<p>We noticed on the Haverford supplement, the first questions asked are if the applicant has visited, and if they have interviewed.</p>
<p>We live on the west coast and it will be difficult to make a visit to Haverford this fall. DD plans to meet with an alumni rep locally for an interview before her application is submitted. Will a lack of visit be a negative aspect of her application, or should an interview be sufficient to indicate interest?</p>
<p>In April, we will visit the schools that DD gets accepted to -- and hopefully that will include Haverford. :)</p>
<p>shouldn’t affect, if you just state the reason. it’s small campus. they want to know if your child will like it. i think it’s a beautiful campus, with bryn mawr, swarthmore and penn around.</p>
<p>Orrrr just lie and say you visited. They probably don’t make everyone who steps on campus sign in. If you say she visited, it will appear to the admissions office that she went out of her way to see this college that she undoubtedly has interest in!</p>
<p>Really awful advice. Where is the integrity? If you have no conscience about telling the truth on your app, under what other circumstances in life do you struggle with the truth?</p>
<p>Tell the truth, Oregonianmom. Tell your student to always tell the truth.</p>
<p>It is ironic that someone on the Haverford thread would be giving advice to lie given the emphasis the school places on the honor code.
I think the school understands that it may be difficult for those who live far away to visit prior to acceptance.</p>
<p>No, my D wouldn’t consider lying about something like that. Hopefully the school will understand that we aren’t able to make a visit beforehand, and my D will convey that to her interviewer, as well.</p>
<p>yeah you can talk to the interviewer but i think it would be better if you drop the admissions’ regional rep an email because things can always get lost in translation so the fewer channels the information has to go through… the better. (haverford tracks email correspondence.) just say that you’re sincerely interested in haverford but making it out for a visit isn’t feasible and that you’re using other resources available (interview, rep, exploring the website, contacting a student or alum you might know) to learn about the school. best of luck!</p>
<p>We’ve decided to visit! End of September. It will be a whirlwind trip, but looking forward to it. We’ll also pop over to Swarthmore while we’re in the area.</p>
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Good decision! Visiting is a good thing to do. By the way, if you live in Oregon, is your student applying to Reed? What about other LACs more in the Midwest than the East but a little closer to home, like Oberlin and Kenyon in Ohio, Grinnell in Iowa, or Carlton and Macalester in Minnesota?</p>
<p>Late to this thread but…D1 applied to Haverford without an interview or prior visit. We too are from the west coast and, therefore, could not get away prior to spring break. D is a Ford grad in the Class of '08. :)</p>
<p>Oregonianmom, Good decision to visit, if you D can do an overnight that would be even better than just doing the tour, eating at the dining hall and sniffing the air. A night in the dorm can really help get a feel of what the school is all about. If she is an athlete the Coach can arrange the overnight easily.</p>
<p>Coming from Oregon will be a plus for you in the admission quest, and I give your D credit for wanting to go to a school far away from home. Coming from Mich. my S and D both grew exponentially because of the school and the urban environment. You will have no regrets if she gets in and matriculates. The trip she will always remember, my advice to you the parent is to: be quiet, step back, and let her do the exploring and make the decisions, you should just be the credit card and the conduit. </p>
<p>PS-Good luck and enjoy the journey that will last all the way till April.</p>