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<p>Unless you’re talking about a feeling produced as a gut reaction to other CC poster’s opinions, I’m afraid ‘feeling’ won’t be gotten on these boards. Back in in my fretful days, I always explained my school decisions by the ‘instinct’ word. How well you fit in with the students, whether when you visited you could talk to other kids and professors, whether the school could take care of you… what it felt like, instinctively. That is not really something anybody but you can really decide.</p>
<p>Sometimes, what you need is to just think about it all. Write down what you liked or disliked about each school - how you felt when you visited, whether you can see yourself there, and what you plan to do there. Parents like to factor in these things like cost and career matches, which are important, but if you’re talking about fit and feelings… it’s you that should be deciding, not someone else.</p>
<p>Oh, yes, one last detail. Kids at Swat don’t like to persuade/force others to come, in the sense that if this is the right school for you, you should come, but if it’s not, go somewhere else. Not that you shouldn’t come to Swat, but if you do, you should do it on your own accord.</p>
<p>Ok, I think I have repeated myself three times. I shall be quiet now. Here is a Swat livejournal to browse through to see a bit of campus culture. You might have to wade thru lots of 'spec question, some of which might be comparable to your situation. <a href=“http://www.livejournal.com/community/swarthmore/[/url]”>http://www.livejournal.com/community/swarthmore/</a> And here is a delightful forum created by a Swat '09 EDer <a href=“http://www.swarthmore09.org/[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore09.org/</a> that is quite active.</p>