Swarthmore senior will take questions

murmillo
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:53:47 +0000

I don’t know if there’s anything really unique about Swarthmore, in the sense that no other college has it, but here are some things that stood out for me:

I liked the idea of a small liberal arts college, and being from a major city, I wanted access to a large city. Most liberal arts colleges are in the middle of nowhere.

I wanted a school where the students took learning seriously and the professors took teaching seriously. I think it’s true that at most large universities, or even at medium-sized universities, the professors are there first as researchers, then as teachers. That’s what a researcher at Princeton told me. There are some great lecturers at places like MIT, for instance, but I think it’s the priority for teaching that is different. Again, it’s not like no college has this.

It’s a very beautiful campus.