<p>listen has anyone actually gotten in (off the waitlist) and were any of them internationals</p>
<p>"Check out the Daily Jolt upon your arrival to find out where you stand."</p>
<p>Or don't. My Swat student and his friends don't waste time on the Daily Jolt because they think the students who write a lot there are depressing, depressed, self-absorbed and negative. Probably they would be wherever they landed. Some people don't appreciate what they have in life and just want to complain. That's the Daily Jolt.</p>
<p>By the way, I wrote the moderators about the "all work and no play" thread started by someone who had never been to Swarthmore, even for a college tour. The moderators either don't read their emails or don't view the threads when asked, because that thread is old and not worth posting as the only featured thread.</p>
<p>Moderators: are you out there? Please preview threads and put up a few that actually represent the schools, by people who have some familiarity with them! Thank you...</p>
<p>seriously anyone</p>
<p>^^ There are two cases that I know of.
One was second-hand report (but that person didn't enroll), and the other one was a first-hand report by the Croatian girl who lives in Hong Kong (I think she's enrolling). </p>
<p>I am also an international waiting to hear news on waitlist. Good luck to us all...</p>
<p>My D recently decided not to accept Swarthmore's offer of admission. She agonized about it because there were so many features about the institution that she loved. She visited twice and spoke with Mr. Bock during Ride the Tide. We were honored by the offer of admission and Mr. Bock's interactions with her and continue to hold Swat in the highest regard. The bottom line for her was based on the breadth of two programs of interest and diversity options. However, she believes that Swarthmore (like most other fine institutions) is what one makes of it. EVERYONE she met on both visits was constructive, honest, busy, and represented what we refer to as "possible selves!" But the decision was hers and out of respect for those in admissions and on the wait list she informed them as soon as possible. </p>
<p>Regarding negativity and honesty....I suspect most students are ready for the "next step" in their lives after four years wherever they matriculate. And I have appreciated interesteddad's deep knowledge and support of Swarthmore as he responded to inquiries I posted!</p>
<p>If you click on myronnie you will see that she posted a lot of identifying information, including the fact that her mom wrote her essays.
In fact, she offered so much info that any college who wishes to can easily
identify her, not a good thing. Colleges do read CC since it is highly publicized and frequented by a high percentage of applicants to the top tier schools.
It's a very good thing that parents and people who are familiar with this site post and offer advice based on experience, maturity and long-term familiarity with this site over the years such as ID.</p>
<p>how would you be able to identify her
so many kids are cross admits to williams and swat</p>
<p>myronnie (who is a female, BTW) wrote....and I quote:</p>
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Essays: hehe i didn't even write the essays!!!! My mom wrote them and then sent them out!!!! SHE IS MEAN. it was totally uncalled for.
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<p>Putting that together with her claim that her mother made her apply to Swarthmore against her wishes and then accepted Swarthmore's waitlist against her wishes, it seems pretty clear that:</p>
<p>a) something is "going on" beween myronnie and her mother regarding college apps</p>
<p>b) that she really doesn't want to go to Swarthmore</p>
<p>c) that an acceptance from Swarthmore could cause additional friction in a strained mother/daughter college relationship</p>
<p>d) that an easy way to resolve the issue, in this world of instant communication, would be to seize the initiative to send an e-mail to her admissions rep taking herself off the waitlist.</p>
<p>I don't think there was anything unreasonable about my advice, whatsoever. I'm with Canela. What we "made" our daughter do was treat admissions reps she had met and communicated with during the process with respect and that included the courtesty of a personal e-mail to three or four college adcoms advising them of her decision to enroll elsewhere.</p>
<p>And, BTW, myronnie better hope like heck that the college where she deposited doesn't still read their forum here. Two years ago that college withdrew the acceptance of a student based on statements made about drug use and drinking made by the student on CC.</p>
<p>Assuming she didn't lie, she revealed her SAT scores, state, her main EC (helping cancer research and winning awards?), potential pre-med major, an IB student, etc.
All these combined could give a huge clue, I believe.</p>
<p>As for identifying her, she is "majoring in biology with a biochemistry AND a pre-med focus," along with her race, home town, test scores, and she was a cancer researcher. Are you trying to tell me it would be hard to find the specific student that has all that within a wait-list pool of ~400?</p>
<p>duckedtape: I'm a "rat"? What? [yea—CC sent me an email with your original post pre-editing.]</p>
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<p>Amen. There's a reason college is four years...because three is not enough and five is too many! At age 22, college students are ready to move on.</p>
<p>There's also a reason college students study abroad junior year...because the change of pace comes at just the right time -- after two years of growing up as freshman and sophmores and before the final push to the finish line senior year.</p>
<p>And there's a reason that some Swat students choose NOT to do a study abroad...like there are so many courses at Swat still to be taken and not to be missed. That would have been my son.</p>
<p>I, too, have pleaded with the mods, to no avail, to remove the stickied "all work and no play" thread. Ridiculous.</p>
<p>My daughter also opted not to study abroad (as did my son at another top-notch school). Both felt that academically they would miss out if they went abroad for a semester.</p>
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And there's a reason that some Swat students choose NOT to do a study abroad...
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<p>Actually, a slight majority don't study abroad. It's about a 60% - 40% split. That doesn't factor in Swatties who do something abroad for winter break or summers.</p>
<p>It's a challenge for science majors to study abroad; tough to find programs that offer science/lab courses to keep kicking the can down the road towards a major.</p>
<p>I, too, am really thankful for all the words of advice from interesteddad. While not everyone may agree with him, it's a welcome reassurance to have someone who knows the ins and outs of Swarthmore take the time to answer all the anxious questions from prospective students and their parents. It's nice to know that in a world where college admissions is so unfamiliar and intimidating, there is a friendly poster in cyber world willing to help us out.</p>
<p>is that why he insulted people before?</p>
<p>If I'm remembering the same instance as you are, the insult was called for.</p>
<p>nah
he went pretty crazy</p>
<p>Well, ID has been helpful with my questions, which was my point.</p>