*Haverford
good: safe neighborhood, tightly knit community, eaily
accessible proffesros. classes taught by professors,
close realtions with 2 other colleges, friendly,
manageable, study abroad junior year, third division
tennis., liberal college, no need to apply to one
school and stick to it
bad: secluded, no 'real world' apparent experince,
small community, easy to get sick of, need to get away
with study abroad program, limited number of classes,
hour away from city, little space to roam around.
*Penn
good: large listing of courses, no strick core
curriculum, active beautiful city, , large language
department, a lot of new people to meet, more
opportunities to experince the real world.
bad: bad neighborhood, too aggressive, right in the
city, loud, a lot of people, big, overwhelming,
commmitment to one school, little interraction between
schools, housing isn't guranteed for all 4 years, some
classes taught by graduate students, larger class
sizes.
*Swarthmore
good: beautiful campus, a lot of space,progressive,
liberal, less stress of grades, competitve but not too
aggressive, small community, smaller classes, classes
taught by professors, division 3 sport, new science
building, courses vs honors: available to all, 20
minutes from city, good nightborhood, woods/hiking,
study abroad
bad:maybe too academically directied, small community,
might get sick of it, too much privacy with too few
people. less opportunities to meet new people, no gpa
good: safe neighborhood, tightly knit community, eaily
accessible proffesros. classes taught by professors,
close realtions with 2 other colleges, friendly,
manageable, study abroad junior year, third division
tennis., liberal college, no need to apply to one
school and stick to it
bad: secluded, no 'real world' apparent experince,
small community, easy to get sick of, need to get away
with study abroad program, limited number of classes,
hour away from city, little space to roam around.
*Penn
good: large listing of courses, no strick core
curriculum, active beautiful city, , large language
department, a lot of new people to meet, more
opportunities to experince the real world.
bad: bad neighborhood, too aggressive, right in the
city, loud, a lot of people, big, overwhelming,
commmitment to one school, little interraction between
schools, housing isn't guranteed for all 4 years, some
classes taught by graduate students, larger class
sizes.
*Swarthmore
good: beautiful campus, a lot of space,progressive,
liberal, less stress of grades, competitve but not too
aggressive, small community, smaller classes, classes
taught by professors, division 3 sport, new science
building, courses vs honors: available to all, 20
minutes from city, good nightborhood, woods/hiking,
study abroad
bad:maybe too academically directied, small community,
might get sick of it, too much privacy with too few
people. less opportunities to meet new people, no gpa