Swat '07 Will Try to Answer Q's

momof3sons
Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:28:35 +0000

If you look on the admissions website, there should be information there for overnight visits. I applied ED to Swarthmore, but I did an overnight before applying (and I’m not an athlete by any stretch of the imagination). I would highly recommend visiting if you are seriously considering Swat, and unless policies have changed in the past few years, official overnights are permitted Sun.-Thurs. If you’re overnighting, you’ll be assigned a student host. You should try to meet students and get as many opinions as possible, since it’s really your only opportunity to talk to a lot of Swatties in a short period of time. You also ought to sit in on at least one, preferably two classes. Almost all the professors are good about letting specs sit in on classes (unless they’re having an exam that day or something).

On a side note, for seniors, there is an admitted students visiting “weekend” (which happens to be during the week), which will be in April, and it’s good to attend if you’re deciding between several schools.