Swarthmore vs. Penn

nngmm
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:29:28 +0000

From your description of yourself, you should go to Swarthmore.

Of course, if you have not applied to colleges yet, the decision might very well be made for you by the adcoms when the time comes :(…



Also, I hear that Swarthmore’s academics are excessively rigorous, and that many students there feel that they are in a pressure cooker.

The “pressure cooker” image is a part of campus culture, as is “misery poker”. However, I know for a fact that some students don’t know the meaning of the word “deadline” because most of the professors are so nice and flexible (it was even one of the jokes in the graduation speech this year)…