<p>All righty then. My family and I live in southern CT. Ive been talking to my parents quite a bit about Swarthmore College so they decided that we should go take a look at it. I need other schools of a similar caliber and of similar character on the way or just a little bit off the path to/in PA.</p>
<p>Haverford and Penn are probably the only two in that area that are going to be on par with Swarthmore. Both are also in the Philly area. Villanova would also be in the area and is also thought of well (but not as well as the other schools I mentioned) in the Philadelphia area. Other schools that probably aren’t as good as those Haverford, Penn and Swat are Lafayette and Lehigh, which are about an hour away from Philadelphia. Princeton is also about an hour from Philadelphia and would probablu be on the way, if you’re interested in that.</p>
<p>If you’re a girl Bryn Mawr is pretty good (in Philly).</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh? Except they are opposite sides of PA.</p>