<p>IMHO, Haverford has one of the best (arguably, THE best) sciences of any LAC in the U.S. </p>
<p>Outstanding faculty which includes the only member of the National Academy of Sciences teaching at a LAC. In addition, a Haverford professor is the only LAC professor to ever win a prestigious NIH Early Career Development Award. While all the HC faculty have Ph.Ds, they also have science faculty with M.D.s, and a DVM (extraordinarily rare).</p>
<p>Also, I’ll note that Haverford has the only stem cell research lab at a LAC. It also has the only NIH funded-lab among LACs.</p>
<p>Only 2 LACs (HC and Williams) have received the maximum award amount over the last 10 years by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for their science/biomedical programs. These grants are awarded to strong programs that provide for an innovative undergrad research education (remember HC is smaller than all its peers so the total cash amount is even more of a significant commentary).</p>
<p>A pioneering biology department (the first to focus exclusively on teaching the then “emerging” field of molecular and cell biology, or modern biology, to undergraduates beginning back in the 1950s). Also, a great chemistry program, alumni include a Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry.</p>
<p>In terms pf Ph.D production by alumni, according to the NSF, Haverford ranks among the top four LAC producers (on a per student basis) in the life and physcial sciences fields (by the way, Careleton, Harvey Mudd, and Swarthmore) are the others.</p>
<p>Check out this thread for more information:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/haverford-college/427212-why-haverford-sciences-phenomenal-part-12-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/haverford-college/427212-why-haverford-sciences-phenomenal-part-12-a.html</a></p>