<p>Of the three, I’d pick Swarthmore, but of course, I’m biased, being a Swarthmore student. I honestly don’t know a whole lot about Wesleyan and Brown, but I remember a Swarthmore professor’s saying that Swarthmore is much like Wesleyan in that students at both places want to use their education to effect positive change, but that Wesleyan has more weed. A friend of mine, who is certainly intellectual and who cares about learning, goes to Brown, and he absolutely loves it. And based on what I know about him, he probably wouldn’t like Swarthmore that much because of the location and the small size.</p>
<p>Most students here by far are liberal, but you’ll be fine being moderate.</p>
<p>monydad: Yes, Apostol’s Calculus is being used in Professor Grinstead’s honors Multivariable Calculus class. I think most people are dying in that class–the textbook mentions math concepts that most people at Swarthmore don’t learn about until real analysis. Not every professor uses the same text; last year Professor Hunter used another textbook for the same class, but it is also used at MIT.</p>