I’m guessing Swarthmore isn’t going to be the school for your daughter. Some of the places where Swarthmore and your daughter’s list of preferences don’t mesh well are that it is overly intense, there aren’t a lot of good vegetarian options on within walking distance of campus, there’s a high degree of intellectual showiness and pretension and, it’s my guess that if you were to poll alumni about their experiences at Swarthmore, “happy” wouldn’t rank in the top five adjectives used.</p>