<p>The Hicksite / Orthodox split between Haverford and Swarthmore is ancient history. Both are firmly in the FGC / unprogrammed Friends meeting universe, rather than the FUM / programmed meeting universe. Earlham is in an area of the country where programmed meetings are more numerous, but we’ve had folks from my old (unprogrammed North Pacific Yearly Meeting) monthly meeting go to Earlham and like it quite a lot.</p>
<p>My understanding is that a Quaker background or membership in a monthly meeting may well be a plus for admission to Haverford, Earlham and Guilford, but has essentially no impact on admissions at Swarthmore, although I imagine it could be a “tip” factor in rare cases. As interesteddad writes, it could well be the basis of a good “Why Swarthmore” essay.</p>