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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Late ‘90s grad. I was a standout student in high school and thought I wanted a serious, intellectual, liberal college. It turns out I had no idea how serious, intellectual, and liberal a place could be. I got a great education but did find it stifling and overly intense.[/quote]

This was my experience too! I thought I was all those things, but found swarthmore shattered my confidence. It is very rigorous! I think it is an excellent school for the right student.[/quote]

PP (late 2000's grad). This was also my experience actually, but maybe this is common among people at all top colleges. Also, I was probably never going to be a STEM major, but I took AP calculus and AP bio in high school (I even got a 5 on the AP Bio exam) and I could NOT hack it in Swarthmore math and science.

One thing I will say though: I don't think Swarthmore is a competitive place at all. Nobody is talking about grades or even really cares about them that much. It really truly is a place where everyone wants to collaborate and discuss ideas and arrive at some kind of "truth" together.[/quote]

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