English Major at Haverford

HC_Alum
Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:54:36 +0000

I feel partly responsible for this… sorry.

You have to understand, I was a science major (biochem) so I write what is most familiar to me. In addition, I think you’d be hard pressed to find a top LAC that DOESN’T have a great English (or econ, history, poli sci…) department. You go to these schools expecting this… it’s really bread and butter. Haverford’s english program is very very strong and you can tap into BMC as well and their humanities are stunning… uh, the current head of the National Endowment for the Humanities did graduate work at BMC afterall…

The very small things I’ve noticed that seems to distinguish some schools from others in terms of academics are things like studio arts, performing arts, smaller areas of study and opportunities for scientific research… Haverford provides a great education because you can get the small intimate feel but also tap into the resources of a school twice its size with BMC. Large departments are universally strong across LACs.

…did you see the HHMI post I just made!!! just kidding…