swarthmore a good fit?

dchow08
Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:47:12 +0000

Yes, the emphasis is definitely more on learning rather than grades, but generally a good grade is an indicator of good performance, as fhimas said, and grades are important if you decide to go to graduate school, med school, and for certain jobs. I plan to major in mathematics and perhaps go to grad school in math, so high grades in math are important, whereas my grades in something like political science probably won’t ever matter. In other words, there is a learning for the sake of learning environment, but students here don’t escape the reality that medical schools, law schools, and certain jobs all require high grades.