<p>As a former member of the BiCo community, I just want to say I agree with megan12 above. </p>
<p>Students who choose to attend Hford are ones who accept and support the notion of a community created through the Honor Code. Hford’s Honor Code is not simply about academic integrity, it is a mechanism through which a community is created, with a common bond and commitment to a certain way to treat each other. While I am sure there are differences, on our visit to Grinnell for my son’s college visits, the Grinnell prinicple of self-gov seems to reflect a similar commitment to students creating and sustaining their community. Quite different from the “top-down” approach of some other schools. </p>
<p>The point is, for students to identify whether Hford, with its emphasis on community and accountability, is a good fit. Hford students tend, in my experience from my own education and knowing recent grads, to be generally modest, well-intentioned and earnest kids.</p>