<p>I'm a transfer applicant and I was accepted to swarthmore class of 2013!</p>
<p>I'm currently deciding b/w Columbia and Swarthmore.</p>
<p>I do not care about Ivy title, I care about what kind of person I would be after walking out of my undergrad school.</p>
<p>I am a big fan of liberal arts college, (Amherst and Swat) so I am definately leaning toward being swattie.</p>
<p>However, one thing that really bothers me is what we call a grade deflation at swarthmore.</p>
<p>I was top 1 percent student at my high school (other top 1 percent went to princeton williams amherst ) and i went to Emory for my freshman year.</p>
<p>I ended up with 3.96 gpa, and it was not THAT hard. I did work hard, but not as much as i did in high school.</p>
<p>But swarthmore and Emory, they are totally different.</p>
<p>I'm scared about what i'm gonna get at swarthmore.</p>
<p>No matter waht, I will transfer to swarthmore, but I want to know how severe the grade deflation is. Will i be able to survive?</p>
<p>my friend who is at amherst and had very similar academic record ended up with aroudn 3.6~3.7 this year, and I wonder if I can do better than that at swarthmore..</p>
<p>what do you guys think my fellow swatties</p>