Swarthmore, Brown, Pomona, or Amherst?

Shibbolethette
Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:20:30 +0000

Wow! Thank you so much for your lengthy answers…everything sounds great.

dchow: Thanks for the suggestion of Professor Vollmer - I’d actually listened to one of her talks online without realizing she was a Swat professor. (silly, as I now recall it was on the Swarthmore website!)

The non - college town thing does give me pause, though it sounds like students find plenty to do on-campus & with occasional trips to Philly. Maybe it’s just because Amherst & Brown are some of the only schools I’ve seen at night, but the town seemed to give the whole campus so much energy!

A few more trivial questions…

What are the pros/cons of Swarthmore’s housing of freshmen with upper-classmen?
What are the dorms like?
How is the food? Do you get sick of having only 1 dining hall?