<p>I have a graduate of the class of '07 and a current student at Swat. We also discovered after time that there are many options in all prices near the airport. You can get to Swat in ~15 minutes once you learn the local roads. 
My son who is the current student knows a number of international students and believes that they fly into PHL, rather than deal with all the public transportation necessary to get from JFK to Swat. Of course there will be extra costs tacked on for the public transportation needed to get from the NYC area down to PHL, so will that make up for some of the differential in the cost of the flights?
Happy to help anyone with other questions, of course.</p>