Swarthmore College Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at Swarthmore College?

rebecca

sci-fi nerds who study too hard and don't party. Also, though it's not a stereotype, people constantly think Swat is an all girls school in upstate New York.

Sophia

Extremely intellectual workaholics Liberal hippies

Emmerson

That they're nerdy and awkward, that the place is intense and you are always busy. Also that Swatties are always talking about something intellectual. That Swatties are a bunch of hippies.

Mel

nerdy, intense, politically correct, ugly

Jessica

That they're all overly PC. They're activist-y pseudo-hippies who actually come from exceptionally privileged backgrounds. They couldn't get into Yale.

Jerry

Stereotypes: Swatties are super-nerdy, unattractive, and socially awkward.

Andy

That Swatties study too much and too hard; that they’re intellectual and probably weird-looking and left-wing. That they’re dorks, basically.

Mello

The typical Swarthmore student is awkward, nerdy, hardworking, activist...socially awkward. Like they say choose three of four: friends, work, sex and sleep.