<p>As a prof. at a community college I am always looking for info. about transfer schools for our brightest students. From my point of view I can tell you duelers that chauvinism is usually not a good indicator of intelligence. Parsing the very minor differences between these two schools is inane. Both are excellent institutions, both have good bio departments, both send kids to PHd programs, both have Quaker roots, they are ten miles apart, to the average person they would be identical.</p>
<p>Quibbling does a disservice to your schools. If Swarthmore has such intelligent students, be an example of that.</p>