Former majors have also been accepted into post-baccalaureate programs in medicine which lead to medical schools, such as the program at Harvard, demonstrating the interest that medical schools now have in students in the humanities, even those without significant science backgrounds. A recent graduate who elected the Creative Writing Concentration while at Haverford is entering the M.A. Program in Creative Writing at Temple University. Other students who have aligned their English major with their work in the fine arts at Haverford are working as an art directory in a Chicago advertising firm, as a consultant to the New York City public schools, and as an administrator of an arts program for the Philadelphia public schools. Former majors have entered an M.B.A. program to pursue interests as diverse as the international art trade to working in computer technologies. Students have also entered programs in public policy and journalism .
Former students teach at both public and private schools, traditional and alternative.
Two students are currently teachings in alternative high schools in New Hampshire and in the Appalachian mountains in North Carolina. Several have participated in the JET program in teaching English in Japan, as well as in Teach for America. Writing Several students have had exceptional careers, and increasingly, national reputations for their work as novelists, writers of short stories, and as poets. They work as editors and editorial assistants in publishing houses in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, and specialize in everything from medical publications to cookbooks to science fiction to children's books. Former students work as well for the Red Cross in Washington, D.C. and an institution researching the UN and conflict resolution in New York.