophy is a distinct element at the school.

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So it seems like the most cited schools are Tufts, Northwestern, Wesleyan, and Wisconsin.

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Anonymous wrote:So it seems like the most cited schools are Tufts, Northwestern, Wesleyan, and Wisconsin.

Wisconsin elite? Good one.

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern

the most snobby people I ever seen including my own husband !!!

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Davidson and Carleton -- wonderful students, faculty and administration

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What exactly is meant by “down to earth”?

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The opposite of snobby, both in terms of academic snobbery and show-offy wealth.