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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Suggest Haverford. The small, self-contained community is very supportive, probably due to its Quaker roots. Many of the faculty live around the campus. There is an honor code. We really liked the vibe.

I will also say that if your child has such a history, you might want to be within driving range. [/quote]

Haverford is uniformity-oriented.  The college is small and there is not a great deal to do on campus.  The Homor Code stifles rather than facilitates respectul differences, and academically Haverford can’t be compared to several of the other listed colleges and universities; Tufts and WUSTL in particular have much wider curricula and much more diverse and active student bodies.  Haverford seems pleasant for a few hours of initial exposure, but don’t read too much into the place.  It’s basically a degree-granting prep school after high school. I went there and transferred.  [/quote]
Would you say  the same about Bryn Mawr?  Bryn Mawr does not have a prep school vibe but it is small and has the same Quaker ethos/honor code and I wonder if there is a similar tendency towards uniformity.

OP it is tough to find a school that is intellectually stimulating/challenging enough without being a pressure cooker.  
The right size can also be hard to identify.  I have seen people making good points about sending kids to big school and make equally good but different points about sending kids to small schools.  
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I would be careful to give one poster’s experiences too much weight. A friend’s kid transferred out because he didn’t think the social scene was cohesive enough. It is really small but it doesn’t seem “uniform” to me—I have friends who teach and live in campus and am there frequently.[/quote]

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