<p>DChow- Such a fantastic post! I looked at it because I’m familiar with the schools in the subject line. Although I don’t know which schools you were deciding among, I’m sure you must feel very happy with your decision.</p>
<p>My only suggestion to those looking is that if you encounter someone that makes your view of Swarthmore, or any of the other schools in the list, very negative, or different from what you expect, I would encourage having a conversation with others. I write this because I believe the tour guide at Swarthmore gave my son the wrong impression of the school, and circumvented his looking more closely at Swarthmore.</p>
<p>DChow, unlike the Swarthmore tour guide, directly responded to the OPs questions. In contrast, the tour guide really did not respond to the interests of those in our tour.</p>