Swarthmore College Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at Swarthmore College?

Elena

Stereotypes include that people are entirely bookish and study all the time, don't know how to have fun, and are incredibly unattractive and socially awkward.

Chelsea

Some stereotypes include "All Swat students are socially awkward" and "Everything is really intense and serious about their work."

Dale

That it is very nerdy, people are awkward, and that it is incredibly hard academically.

Pat

nerdy, intellectual kids who study all day. full of hippies.

Jerry

That Swarthmore is filled with a bunch of unattractive, nerdy, and awkward people. No one ever does anything fun.

Aaron

That the school is incredibly rigourous and academic, as a result the students are very hard-working to the point of sometimes being anti-social.

Parker

That we study until five o'clock in the night just because we're so passionate about what we're doing.

John

Swarthmore students are social awkward. Swarthmore is hard.

Claire

People think that Swatties are nerdy, ugly, and incredibly intelligent.

Ryan

We work all the time and never have any fun