Student Life

Quaker Consortium

Our unique four-college exchange program with Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore and the University of Pennsylvania enables students to enhance their academic and social experiences in unprecedented ways.

Future-Ready Fords: Preparing for Life after Haverford

Our Center for Career and Professional Advising provides exceptional and data-informed career advising and programming, we help students make meaning of their academic and co-curricular experiences, articulate their skills, and develop a professional network to navigate an ever-changing world of work. Together with campus and external partners, we empower students to make thoughtful post-graduate decisions and forge career pathways that align with their identities, interests, and values at Haverford and beyond.

Internships

Internships are an essential part of career exploration and skill development. Whether you are just beginning to explore your career options or are facing your last round of interviews, the CCPA will partner with you to design the best search strategy. You might also be interested in fellowship and internship opportunities offered through the John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities and the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship.

Fellowships

Fellowships are short-term funded experiences that allow you to do a deep dive into a particular area of interest. Spending a year or two gaining expert knowledge about a subject you’re passionate about, developing new skills while cultivating ones you already have, and gaining exposure to new perspectives and new communities—these are the hallmarks of many fellowship opportunities.

Pre-Professional Programs & Graduate School

Learn more about graduate and professional school, including law school, health professions school, and the full range of graduate school programs. You can also schedule an advising appointment with the Director of Pre-Professional Advising to discuss graduate and professional school programs that might be a good fit for your academic, extracurricular, career, or personal interests.

Pre-Health Advising

Advice and support for Haverford students and alumni in their exploration of the full range of health professions, including medicine, dentistry, MD-PhD programs, public health, veterinary medicine, physical therapy, and other allied health professions. From Academic preparation to opportunities to internships, volunteering, and other modes of gaining first-hand experience with patient care. Medical schools and other schools of the health professions look for applicants who have demonstrated success in a rigorous liberal arts curriculum during their undergraduate education. Health professional schools do not require that students major in a science discipline as long as students demonstrate excellent work and passion for their science courses. Successful applicants are well-rounded, mature, motivated, curious, intellectually and socially engaged individuals, with a strong capacity for hard work, and a demonstrated commitment to service and to working with diverse populations.

Pre-Law Advising

Law school can be an incredibly significant, meaningful, and career-defining endeavor, academically and professionally. The Pre-Law office can help you make this decision and answer the important question: Why do you want to attend law school?The Pre-Law office can help you explore this exciting field of study and help you decide whether law school is your best next step after Haverford. Guidance on timeline and nature of law school applications, academic planning, admissions strategies, and the different facets of the legal profession.

Pre-Accelerated Masters in Engineering and City and Regional Planning

Through strategic alliances with CalTech, the University of Pennsylvania, and Villanova University, Haverford students can earn accelerated masters in Engineering or City and Regional Planning.