Swarthmore vs. Penn

interesteddad
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:06:21 +0000

Still, when I went to Swarthmore, I fell in love with it, and in a way that hasn’t yet happened anywhere else.



That ought to tell you something. That’s exactly what happened with my daughter when she first visited. Went back for an overnight and to really kick the tires and still loved it. Applied Early Decision. Spent four years at Swarthmore and still loves it. That’s the way it’s supposed to work.

If you are lucky enough to actually fall in love with a college AND get accepted, why fight it?



ID, your daughter sounds really gifted in organization skills, which I’m seriously lacking in. If I was was more organized, I’d have no problem, because I know how to churn out large amounts of work, but my perfectionism paired with the fact that I can be so unorganized might pose a problem, and to be truthful, I’m scared.



She was contientious in high school, but hardly organized. She mostly did her homework while watching Dawson’s Creek on TV.

She took the three-day seminar on study skills taught by Swat seniors at the end of winter break her first year. That’s where she learned most of the tricks of the trade that got her through Swarthmore, especially the value of making a habit of going to the library to study every night after dinner. She and her friends went together in a group. Read for an hour, ten minute break in one of the lounges. Read for another hour. It made studying both productive and social.