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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Haverford[/quote]

+100.  It is the Quaker vibe.[/quote]

Why is it not the same at Sidwell? Location?[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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