Haverford College Library Today we have the treat of having a guest blogger: my husband, a Haverford alum. His bias is clear. Haverford College, on Philadelphia's Main Line (named after a commuter train which stops at some of Philly's oldest and toniest burbs), is part of a consortium of colleges, including Swarthmore and [...]
On our way to Philadelphia from New York, we stopped over in Princeton, New Jersey, to roam around a little and get a sense of the imposing Princeton University. We were initially put off by the guard posted at one of the gates, who told us we needed to park our car and take [...]
Yale Law School Yale. Or, should I just say Hogwarts. Okay I admit it, I am a total sucker for that classic Neo-Gothic college architecture. This was another quick stop for us on our way to New York. I was really surprised by the huge size of the school and the large [...]
Wesleyan Senior Housing Wesleyan University is a terrific liberal arts school, considered to be one of the three Little Ivies (the other two are Williams and Amherst). The school is set on approximately 350 acres in the picturesque town of Middletown, Connecticut. The campus is beautiful, with a mix of old and [...]
Mile 1,300 of our crazy college road trip was limited to "drive bys," as the temperature soared to 100 degrees. Okay--I am exaggerating--it was 98 degrees. Also, we did not have any scheduled tours today. So, on our way to Providence, we drove through Brandeis University. Set in suburban Waltham, Massachusetts, the campus is lovely. [...]
