Reflection Paper Haverford

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Haverford is the most interesting college that I have come across during my college process. Its unique "Customs" program allows me as a student to network with other first year students and form bonds. The aura I receive is that although for one week this program will jump-start my college experience. I can have a lot of fun as well as have deep conversations about issues facing our country such as racial divide, and terrorism. That's my perception of what "Customs" is to me.

Furthermore, Haverford has this thing called the "Honor Code" where students have the ability to be truly free confiding by the code itself to honor its values. As a college student I am in the next chapter of my life in becoming an adult and "not having professors

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