http://talk.collegeconfidential.com en Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:57:01 GMT vBulletin 30 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://talk.collegeconfidential.com http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/swarthmore/815628-did-anyone-videotape-swarthmore-college-messiah-performance.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:43:38 GMT Did anyone videotape the Swarthmore College Messiah performance on Sat, Nov 21? It was amazing, but due to technical difficulty, we were not able to record it. Did anyone videotape the Swarthmore College Messiah performance on Sat, Nov 21? It was amazing, but due to technical difficulty, we were not able to record it. ]]> Swarthmore Swatmom-146328 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/swarthmore/815628-did-anyone-videotape-swarthmore-college-messiah-performance.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/swarthmore/814318-mark-dlugash-08-wins-rhodes-scholarship.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:31:45 GMT Mark's Bio on the Rhodes Scholarship Winners Website

DISTRICT 3
New York
Mark Dlugash, Larchmont, graduated with highest honors from Swarthmore in 2008, with
majors in psychology and education, and where he won the college’s top award for leadership
and scholarship. Since graduating, he has been a fellow with Americans for Informed
Democracy in Washington, DC where he has worked to build a national undergraduate
college for civilian service, a civilian counterpart to the military service academies. Mark is
also a classical pianist and opera singer. He intends to read for the M.Sc. in forced migration
at Oxford. http://www.rhodesscholar.org/press ]]> Swarthmore momof3sons-32737 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/swarthmore/814318-mark-dlugash-08-wins-rhodes-scholarship.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/swarthmore/813389-chemistry-swarthmore.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:00 GMT From this report (http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/...by%20Major.pdf), I do not see a lot of graduate school representation within the Chemistry graduates (and that includes Biochemistry). How strong is the Chemistry department, in terms of curriculum, faculty research and grad school admission? From my observation, the course offering is fairly limited compared to other schools (may be this will be complemented by the Honors seminars?). The prof. websites seem a bit outdated with the latest paper in 2005 so I'm not quite sure what happened after that. Also, how many chemistry students are there per class year? ]]> Swarthmore mcpheevn-179553 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/swarthmore/813389-chemistry-swarthmore.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/swarthmore/809385-what-background-info-if-any-do-alum-interviewers-get-before-actual-interview.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:19:46 GMT My D has an interview with a Swarthmore alum on Saturday. She's already submitted the one-page pre-interview form. Does anyone know if the interviewer gets any other information about her from her application?

Also, any advice in general? This will be her first official college interview. Thanks in advance... ]]> Swarthmore Austinhills-161626 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/swarthmore/809385-what-background-info-if-any-do-alum-interviewers-get-before-actual-interview.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/swarthmore/807369-why-swarthmore-essay.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:30:30 GMT I'm still stuck on the why essay! I plan to write on Swarthmore's extremely rigorous academic (of course with examples from my research), gay-friendliness and just an overall learning community. However, I feel this could be applied to all other liberal arts colleges (although with various degrees). Browsing through the threads I saw some advice on why essay that you should mention which aspect of the college makes you 'tick'. Also, you should also mention about possible contributions to the school. I am an international student who is unable to visit the school to get the feel of it so these issues are, I believe, harder to write persuasively about (I'm still scratching my head on how I could contribute to Swarthmore. Does it mean academically like representing school in whatever? Or socially through club activities? Or what?)

So my question is: which aspect of Swarthmore just made you 'tick'? And in what ways would you contribute to the school if admitted?

PS. I know these questions might come up as exploitative but they are not. I just want some general direction in drafting my essay as I have little idea of how to personalize it (so it doesn't sound like a one-size-fits-all essay). So please help me! ]]> Swarthmore mcpheevn-179553 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/swarthmore/807369-why-swarthmore-essay.html