<p>Hello All,</p>
<p>I'm considering transfering to Swarthmore and I'm mildly concerned about the steep grade deflation. Does anyone know if transfer students are graded P/F during their first semester at Swarthmore?</p>
<p>Thanks-</p>
<p>The P/F semester is for freshman, and does not apply to transfer students. </p>
<p>If you have done well enough at your present college to be accepted to Swarthmore, I would think that you would be able to handle graded courses during your first semester at Swarthmore.</p>
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<p>There has been no grade deflation at Swarthmore, steep or otherwise. The average GPA is somewhere in the B+ range, a 3.25 the last time it was published a few years ago.</p>
<p>There aren't many 4.0s at Swarthmore, but it's not like the whole school is killing themselves trying to eek out a "C".</p>
<p>My general impression is that a lot of people hover in the B/B+ range fairly comfortably, with a few A-s, and not all that many B-s...and very few As.</p>