<p>A neighbor’s kid is woefully unhappy at Swarthmore (a parent got involved and pushed him to go), and he is a personable, outgoing kid. He thinks that the school is not very social (a comment echoed, identically, by a good friend’s cousin). He is trying desperately to transfer to his original first choice, which accepts no transfers until junior year. In the interim, he is muddling through and keeping his GPA as high as possible. To quote him: “a Saturday night social event is a study group, here.”</p>