what makes swarthmore special

interesteddad
Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:45:23 +0000

Plainsman:

There was almost no debate in my daughter’s mind about applying early decision to Swarthmore. She did her homework on school sizes and locations. She had spent time in other types of colleges, taking summer courses and doing other things. She knew Swarthmore was the place, pretty much from the time she set foot on campus.

There were two devil’s advocate discussions. One was whether she was a good solid applicant at Swarthmore so she wouldn’t be wasting ED or whether she should go for the automatic ED at a equally strong peer college with a double legacy. She felt strongly enough about Swarthmore to roll the dice. The other was to confirm, in her own mind, that she could handle playing a championship course from the back tees. She attended several classes during her fall overnight and came away confident that she would do OK with Swarthmore’s academics.