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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Economics  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright This is a white college Collaboration/Competitive: A+, Campus Maintenance: D+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jan 08 2008 3rd Year Male -- Class 2009    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=43305&uid=1169'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Chemistry  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Average This place is definitely not worth your parents' 45K/year. Sure the student body is small, but if you have even slther of originality or real life-experience (i.e. not a lfe of white-bread suburban opulence) then you will hate over 90% of the people there. Unless, of course, you already consider a third-rate a cappella performance in a disgusting basement of an out-dated and poorly maintained dorm to be the highlight of your weekend or have a poster of O.A.R. on your wall. The resources here are average at best. The labs are small and clearly cannot accomodate the growing number of science students each year (unless you consider waiting in line for 45 min - to an hr to take a reading on one of two GC/MS from the 1940s to be worth your time). The dorms are pitful: small, dark, and poorly kept. Don't bother calling maintenance, they won't get back to you. Our medical center doesn't have a doctor on staff-one shows up when he wants to, usually only once a week, don't count on him in the winter though. The academics are top notch (the only place i know of where a 94% on a test is not an "A") but believe me, it's not worth it. You'll select from a handful of classes in a handful of departments. Limited Enrollment will screw you out of your first choice classes and schedule conflicts will screw you out of what's left. Sure, feel free to take classes at Swarthmore or Upenn if you can afford a 2 hour commute-one way. I would never come here again. Extracurricular Activities: A, Innovation: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Aug 06 2006 2nd Year Female -- Class 2008    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=23302&uid=1169'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   English  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I really love the IDEA of this school. The honor code is wonderful and really does govern the school (even though some people may take advantage of our trust), and people are generally very friendly (even if it is sometimes a little fake). I love the faculty and staff, everyone pretty much goes out of their way to make you comfortable. Everyone is pretty much a part of the community. However, as a minority student, I mostly don't feel as if I am a part of that community. I can sense the feeling of community that others have, but I am not having it. Haverford is not very diverse, and it is a bit of a problem for me. The school tries very hard to promote diversity, and sometimes the students do also. However, many of the majority students may have never had any experience with students of color. Haverford students are not racist or anything like that, but many are a little ignorant. There have been more racial incidents (Not always anything too major but there was a blackface incident once, maybe some newspaper articles, incidents at parties)in my 2 years at Haverford than I have ever seen in my life. It can just really grate at you sometimes. If you are a minority student, especially one from a mostly minority experience, don't come to HC. Unless you are willing to try extremely hard to find your place. There will probably be some events, or comments that happen, and you may not be able to handle them to your satisfaction, and it seems into your sense of place at the college, which may in turn affect your social life and maybe even your school work. However, if you can handle all of this, you will probably be fine. A plus is that the Black students(and some other minority groups) in the Tri-Co (Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore) are very close. We have parties together (Black Love Formal in Feb), and attend each other's events. The tri-co relationship in general is not usually utilized so much, but the minority students tend to take advantage of it because of the support network that it creates. As I said before, I really like the idea, but after 2 years, I am not happy here at all. I have actually gone into a sort of state of depression. I wanted to transfer my first year, but my parents wanted me to wait. I plan to transfer to a more diverse school. It may seem like running away, but if you are uncomfortable,it may affect your academics. I can't speak for all, but I do know that many of my friends feel the same way. Faculty Accessibility: A+, Social Life: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jul 10 2006 2nd Year Female -- Class 2008    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=22986&uid=1169'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save      Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6    Next

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