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I'm sure you'd like to believe that in your fairy tale Swarthmore world. I'd say more Swarthmore students read or post on the Jolt than here. That said, you'll get a lot more student opinion of Swarthmore in The Phoenix or Daily Gazette than either site, anyway.</p>
<p>The fact that there are losers like the Jolt posters is the most embarrassing thing for Swarthmore. Just goes to show that there are adolescent boys everywhere.</p>
<p>I'm sure that readers can assess the Jolt posters on their own.</p>
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It's slightly sexist and completely inaccurate for you to suggest that women don't post on the Jolt. One thing adolescent boys do, though, is call people "losers." Good grief.</p>
<p>"Losers" is a mild synonym for an anatomically-based two-syllable noun that my daughter and her friends use for Jolt posters, a word that would surely not pass the CC asterisk filter.</p>
<p>I don't get what the big deal is--it's just a website that some people look at for laughs. By the way, professors sometimes look at that website too.</p>
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It isn't a big deal.</p>
<p>Like the story of the blind men and the elephant, there are many perspectives and experiences of Swarthmore. Many people have a great experience there: I did and my D and so far my S seem to have had. Others have had experiences that are not so positive, like A.E. Others have perspectives that are perhaps not universally positive, like reflected in the Daily Jolt and perhaps dchow. The larger question is not Are these valid perspectives and experiences? -- it is to what extent these are representative perspectives and experiences. Each of us has only a limited vantage point -- at best our own experience and those of a few others we know well.</p>
<p>For those trying to understand what makes Swarthmore tick I would recommend reading the Daily Gazette and The Phoenix on the web, as well as reading a bunch of the reviews on the ***** site mentioned earlier in the thread. While the Daily Jolt has some funny professor quotes, my D got upset every time I revealed that I'd looked at the Jolt as she felt most postings there were very definitely not representative of at least her own experience of Swarthmore.</p>
<p>Plus, do an overnight visit. </p>
<p>Hang out in the dorms. Talk to Swarthmore students. Talk to the Deans. Talk to the Professors. Eat in Sharples. Take the train to Market East in Philly. Walk up to Starbucks on the Pike.</p>