Discover Swarthmore 2009

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<p>21 minutes by train. It’s really simple. The Swarthmore train station is right on the campus at Swarthmore and the University City station is at UPenn. They are both on the R3 line, so you just get on the train, ride 10 stops, and get off. No transfers. The trains appear to run every half hour or so at rush hours and ever hour during the day. They are always changing the price, but it looks like an advance purchase is between $8 and $10 round trip depending on whether its peak or off-peak hours.</p>

<p>Here’s the Philly route map. The R3 runs southwest from downtown to Swarthmore:</p>

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<p>Here’s the detailed schedule:</p>

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<p>The trains are also on Google transit. Just search Google Map for Swarthmore PA. Click the train station symbol and it will tell you the next three departures to Center City Philadelphia. You can also get your iPhone to give you thiis, too. As of now. Google Transit has the location of the University City station at UPenn messed up. So if you ask for directions they show you getting dumped off in a parking lot and walking 13 minutes to the actual train station! Just disregard the walking part. The actual train station is at South Street and Convention Ave. It’s about a six minute walk (.4 mile) to the Admissions Office at Penn.</p>

<p>Anyone at Swat can help you figure it out. The Swat website also has the next scheduled train departures. Go to the FOR STUDENTS dashboard from the main website. It has menus for Sharples, shuttle van departures, train departures, current weather, and so forth.</p>

<p>The shuttle van from the airport won’t go by Penn. However, if you are taking the train to Philadelphia, the train from the Amtrak station to Swarthmore is the train that stops at Penn. If you are taking the train from the airport, you actually change trains at UPENN from the airport line to the R3 that goes to Swarthmore.</p>

<p>Van Zant, if Swarthmore is paying, you’ll probably take the Amtrak from NYC to Philladelphia and then the SEPTA train from Phila to Swarthmore. That stops at UPENN. If you are paying, you can do Amtrack, or you can do NJ Transit train cheaper. Same basic deal, but you change trains in Trenton and save a ton. Or, there’s a BOLT bus from downtown Philly to downtown NYC that the students really like because it’s like $10 and it has wifi. </p>

<p><a href=“https://www.boltbus.com/[/url]”>https://www.boltbus.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>See you guys there.</p>

<p>that is very helpful interesteddad, thank you. seems convenient enough–depending on the time ill either visit before registration or after checkout.</p>

<p>WOWOWOWOW. I got in. I was a little pessimistic about this as i though i wouldn’t get it.
I’m from Pomona,Ca!!!</p>

<p>they’re also mailing decisions. are emails only for those who got accepted?</p>

<p>I’m from RI and I got in too! On the email i received they said they’d be sending something in the mail sometime soon, so I’m thinking the emails are only for people who got in. i was invited to the facebook group by the admin - maybe he was waiting for today to start accepting people…?</p>

<p>Ahh i’m so excited to be meeting everyone soon! :)</p>

<p>I got in. I’m from New Jersey.
i didnt think this might happen. my essays were crap. i wrote them in an hour on the due date of submission. why do these things happen?</p>

<p>Pretty high acceptance rate I hear. ~50%. </p>

<p>Hey, maybe they just like you alot? :)</p>

<p>I got in but I never got an email! I was so bummed this weekend because I thought only people who got in got the email, but I was wrong! :slight_smile:
I’m coming for NC! This should really be a cool weekend.</p>

<p>Just got my itinerary! I leave at midnight :P</p>

<p>haha. I’m excited because this will be my first official college visit. :') but I don’t really remember what I wrote about in my essays…</p>

<p>so did we all have a good time!!!</p>

<p>yes!!! :D</p>