DARTMOUTH/Duke/Swarthmore/Midd

interesteddad
Sun, 03 Apr 2005 13:42:08 +0000

Yet you continue to judge other schools based on these same guidebooks, and possibly a brief tour! You really know nothing in detail about any of the other schools in question. We get it.



Where’d that come from? I’ve known Dartmouth, Middlebury, and Duke were excellent schools since before there ever were college guidebooks. Long before the Yankee tourists discovered Duke. I didn’t know about Swarthmore until until I went to Williams and picked up on the ooohs and aaahs over the academics there.

BTW, I have found the guidebooks entries on the schools I’m most familiar with, especially the Fiske Guide, to be extremely accurate. It is accurate in describling both Williams and Swarthmore…descriptions that weren’t accurately paraphrased by Charlotte Simmons’ roommate earlier in this thread. I think the Princeton review student quotes can add to the mix, but you have to keep in mind that they are trying to select quotes that emphasize the strongest positives and the strongest negatives.