Transfers + Social Scene

murmillo
Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:53:56 +0000

I graduated from Swarthmore this past summer. I think it’s true that many friend groups are formed during freshman year. If you do transfer here, I think you should join some sort of student group (e.g. sports) so that you have a group of potential friends. As for class sizes, 25 and above would generally be considered large. Most courses aren’t capped. They might be officially limited to 25, but if you really want to take a certain course, the professor will generally be willing to change the enrollment limit. Some courses, though, are so popular that professors need to establish some system, perhaps a lottery system, to maintain a limit. When I was a freshman the only large course I took was Bio 1, which along with a previous poster, I also didn’t love.