<p>Hi Mythmom. Yes, you can take classes at the College of General Studies at Penn from HC if the class is not offered in the Bi-Co or Tri-co… not sure about the Septa tickets though. As a HC sudent, you are also invited to do research at Penn’s Institute of Regenerative Medicine as well. This consortium did not invite <strong>cough cough</strong> 
[University</a> of Pennsylvania Establishes Institute for Regenerative Medicine: University of Pennsylvania](<a href=“http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1265]University”>http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1265)</p>
<p>kramerica, If you read the past posts regarding this comparison, I imagine you may have checked out my past scribblings on this topic. Just want to emphasize that </p>
<p>the comparison is not
“Haverford or Swarthmore” </p>
<p>but rather, really,
“Haverford (+Bryn Mawr) or Swarthmore”.</p>
<p>This allows, for example, HC’s psych department to focus on behavioral while BMC’s is developmental and, as a result, advanced psych topics in behavioral and deveopmental can be taught to students as there are enough faculty to really explore the breadth and depth of each sub-field. Also, there are some departments at Bryn Mawr that are stronger than either ones at HC or SC. Whatever school you choose will provide you with ample resources, so not sure if discussing this stuff is really significant.</p>
<p>Two of HC’s strongest departments are Religion and Phil. When I mean strong, I mean as good as the natural science departments which, as you may know, I think are phenomenal. Swat’s phil and religion are expectedly wonderful as well. Cornell West taught at HC before Princeton and Michael Sells, former head of UChicago’s Divinity school, was former head of HC’s religion department before he went back to head his alma mater. Older, in the 1980’s one of HC’s professors went to Harvard to head their divinity school. [Divinity</a> School Chooses Haverford Prof as Dean | The Harvard Crimson](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1986/1/6/divinity-school-chooses-haverford-prof-as/]Divinity”>Divinity School Chooses Haverford Prof as Dean | News | The Harvard Crimson) These departments attract some really impressive scholars… in the past and I’m sure the present as well. Anne McGuire who is a national expert on Mary Magdalene and feminism in the New Testament is still there and she was one of my favorite professors at HC when I was there in the late 90’s.</p>
<p>-Both schools will have a culture of social justice.
-Each school though has a distinct campus culture.
- [Bryn</a> Mawr College: Film Studies Program](<a href=“http://www.brynmawr.edu/filmstudies/courses.html]Bryn”>http://www.brynmawr.edu/filmstudies/courses.html)
-Both schools will have quirky kids, but maybe in a different way
-Swat has a few more minority and international students. The quality of interaction you have in terms of your relatioships with others will depend more on yourself rather than any external constructs of “theme housing” ect that people will argue over.
-Journalism? Either school will prepare you solidly. You’re not going to get better than HC though. In the 1990’s, both chief editors of the LA times and NY times were HC grads. In addition, the current economics editor of the Wall Street Journal and chief editor of the Harvard Business Review went to Haverford. The former head of Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism (considered the best in many circles) is an alum. So, even without a journalism program, HC still cranks them out. That to me suggests that it’s not necessarily the classes available to students that makes the difference, but rather education defined by something else.</p>