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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid really liked schools with an honor code (like Haverford and Davidson).

The tour guides gave examples of how you could leave your backpack in the library and come back without it being stolen. Or one incident where someone found a ten dollar bill on the ground and tacked it to a bulletin board for the owner to retrieve it.

[b]What kind of kid would be worried about a place that values honor and integrity?[/b]

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Imagine being unable to distinguish between having an authoritarian honor code and valuing honor and integrity.

There are lots of schools where you can leave belongings unattended and it has nothing to do with having an honor code. It has to do with community, financial stability, and, well, security. Most students at most colleges are not going to steal someone's backpack.

OP, most places are not as over the top as UVA. My kid attends a Quaker high school and we were both pretty disgusted with UVAs code. But I wouldn't plan a college search around "honor codes". I would find schools you like and then do some research to find out how they handle issues related to conduct and integrity. I don't know about Haverford's. I know that Davidson has one but it sounds more focused on restorative justice than punishment.[/quote]

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