<p>I agree that the honor Code responsibilities are parallell. What I was more nearly refering to is the pre-eminence the school places on it in its explanation of itself to new applicants:</p>
<p>1) Compare Fiske, Princeton Review, etc. While W&L mentions it…it is not front and center like it is for Haverford. (And maybe W&L more nearly capture’s a true reflection of its place in the “real” institution)
2) Compare the brochure’s from both places
3) There is a major essay which apparently counts a lot on the Haverford application…regarding “what you think the Haverford Honor Code will mean to you…”
4) Its the biggest part of any tour of the school…
While I never heard “Haverford is unique this way” as a direct quote, all institutions get their message out…Haverford’s message is loud and clearly wrapped around the Honor Code as a way of life that is unique and a big deal in a way that W&L’s (perhaps more balanced) presentation does not communicate. For that matter Davidson and quite a few others seem to take their honor code seriously…they just do not make it a/the value proposition and rationale for going there.
And while I’m sure it may not be a big deal…and ratification a few days off…the post at the top of this thread is the only one from within the current community…as a result it literally reads as it reads…the rest of us are commentators…and the seriousness with which the current students take the code is of great interest if you had a choice of colleges and bought into Haverford as your ED choice and took a lesser financial offer because of what now may sound a little like either propaganda…or instability…or both.
While every college is different than it appears…it would be an honor violation to misrepresent the Honor Code’s centrality to an ED applicant to Haverford. I do not think a discrepancy in the honor codes importance to the student body is quite the same sized violation as it would be from another school. (from what I can see at other comprable LAC’s)</p>