<p>Let’s see: The food is pretty unhealthy if you don’t like salad or vegetarian. Dorm heating gets turned down low at night, as I discovered during finals week (I usually walk back at 2am after the library closes, but decided to finish a paper overnight in my room). I identify as socialist, but even so, the constant emphasis on diversity is a bit annoying. There’s not as much grade inflation as at peer schools, and postgrad options don’t fully account for the difference. I’ve had a scheduling conflict between two languages for two semesters in a row. It requires almost 6 hours to take a 3-hour class at Haverford (I actually scheduled this out and decided against it for that reason).</p>
<p>Overall, quality of life at Swarthmore (unrelated to social life, which is low-key but more than satisfactory to me) can be lower than its peers. Since Swat also offers more obscure academic fields than its peers, I consider it a fair tradeoff. And I love it, despite the above complaints.</p>