Haverford vs. Swarthmore

gardenstategal
Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:51:44 +0000

Quite a few kids from my son’s high school go to both. They all seem happy with their choices, but overall, the Haverford kids seem to be a bit more interested in a multi-faceted experience whereas the Swat kids are a littlemore head-down driven. A friend told DS one of the things he liked about Swat was that if he studied on a Friday night, it wasn’t weird because other kids were also studying. That same friend had a more social sibling who happily attends Haverford.

I think there are kids who could be happy at both, but overall, I would say that while Haverford is definitely "intellectual ", Swat is probably more “intense.” Both have strong academics and neither is a party school.