Swarthmore's transfer friendliness?

interesteddad
Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:27:09 +0000

This terrific blog on the Swarthmore website is written by a transfer student from a community college:

[The Transfer Student.](http://thetransferstudent.■■■■■■■■■■■■■/)

She posts here from time to time, so maybe she’ll see your questions. Swarthmore definitely gives consideration to community college transfers. The number of transfers is fairly small, so it’s hard to generalize. At one point a few years back, Swat didn’t accept a single transfer and sent everyone their money back. The following year, the admissions dean said that they either had to reserve a reasonable number of slots or just stop offering transfer apps. Since then, they’ve taken fewer freshmen and had a fairy steady, but small, group of transfers each year.

I can’t answer your question about test scores. I didn’t know they were optional for transfers. I don’t know specifically, but I’m sure they would be more than happy to “interview” you as a transfer. Talk to students. Talk to professors. Nobody bites.