Haverford

[Anonymous]

Saw the Swarthmore thread and four it helpful. Haverford is another school my kid is looking at. Please share experienced and impressions. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Many people apply mistakenly thinking it's Harvard.

Great school just the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many people apply mistakenly thinking it's Harvard.

Great school just the same.

LOL!! If applicants are confusing the two schools, maybe they shouldn't be in either. Agree Haverford is a good school with exchanges and joint degrees in engineering at CalTech and Penn.

[Anonymous]

Great school, but another one I definitely wouldn't have considered initially for engineering. Are you the SLAC Engineering Fairy Godmother? Are the joint degrees 4 year programs? How many years at each?

Have they renovated the dorms though? Last time I was there (many years) the dorm I saw was dingy & gloomy.

[Anonymous]

Very expensive.

[Anonymous]

No football team. At d3 that's a big loss of typically somewhat well-rounded males at an institution that would almost always lean female heavy at application. I would guess that means opportunity for other males but none of our kids (male or female) would look there. Some folks find Saturday afternoons at a tailgate and football game a great student event, particularly at small schools where the setting is much more intimate than the SEC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great school, but another one I definitely wouldn't have considered initially for engineering. Are you the SLAC Engineering Fairy Godmother? Are the joint degrees 4 year programs? How many years at each?

Have they renovated the dorms though? Last time I was there (many years) the dorm I saw was dingy & gloomy.

I recently took a tour of Haverford, and the dorm we saw actually looked new and all single rooms. We were also told at the information session about their connection with Cal Tech and Penn.

And I am NOT the SLAC godmother!

https://www.haverford.edu/engineering

[Anonymous]

Why Haverford? I would send my child to Maryland, Penn State, University of Virginia, Michigan, or Syracuse before this school.

[Anonymous]

Quirky students. Not Ivy and too expensive for what you get when you graduate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Quirky students. Not Ivy and too expensive for what you get when you graduate.

Some prefer not to attend with quirky students. Or liberal. Or conservative. Or minority. Or non-intellectual.

Different strokes for different folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why Haverford? I would send my child to Maryland, Penn State, University of Virginia, Michigan, or Syracuse before this school.

Those are all enormous schools. Haverford is very small- similar to Amherst, Williams, Colby, Bowdoin, Wesleyan, etc. Very different schools in general.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why Haverford? I would send my child to Maryland, Penn State, University of Virginia, Michigan, or Syracuse before this school.

Those are all enormous schools. Haverford is very small- similar to Amherst, Williams, Colby, Bowdoin, Wesleyan, etc. Very different schools in general.

It's not in the same league as Williams and Amherst. And unless your child plans to stay in the Philadelphia area near the school, lots of employers will not know much about the school. Most employers know the large state schools, if your child moves to California after college, when applying for a job Haverford will equal to Frostburg. A small school no one has heard about. Only you as the parent will spend a fortune for the small school.

[Anonymous]

That's true for a lot of SLACs. There are people who don't know Amherst and Williams either, even though I agree they are a tier above Haverford. Those small schools have good alumni networks though. I hardly think a Haverford degree would be a detriment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why Haverford? I would send my child to Maryland, Penn State, University of Virginia, Michigan, or Syracuse before this school.

Those are all enormous schools. Haverford is very small- similar to Amherst, Williams, Colby, Bowdoin, Wesleyan, etc. Very different schools in general.

It's not in the same league as Williams and Amherst. And unless your child plans to stay in the Philadelphia area near the school, lots of employers will not know much about the school. Most employers know the large state schools, if your child moves to California after college, when applying for a job Haverford will equal to Frostburg. A small school no one has heard about. Only you as the parent will spend a fortune for the small school.

It's amazing that posters here speak for employers about what schools they do and do not know. Savvy employers are very familiar with schools that can provide the qualifications they're looking for....even if it's one you never heard of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why Haverford? I would send my child to Maryland, Penn State, University of Virginia, Michigan, or Syracuse before this school.

Those are all enormous schools. Haverford is very small- similar to Amherst, Williams, Colby, Bowdoin, Wesleyan, etc. Very different schools in general.

It's not in the same league as Williams and Amherst. And unless your child plans to stay in the Philadelphia area near the school, lots of employers will not know much about the school. Most employers know the large state schools, if your child moves to California after college, when applying for a job Haverford will equal to Frostburg. A small school no one has heard about. Only you as the parent will spend a fortune for the small school.

It's amazing that posters here speak for employers about what schools they do and do not know. Savvy employers are very familiar with schools that can provide the qualifications they're looking for....even if it's one you never heard of.

Anyone here ever heard of San Jose State? Their grads are frequently hired by Microsoft. After 2-3 years in the work force (and assuming you're good at what you do), where you went to school doesn't carry as much weight as the performance evaluation from the employer.