<p>^I wouldn’t say that Swarthmore is necessarily unique in its egalitarian culture, though that culture is one reason why I love it so.</p>
<p>In practical terms, cynical me thinks that it’s useless to make the request… I suppose it would stop people from posting it publicly on Facebook, but it’s unreasonable to expect a happy acceptee to hedge or lie in response to a friend asking whether they received any likelies/early writes (that specific question does happen a lot at competitive high schools).</p>