Haverford vs. Swarthmore

TigerInWinter
Wed, 10 Jun 2020 19:51:20 +0000

My kid got into both schools but attended Swarthmore. I think that gardenstatelegal nailed it. “Head-down driven” is a good way to describe Swat; my kid says that the school is intense but is NOT competitive, and that there was a lot of collaboration (more than in his high school, certainly).

That said, beyond the intensity issue, I think for a lot of kids Haverford would have the edge for its proximity to BMC and (as Dustyfeathers noted) its more student-friendly town. But both schools would, I think, meet the criteria that the OP listed.