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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]One[/b] of the coolest people I've ever known went to Swarthmore. Smart, unconventional, kind. [/quote]

Cool, smart, unconventional, kind people can be found in any group of people. But hey, thanks, Mr. Obvious. [/quote]

NP. Love the irony of you calling someone Mr. Obvious after stating something obvious. Undoubtedly lost on you. Might want to ask yourself why it bothers you so much when someone says something positive about Swarthmore. Could help you let go.

OP, I’ll offer my perspective. My daughter went to Swarthmore so I can’t claim objectivity. She had an incredible experience. It is absolutely intense and demanding but not in a toxic, competitive way. It’s just a ton of difficult work. If your kid isn’t a hard worker run the other way right now. Kids are nerdy, ambitious, extremely smart and, most importantly, superb students (which is more important than smart). I have met lots of her friends from Swarthmore, many of whom she is still close to, and they are all as described. Cool is not a word that comes to mind. She played a sport so I spent lots of time on campus, at games, in the stands with them. Kids there are uniformly nice, frequently geeky, and always seemed to be having fun (even though we were mostly losing). I have five kids and she, a hard-working grinder, is the only one remotely suited to Swarthmore. My others would have detested the place. It is definitely not for everyone. The education she received was fantastic. It transformed her. She and and least half of her core friend group are in PhD programs at places like Stanford, Yale, Penn, Northwestern. She worked herself half to death (I remember quite a few teary phone calls early on) but she also loved her time there and returns to campus at least once a year to visit profs and catch her former team’s games. Admission is impossible. My daughter had almost perfect stats but without her sport she would’ve been chucked into the large pile of similar kids and would likely have been denied. So she was very lucky and has no illusions about that.

Hope that helps. Best of luck![/quote]

This is an old thread, from Jan 2020. It’s ancient given all the changes the world has experienced since.  [/quote]

Nope, not at all. Thanks though. You can take off now. [/quote]

Do you have something new to add, something more than the booster spiel? For example, if Swarthmore goes remote or or goes hybrid, can you address why anyone  should pay $70,000+ per year for something similar to what they can get for free watching YouTube lectures?  Unless you have something to add, let it go, cuz Swarthmore ain’t all that.  Oh, btw, you blew your own bubble when you said your kid got in through sports. The college scandal tells you sports hooks aren’t very impressive. [/quote]

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