Haverford, PA Fall 2014 COUNSELOR’S GUIDE TO H AV ER FOR D COLLEGE
Haverford, one of America’s From the Dean 2 leading liberal arts colleges,
What should you know about Haverford? 3 offers a one-of-a-kind education.
There is no place where students are more trusted, are By the Numbers: Facts and Statistics 4 more directly engaged with their education, and have more opportunity to shape their own path. Our Campus and The Surrounding Area 5
Class Profile 2018: Who comes to Haverford? 6
Class Profile 2014: Where they’re headed... 7
Admission and Financial Aid 8 1 FROM THE DEAN
Dear Friends, Admission Contacts We hope your school year has started off wonderfully! We are excited to take this Jess H. Lord opportunity to celebrate the beginning of a new school year with you. Dean of Admission & Financial Aid Territories: IL, Europe Last year we welcomed Dan Weiss as the 14th president of Haverford and wrapped up an extraordinary and invigorating campus-wide strategic planning process. We are Mary Maier ’05 already underway in bringing this plan to life and look forward to the ways this will Senior Associate Director of Admission strengthen and expand our mission. Highlights of this plan include the creation of the Territories: DE, MA (Boston), ME, NH, Center for Visual Culture and Media, the development of programming around Ethical OR, PA (Montgomery, Delaware, & Engagement and Leadership, and continued emphasis on financial aid and making a Haverford education accessible and affordable. Chester Counties), RI, WA
We were thrilled to welcome the Class of 2018 to campus just a few weeks ago. The Kathleen Abels ’09 most diverse class in Haverford’s history by every measure, this class promises to add so Associate Director of Admission much to our community; we look forward to watching their experiences unfold and to Territories: CA (Northern), CO, NY seeing how they help to shape Haverford. (Manhattan, The Bronx, Staten Island, Queens, & Brooklyn) And of course we are excited to be working with you once again in our shared endeavor of supporting students in this extraordinary process. We wish you the very best and Charlie Leizear look forward to connecting with you soon. Senior Assistant Director of Admission
Territories: CA (Greater Los Angeles), All my best, NY (Upstate), Africa, Americas, Asia, Jess Lord Dean of Admission & Financial Aid Australia/Oceania, Caribbean, China, Middle East
Janela Harris ’14 Admission Counselor Quick Facts Territories: AK, AL, AR, FL, Home School, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, Founded in 1833, loan burden of $3,000 per Many Haverford students, MO, MS, MT, NE, OH, OK, PA Haverford is the OLDEST year for all students. especially juniors, take COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN advantage of the College’s (Philadelphia), SC, UT, VT, WI, WV Haverford’s 216-acre NORTH AMERICA WITH various STUDY ABROAD campus is a NATIONALLY QUAKER ORIGINS. PROGRAMS (over 60 RECOGNIZED ARBORETUM Aaron Levine ’14 programs in more than 30 Haverford is located on the and has more than 400 Admission Counselor countries). Recently, Main Line, EIGHT MILES species of trees and shrubs. Territories: CT, DC, MA, MD (Western, students have studied at WEST OF DOWNTOWN THE TREE: STUDENT RATIO the London School of Southern, Montgomery & Prince PHILADELPHIA. IS 3.25:1. The campus Economics; Cambridge and George’s Counties), PA (Northeastern, landscape plan was Haverford is among the Oxford Universities; the originally designed by Central, & Western), TN, VA few colleges and University of Botswana; William Carvill, an English universities in the United the University of gardener. Shane Trujillo States that practice Melbourne, Australia; Admission Counselor need-blind admission for There are more than 2,000 Universidad de Chile in U.S. citizens and CROSS-REGISTRATIONS Santiago; and the Sophia Territories: AZ, GA, NC, NJ, NM, NV permanent residents. between Haverford and University in Tokyo. HAVERFORD MEETS THE Bryn Mawr each year. In Haverford also has Carly Valenzuela FULL FINANCIAL NEED OF addition, a small exchange programs with Admission Counselor ALL ADMITTED STUDENTS percentage of Haverford other colleges, including Territories: CA (San Diego & Orange who are eligible according students choose to major Claremont McKenna to the College’s formula at either Bryn Mawr or and Pitzer in California and Counties), HI, LA, MD (Eastern Shore and procedures. Haverford Swarthmore. Spelman in Atlanta. & Central, including Baltimore), ND, NY is committed to minimizing Haverford is part of the (Long Island, Rockland & Westchester student debt with NO QUAKER CONSORTIUM with Counties), PA (Bucks County), SD, TX, LOANS FOR STUDENTS WITH Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore, WY, Puerto Rico FAMILY INCOMES UNDER and The University of $60,000 and a maximum Pennsylvania.
2 HONOR CODE The College has one of the OLDEST HONOR CODES IN THE UNITED STATES and one of very few with a social dimension. Established over 100 years ago, the Code is not a set of rules but a student-ratified, student-run system of SELF-GOVERNANCE IN BOTH ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE. Under the Honor Code, Haverford students are expected to develop and maintain a strong sense of personal responsibility, intellectual integrity, honesty, and genuine concern for others. In academic life, the Code manifests itself in many ways, most notably in take-home tests and unproctored final exams. The Code helps to create a very collaborative academic environment, one focused on learning for its own sake. It is visible early in the life of a Haverfordian; NO FINANCIAL DEPOSIT IS REQUIRED of students who choose to enroll at Haverford.
What should you know about Haverford? 61% of our faculty live on campus Our faculty members are internationally recognized thought- leaders dedicated to working closely with undergraduates. At large research institutions, it can be difficult to connect with professors—but the experience here is designed to maximize the amount of time students spend in direct collaboration with faculty.
DEGREE PARTNERSHIPS We’re part of the Quaker Consortium Our partnership programs allow students to Our four-college exchange program with Bryn Mawr, pursue an ACCELERATED COURSE OF STUDY in a Swarthmore and the University of Pennsylvania allows us graduate degree at the following institutions. Our to retain the strengths of the small college experience, while engineering program with The University of offering the expanded resources usually found at a larger Pennsylvania, for example, grants a B.S. from university. Haverford students can take a staggering array of Haverford and a Master’s in Engineering from classes at any of the Quaker Consortium schools. Penn in just five years. Our full list of programs:
4 + 1 ENGINEERING MASTER’S DEGREE WITH Academic Centers fund high-level research THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Our three Academic Centers take students beyond the traditional confines of the classroom. Whether research 4 + 1 BIOETHICS MASTER’S DEGREE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA takes place on campus or across the globe, the Centers allow students to design and fund their own high-level scholarship 3 + 2 CITY PLANNING MASTER’S DEGREE (MCP) WITH and engage directly with what they are studying in the natural THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA sciences, social sciences, or humanities.
5 YEAR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES MASTER’S DEGREE WITH GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY All students complete a Senior Thesis 1 YEAR FINANCE MASTER’S DEGREE WITH Haverford is one of a very few institutions in the country that CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE includes a Senior Thesis project as part of every student’s academic program. Students become true scholars, and 4 + 2 EAST ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAM WITH come to understand at a deep and practical level what it ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY IN CHINA takes to create knowledge and to seek answers to challenging questions. 3 STUDENT BODY MAJORS Anthropology Archaeology Astronomy 52% 48% 35 % Astrophysics Biology 1,187 Chemistry Classical Culture & Society TOTAL ENROLLMENT WOMEN MEN STUDENTS OF COLOR Classical Languages Comparative Literature Computer Science ACADEMICS FACULTY Dance
By The Numbers East Asian Language & Culture class size: % of classes with . . . Economics English 0% 100% 9:1 Fine Arts French & Francaphone Studies fewer than 10 students 36% STUDENT:FACULTY Geology RATIO fewer than 20 students 82.5% German fewer than 30 students 91.8% Greek Growth & Structure of Cities 50 students or more: 0.3% History 98% History of Art STUDENTS ALUMNI WHO ATTEND Interdisciplinary Physics WITH A MINOR OR GRADUATE SCHOOL Haverford students are admitted FULL-TIME FACULTY CONCENTRATION WITHIN FIVE YEARS to medical school, law school, WITH THE International Studies HIGHEST DEGREE Italian and other professional schools at IN THEIR FIELDS Latin rates that are significantly higher Linguistics % than the national average, and that Mathematics & Statistics 53 70% are comparable to those of other Music 23% Philosophy highly selective liberal arts colleges Physics FACULTY OF Political Science and universities. COLOR Psychology Religion Romance Languages HAVERFORD AROUND THE WORLD RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY Russian Sociology Spanish Current Haverford students have connections with FACULTY LIVING STUDENTS LIVING ON CAMPUS ON CAMPUS Statistics 64 countries around the globe. Theater CONCENTRATIONS & PROGRAMS Africana & African Studies • 10.6% of students come to Haverford from Biochemistry outside of the U.S. % 98% Biophysics 61 Creative Writing • Around half of all students will study abroad. Chinese • Each year the Center for Peace & Global Education Engineering Citizenship sponsors 60-70 summer internships all Environmental Studies over the globe. Film Studies 89% 98% Gender & Sexuality Studies Geoarcheology 4 YEAR FIRST-YEAR Geochemistry GRADUATION RATE RETENTION RATE Health studies LIFE OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM Hebrew & Judaic Studies Independent College Programs Independent Materials Science Students at Haverford participate in 145 different clubs and organizations, including: Japanese Latin American, Iberian, & Latino Quiz Bowl Team The Haverford Garden Initiative Fords Against Boredom Studies Bounce Hip Hop Dance Group Center for Jewish Life– Alliance of Latin American Mathematical Economics Haverford Microfinance Chabad House Students Mathematics Education Consulting Club The Bi-Co Jazz Band Teaf Business Society Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies Chess Club Asian Students Association Two improv & sketch comedy Neuroscience The Clerk Quaker Community groups Peace, Justice, & Human Rights Black Students League Eight a cappella groups Muslim Students Association Pre-Business Global Leadership Program Haverford Outdoors Club (HavOC) Lame Ducks Ice Hockey Pre-Law EarthQuakers International Students Association Honor Council Pre-Health Sexuality & Gender Alliance Students’ Concert Initiative Haverfarm Scientific Computing Bi-Co Model UN Robotics Club Women’s Center Writing Program 4 Haverford, PA
Within walking distance you will find coffee houses, bookstores, pizza and cheesesteak emporia, a broad range of restaurants, and the Bryn Mawr Film Institute. The proximity of Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges gives students easy access to tri- college events and other programming. Shuttle buses run between the three campuses throughout the academic year.
HAVERFORD’S NATURAL BEAUTY AND EXTENSIVE GREEN SPACE alongside the elegant and simple architecture provide an extraordinary setting for one’s education. A perimeter of woods circles the 216-acre campus that features a duck pond and 2.5 acre nature trail. It is the oldest planned college landscape in the country and marks its 180th anniversary in 2014.
JUST EIGHT MILES WEST OF PHILADELPHIA, the second-largest city on the East Coast, Haverford gives students access to the opportunities of a huge metropolis. Philadelphia provides a wealth of historical, cultural, and social resources, including world-class museums, renowned restaurants, professional sports teams, and venues for concerts and the performing arts. The urban environment is also rich with service and volunteer opportunities as well as job and internship opportunities.
PHOTO BY MEGAN ALLENE SMITH 5 WHO COMES TO HAVERFORD? A Portrait of the Class of 2018
3496 861 24.6% 39.5% applied accepted admit rate overall yield 340
Incoming total enrolled
31.8% Other Mid-Atlantic 11.7% Pennsylvania 13.3% New England 10.7% South 10.7% International 10.4% Midwest & Central U.S. 10% Pacific GEOGRAPHY Students hail from 36 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, GENDER and 16 foreign countries. COUNTRIES TOP STATES Women: Men Australia Nepal New York Brazil Peru Pennsylvania China Philippines New Jersey Ethiopia Poland California Greece Singapore Maryland 53% 47% Hong Kong South Korea Massachusetts India Taiwain Connecticut Italy United Kingdom Virginia Ohio ACADEMICS TEST SCORES Of the enrolled students from high schools that provide Rank. Median SAT Critical Reading 0% 100% 710 700 Median SAT Math top 10% of their class 94% 710 Median SAT Writing top 20% of their class 98% 32 Median ACT Composite
20% 24% STUDENTS OF COLOR 34.7% Students of Color 6.8% African American/Black 14.1% Asian/Asian American Students who speak Students with at least 12.6% Latino a language other than one parent who did not 1.2% Other English at home. attend college. (14% Identify themselves as Multiracial)
6 History and Russian double WHERE THEY’RE HEADED major RAYMOND DELUCA 156 was awarded a Fulbright English Outgoing & WHAT THEY LEARNED Teaching Assistantship in Russia, Social Science where he studied abroad. A Portrait of the Class of 2014 Majors
For the full story on this inspiring group of students, KATIE ULRICH visit the Haverblog on our website. conducted blogs.haverford.edu/haverblog fieldwork in a botany lab in Brazil to research MOHAMED ABDALKADER her senior thesis, is working for Google, as a “Problematizing Computer Science Academy the Future: Brazil, 90 (CSA) Resident, in their year- Biofuels, and Basic Science Majors long post-college apprenticeship Science.” program based at Google’s headquarters.
ROBERT BROOKS will be attending Computer science major DANIEL BARTON medical school went straight from Commencement to a job under the auspices with Garmin as a Software Engineer. of the U.S. Air Force. But his desire to help people through science was partially inspired by his senior research on C. elegans, a worm model organism.
Chemistry major Political science major JEN REEVE’s senior ABIGAIL FLYNN’s senior thesis,“Investigations Into The Fungal thesis examined the Supreme 140 Court’s influence on state Degradation of Crude Oil,” was an Studied Abroad legislative action on the death outgrowth of the penalty. work that her advisor, Assistant Professor MARLA Helen White, is DOMINGUEZ’s doing related to the history thesis— Deepwater Horizon “From Migrants in Gulf Oil Spill. a ‘Host Country’ to Transnational Permanence: OSCAR WANG is the Dominicans in New executive director of Mentor York City, 1965 for Philly, a program he started – 2000”—wasn’t 78 that recruits Philadelphia-area just an academic interest; it was Humanities college students to mentor high schoolers as they prepare for inspired by her Majors own family. post-secondary study. 7 Financial Aid Policy
Haverford’s admission policy is “need-blind” for United States citizens and permanent residents. Our admission policy is based solely on achievements, talents, and promise. A family’s financial situation is not considered. However, Haverford has limited financial aid for applicants who are not citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Financial Aid decisions are made according to a need-based allocation formula. For many years, Haverford has provided aid to all admitted students eligible under the College’s formula.
Financial Aid Highlights Our Commitment • Need-blind admission Our financial aid policy reflects a decisions for all U.S. citizens commitment to minimizing student debt and permanent residents upon graduation. Students with family income below $60,000 per year will not • Haverford meets 100% of have loans included in their financial aid demonstrated need for all admitted package; loan levels for incomes above students this line range from $1,500 to $3,000 • Grants and college jobs meet each year. family needs
Admission Process • Family assets help determine parental Loan Policy contribution The Admission process at Haverford The 2015-16 Loan Expectation for College is conducted as a comprehensive, • Both parents’ incomes are families is based on a 4-tiered system holistic review in which each application taken into account which determines loan expectation is treated personally and individually, with according to yearly family income. • Advising is available for extraordinary care and attention to detail. summer and post-college At Haverford, we use the Common earning opportunities Below $60,000 ...... $0 Application plus a brief Supplement as our $60,000 - $99,999 . . . . $1,500 sole application for admission. Expenses $100,000- $149,999 . . . .$2,500 Please visit our website for complete Haverford’s fees for 2014–2015 are: $150,000 or more . . . . $3,000 application instructions, a list of deadlines, Tuition...... $46,790 and a materials checklist. Room and Board...... $14,350 Once a student’s loan expectation has been determined, it will not be If you need to contact us directly, please Student Activity fees...... $424 increased in subsequent years even if send an email to [email protected] First-Year Orientation fee...... $220 family income increases, but the loan or contact the Admission Counselor for your total...... $61,784 expectation can be decreased if family geographic area (page 2). Add personal expenses for books and income decreases. supplies, clothing, laundry, and recreation. The actual amount will vary IMPORTANT DATES For more information about Financial from student to student, but for figuring Aid at Haverford College, visit: November 15 financial aid, we use a standard haverford.edu/financialaid. Deadline for Early Decision allowance of $2,662. January 15 Deadline for Regular Decision
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