<p>I agree with all the others that the schools are really so different and both excellent for their own type, it should depend on what you want and where you think you will flourish</p>
<p>Let me point out that being well-known and prestige are not the same. Surely, UVA has far more name recognition (state school, DI athletics, and student body about 18 times that of Haverford). </p>
<p>Haverford has ample prestige. While it may not be as well known to the general public, it is known to “those in the know.” In other words, I assure you that after you attend one the circles that you will begin to move in, travel in, live in, and work in will be familiar. The nation’s leading law firms, consulting firms, graduate schools, etc. know and love Haverford (and the other elite LACs). </p>
<p>Here’s what former Howard Hughes Medical Institute President (and Nobel Prize winner in chemistry) once wrote: “My pulse quickens when I see students from Carleton, Haverford, and Williams who have applied to our Ph.D. program.”</p>
<p>Check out the following:
<a href=“http://www.collegenews.org/prebuilt/daedalus/cech_article.pdf[/url]”>http://www.collegenews.org/prebuilt/daedalus/cech_article.pdf</a></p>
<p>[The</a> Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition<a href=“click%20on%20“top%20feeder%20colleges”%20in%20the%20ranking%20the%20colleges%20box”>/url</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/haverford-college/427212-why-haverford-sciences-phenomenal-part-12-a.html?highlight=sciences[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/haverford-college/427212-why-haverford-sciences-phenomenal-part-12-a.html?highlight=sciences](<a href=“WSJ in Higher Education | Trusted News & Real-World Insights”>http://wsjclassroom.com/college/feederschools.htm)</a></p>