swarthmore a good fit?

etselec
Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:00:30 +0000

People do care about grades at Swarthmore, because they want to do work they are proud of. They want to have their professors respect them as scholars and think highly of their work. They also want to get into graduate school. So yes, they care.

However, I think you’ll find that few people, if any, spend time talking about their grades to others. I don’t think I could tell you what most of my friends have been getting in their classes. It comes up occasionally, but I don’t feel any kind of competitive atmosphere around grades, at least not in the classes I’ve taken.