Can anyone tell me what, if any majors at Swarthmore are hard to get into or take classes in?
Majors themselves are not particularly difficult to get accepted into. Some are, however, more difficult to complete. You apply for your major in the Spring semester of Sophomore year, and the main concern of each department is whether you’re on track to actually finish the major. Engineering has more requirements, so if it’s sophomore year and you haven’t taken any engineering courses, you won’t be accepted. Same goes for languages, most STEM majors, etc.
However, if your concern is what grades are needed to get into each major, assuming that you’ve previously taken classes in the department, there’s no need to worry. As long as you’re passing, they’ll accept you.
The only caveat is the Honors Program- most departments require Honors Majors have a B+ average in classes of that subject in order to accept them.
Thank you! I’ve recently being hearing a bunch about how hard it was to get into many majors in lots of the Ucs, which was disconcerting.