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[quote=Anonymous]I have a son who is senior at Swarthmore, and a second son who was just accepted there early decision. 
Based on my older son’s experience, descriptions of Swat as a miserable, bleak place where people do nothing but study seems very inaccurate. My son and his friends have ridiculous amounts of fun and, while he says the people he knows are extremely smart, the ones he knows aren’t interested in competing with each other. He said that he’s never really had a conversation about grades. He would have no idea about how any of them are doing in their classes. 
Both of my sons are straight, it seems, and neither is a recruited athlete. The one who is there already joined a club sports team, and that’s been the focus of his  social life. He does work hard — they all do, but nobody seems to mind. 
My second son has completely different academic interests and is very different personality-wise from his brother. I don’t have any worries that he will find his own place at Swarthmore. [/quote]

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