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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to Haverford years ago.  Full disclosure: I transferred to an Ivy.  Haverford demonstrated a boarding school level of academics.  Swarthmore was a considerably more serious place.  
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Another transfer to Ivy from a comparable college to Haverford and can agree with you. Many of the LACs are good but function more like boarding schools for sheltered kids. Great academics as you do find at the top boarding schools, but[b] the Ivy was just a different level. More exposure to more diversity of backgrounds and interests and classroom discussions were much more interesting[/b].

We live in Philadelphia and[b] my observation on Haverford and Swarthmore is the latter is academically more demanding and the kids are geeky. The non geeky kids at that level go to either Ivy or Amherst/Williams.

Haverford students are the more normal, nice and gentle kids. They're not the popular ones in high school but still get invited to the parties.[/b] [/quote]

I'm glad your exposure to more diversity resulted in such an open-minded and compassionate view of others.  [/quote]

Some kids are geeky. Some kids are athletic. Some kids are preppy. Some kids are artsy. Some kids are outgoing. Some kids are shy and retiring. Some kids are just normal because they're a bit of all of it. And colleges absolutely can take on personalities from their dominant cliques that are attracted to the college. Especially smaller LACs. 
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So the others are by definition abnormal. Got it. [/quote]

You're the one who's turning geeky into abnormal.

It's what it is. Trying to pretend there aren't geeky kids is silly. [/quote]

You used the word normal. Anyone not in that category is abnormal. You went to Haverford? You seem slow. [/quote]

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