Curious about admissions....

riverguardian
Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:08:23 +0000

I say don’t worry about the transcript and what you’ve not succeeded in the past. Just keep working as hard as you can, and make sure that Swarthmore is the school you want to go to, keep your eyes open for other opportunities, and make sure your passion and your interests make you a unique candidate, not just your average Joe IWantToGoToCollege. It’s very competitive to get in (I’m sad that some of the very qualified people I’ve interviewed didn’t get in) so just keep on trying hard your senior year. Also one thing to make sure is not to give yourself airs - the first thing I noticed when I was at Swarthmore was that I felt like I was an “admissions mistake” (you’ll hear that a lot) in which I felt there were so many more qualified and intelligent people than myself at Swarthmore!

Best of luck to you!