Haverford College Top Questions

Incredibly ugly girls...lowers the entire morale on campus. Kids on campus complain to much about nothing; like hearing their own voices. People take offense to everything; go out of their way to BE offended. 95{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the students seriously lax social skills.

Haverford students are stereotyped as nerdy idealists who live and learn inside the "Haverbubble" and don't acknowledge the real world.

Haverford students are awkward. Haverford is a shitty party school. Haverford students are really nice and friendly. People at Haverford are way too PC. Haverford students don't like talking about grades and go out of their way to avoid talking about them. Students are very down to earth, not pretentious at all. Students are very tolerant of others.

The normal Haverford male is 5'7, brilliant, and socially inept. The normal Haverford female is relatively the same hight, just as smart, although with more social intelligence than the male. The lacrosse and baseball teams have a bad rep on campus for being the partiers. However, when compared to the normal college male of a large university, they would be considered bookworms.

Haverford students are known for being hippy-ish, down-to-earth, liberal, and generally, pretty nice. I think we also have a reputation for being intellectual, quirky, nerdy, and socially awkward.

We work too hard, don't party and are socially awkward.

"Havermales" are typically short Jews from New Jersey. We have a reputation of being extremely politically correct.

Supposedly, we're socially awkward and we have way too many extracurriculars. Our guys are supposed to be short and hairy and our girls more attractive.

I'm not entirely sure, but my best guess would be that we're a bunch of kind, intelligent people. Some more specific stereotypes are that all of the men are short, hairy, and named Dan and most of the people in general are unattractive.

Many people think that Haverford is an easier version of Swathmore and Haverford students are mostly people rejected from Swat.

Probably the number one stereotype is that Haverford students are awkward. Second would be cliquey.

Geeky/awkward, smart

It has a reputation for being full of ric, preppy kids that contrast the the small selection of glammed up hippies that are there to be anthro majors and save the world upon graduation.

That most are socially awkward and snobby intellectuals.

-Short hairy guys named Dan -Awkward -Idealistic -Honest -Smart/Accomplished/Interesting

Some people think that Haverford is filled with people that lock themselves in hteir rooms 24/7 to get work done. People think the guys are all short, hairy and wear glasses.

socially awkward, unattractive; there's a stereotype about the really nerdy people who we call the "Phantom 500," meaning that they are rarely seen because they work so much. We describe people as being "phantom" when we have never seen them before or if they rarely emerge from their rooms.

Nerdy college with a lot of awkward and really young looking kids, mainly short guys named Dan who are really hair and sing a cappella and women that would either rather study than talk a "boy" or absolutely boy/party crazy and cannot believe that go here; crazy track team that dominates conference but doesn't have any connection with the rest of the school.

That it is no fun and the people are all weird.

We are quirky and nerdy We are a bit awkward socially Haverford is a politically apathetic campus The social life is not great

I suppose the most common stereotype among the students body itself is that Haverford students are awkward. A lot of people also say that Haverford is a place for really intelligent and varied students, though a lot of people think that kids here generally must be weird--or are hippies.

Haverford kids are supposedly socially inept.

That we are a nerdy, bookwormy college, that we are the sporty nerdy college, that all the men are short, that in general people here are unattractive

That they are all nerds and hippies.

They are awkward, dorkish people, generally friendly but without much social skill. Unless he or she is in a Haverford setting, the Ford does not know how to interact. Small talk is generally a concept that the minds of these students cannot process, and typical conversations here end up with philosophical twists that can be too deep, complicated, abstract or detached for their own good. Because of this, the dating scene is terrible, the dancing is stiff, but the people nonetheless try to make you feel welcome.

The most popular stereotype I heard before coming was that every student is a nerd and that all Haverford boys look the same i.e. brown hair, glasses, pale, 5'8" and not too attractive.

that most of them are very weird.

I guess I'd say that the stereotypes about Haverford kids are that they're pretty hard-working, and are often quirky. There's also this one stereotype about the Haverford guys: they're all hairy, Jewish, and named Dan.

Haverford students are all really weird. They are either mega-dweebs, or mega-hippies. Common misconception: Haverford is a community college, most notable because it's name sounds similar to that of HARVARD college.

awkward, white, upper-class, nerdy,

We're all short, nerdy, and generally not very attractive. Also we're really uptight. The Honor Code is our life.

The stereotype is that Haverford men are all short, hairy, and probably named Dan. Typically girls here are seen as "cute" rather than "hot". Generally people say that Haverford students are awkward, but in a fun sort of way.

Awkward, nerdy, no cheating,

Work too hard, not attractive.

the boys are short, the people are awkward, and couples are either casually hooking up or "Havermarried"

One stereotype is that Haverford is a very liberal college meaning that students can do whatever they want. Another stereotype is that all Haverford students are really weird and don't do anything but drink and smoke pot.

Haverford students tend to be thought of as nice, socially awkward, and enthusiastic about their studies.

The major stereotype is we are all big study hard kids with no real lives outside of the library.

There is a lot of hype about the "typical" "awkward" Haverford student... short, hairy boys (generally named Dan) and girls that are nothing to get excited about.

They are pretty liberal (but think they are more liberal than they are), a little nerdy, and cares about social justice.

Haverford kids are boring nerds.

One of the main stereotypes revolves around the boys: that they are short and hairy. Everyone at Haverford is socially awkward. Everyone at Haverford is a closet nerd.

Everyone is really smart, but the guys are short and awkward. It is not very diverse, and the dorms are beautiful

Haverford guys are all short, hairy, and named Dan. We're apparently all awkward, but not as awkward as Swat students. Everyone is weird, but not as weird as Bryn Mawr students. Haverford girls stereotypically care less about their appearance, and don't dress up as nicely as Bryn Mawr girls.

Haverford Students are awkward.

When I was looking at Haverford I figured everyone was all so nerdy that they probably never had any fun, and that even though it's a good school it wouldn't be fun to go there.

That we are socially awkward and kind of nerdy.

They are unattractive They are smart and nerdy A lot of them are socially awkward They are really nice and friendly They don't talk about grades, non-competitive environment They don't date They hate Bryn Mawr girls

Haverford students are super-committed to multiple activities, extremely conscientious and studious.

Ultra-liberal, genius, workaholic, awkward, friendly.