<p>Swat - no, that happens to me all the time…but i am a firm believer in what happens happens for a reason…whether we understand why what ever happened did occur at the time it happens, it occurred for a reason.</p>
<p>and don’t worry, my older sister is a Religion major…so I hear things like this often.</p>
<p>yea, i am a huge FB addict.</p>
<p>haha swat2014 ive had similar conversations with so many people. i say swarthmore, and everyones like “wait, what?” hahah and theyre like “ohh youll get in just fine. youre a good student!” im like “ha…ha” </p>
<p>and my interview… it was my second college interview(first was at haverford)… and i thought it was okay. mine was with an admission officer(andrea pien) and she was pretty nice. my interview was around 35-45 minutes i think… and i was the one who did the most talking. i honestly dont know if it was good or not.</p>
<p>yea, I did a lot of talking…but i found it really easy to say what I was thinking…what was really assuring was having someone that had attended Swat telling me that they thought I would be a good fit…not that it necessarily means that I will get in…</p>
<p>hjohnston - Glad to hear I don’t sound too loony with my philosophizing. (Though I wouldn’t mind it if I did; being the odd one’s kinda fun sometimes.) Though I think I still believe in free will–at least to an extent–I did hear an interesting philosophy from the psychologist BF Skinner the other day. He studied human learning and argued for predestination by stating that we create the concept of free will because we can explain our behaviors but not their causes. If we look into the causes, he stated, then we’d realize that all that we do is predetermined.</p>
<p>I’m still not sure how to respond to that. It’s a very interesting argument…</p>
<p>yea, it is definitely an interesting argument…</p>
<p>some of you guys probably have already read this, but i thought you might find it interesting haha</p>
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<p>its a blog by a swat admissions officer.</p>
<p>even though i live really close when i say “ohi’m looking at swarthmore and i’m really nervous about it” people either say that they’ve never heard about it or ask me why i’m nervous. theyre totally sure i’ll get in because you get good grades right? or i was thinking about that too but i think i’ll just go to the community college… what?? hahah
clearly they have no idea what it is
i kind of envy people just going to community college or a college they know theyll get into and arent like dying to go to
…it takes the pressure off</p>
<p>Swat2014- I have this conversation almost everyday of my life!</p>
<p>I don’t know if we’re like born with a predetermined college in mind. I do believe however that things always work out for the best, or we always make the best out of the situation. This is an interesting question though. I don’t mind being asked; I’m currently very undecided about religion, fate, all of that. BTW its funny my parents are watching Religulous right now, very coincidental.</p>
<p>Also, that is a very interesting argument you stated before.</p>
<p>yea…since people in my area have never heard of Swat before…they automatically say, oh, don’t worry…you’ll get in…</p>
<p>it’s hard to tell them that there is more to it than that…that it is actually a really small, selective school.</p>
<p>tieeris - i have read that blog before…i’ve actually read every blog that the admissions site has</p>
<p>bella - I LOVE Bill Maher…I am really sad that Real Time w/ Bill Maher is finished for the year…Religulous was an amazing movie.</p>
<p>i know what you mean kaithags. many kids in my school have already gotten accepted to MSU and/or University of Michigan, so theyre basically done with college and they go around saying that “life is good.” haha i definitely get jealous of them, but hey, what we might get at swarthmore is nothing like what they’re about to get at the community college or whatever college that they know theyll get into.</p>
<p>** guilty of reading all the blogs too haha</p>
<p>My dad loves Bill Maher!! I’m half watching the movie right now. Its really funny haha!</p>
<p>i love the truck stop church…</p>
<p>one of my friend’s dad looks JUST like Bill Maher…</p>
<p>A lot of the kids who are in the top 10 of my class are settling for schools like Penn State, that they knew they were going to get into. Part of me wishes the school I fell in love with was easier to get into. Ehh what am I saying, even though this is by far the most stressful thing I have ever done in my life, I don’t regret it at all. I’ll probably say the same thing if I don’t get accepted. Well, after crying for a pretty long time I’ll realize this was a good experience.</p>
<p>The truck stop was hilarioussss. My dad decided to make us all watch it to attempt to distract me… hahaha</p>
<p>bella - i agree one hundred percent…no matter what happens, I wouldn’t change it for the world. I know that whether I get in or not, there are going to be a whole lot of tears, but in the end it will be worth it. I mean, if I can handle this…I think I can handle applying to other schools if it comes down to it.</p>
<p>yup, i must admit this was the most nervous thing thats ever happened in my life. aggghhh has any of you read the book “The Meaning of Swarthmore” by some of the alumi? i just got curious haha sorry its random</p>
<p>hjohnston- I’ve learned so much about myself, colleges, interviewing, you name it Swarthmore has helped me out in some way. So even if I don’t get in it definitely was worth the experience. My mom keeps telling me that I’m doing research for my future job because I eventually want to become a professor haha.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’ll be fairly depressed if deferred, but I’ve resolved that I’m only allowed to throw a hissy-fit if rejected. (Because that would suck.) I’m sure I can do an okay job with my other apps, though I fear I’ll be filling them out in a state of melancholy…</p>