<p>1.if i couldnt get in through ED,will i be deferred to RD or denied?
2.what makes swarthmore different from other top lacs?
thanks a lot</p>
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<li>You will either be defered or rejected. Depends on the admissions committee's decision (although I think Swat. defers less than the Ivies...which I think defer most.)</li>
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<p>1."Any Early-Decision candidate not admitted will receive one of two determinations: a deferral of decision, which secures reconsideration for the candidate among the Regular-Decision candidates, or a denial of admission, which withdraws the application from further consideration."</p>
<p>2.Swarthmore was endlessly compared to other colleges on this forum. Just do a search for the name of the colleges you want to compare it to on the Swarthmore forum.</p>
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what makes swarthmore different from other top lacs?
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<p>Among other things, differentiating characteristics at Swarthmore include:</p>
<p>a) An unusual degree of academic engagement</p>
<p>b) Co-ed from the day it was founded with by-law requiring equal numbers of men and women on the Board of Managers</p>
<p>c) A belief that a college has an obligation to not only promote learning, but ethical leadership qualities in its students</p>
<p>d) An concensus style of governance with students, faculty, and administration sharing the same goals to an unusual degree.</p>
<p>e) An "inside the beltway" location in a metro area of 5 million.</p>
<p>f) An engineering department</p>
<p>g) No freshmen dorms. First year students live in real dorms with the other students.</p>
<p>There are more, but those are some of the highlights.</p>
<p>thanks a lot for your information</p>