<p>Hmm… well they say the common Swattie bond is our friendly ambition to do everything all at once. 
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<p>I’m sure interesteddad will kick in soon and respond will a brillantly eloquent as well as detailed epic that contains all the answers you seek. 
But in the meanwhile:</p>
<p>There are a lot of advanced (and more interesting) classes that aren’t offered fall semester. At least, such is the case with psychology, my major of interest. In addition to the case of only being offered spring semester, there’s also that professors take leaves every couple year for research/project purposes… so that might be a minor factor in the number of courses offered in a given year. My knowledge truly is sparse in this area, so I refer you to the course catalog for english: <a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/academics/course_catalog/english_literature.html[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/academics/course_catalog/english_literature.html</a> and history: <a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/academics/course_catalog/history.html[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/academics/course_catalog/history.html</a> , so that you can judge for yourself.</p>
<p>I don’t know about paying back for volunteering, but Swat does offer a large number (80ish, I think) of 3-4k summer scholarships for volunteerwork. Something about an application…</p>