<p>Swarthmore is absolutely not “competitive” in a sense of students competing with each other. Classes are tough, but there’s a lot of cooperation (formal and informal) among the students, and no one discusses the grades.
There is certain culture of whining about the amount of work they have to do - they call it “misery poker” and treat it with a sense of humor it deserves.
“Sabotage of lab experiments or non cooperation between students?” - Are you kidding???</p>