<p>Thank you very much for your thoughtful response! </p>
<p>Our daughter is fortunate as she is deciding between Swarthmore and Amherst. She is a Latina who deeply values diversity and has learned a lot about perspective-taking. She also realizes that diversity extends beyond race/ethnicity – class, gender, sexuality, ability, ideology. Two visits to Swarthmore were both wonderful, in large part because of the students. </p>
<p>I did wonder whether URM felt that they were part of the intellectual and social community. It certainly sounds like they are part of the social community. Any knowledge about the academic successes among URMs – for example, representation in the Honors program?</p>