I agree. Swarthmore’s popularity manifests more in the real world, with, recently, more than 13,000 applicants for a first-year class of 456.
For a brief opinion on Swarthmore in the context of brief comments on other liberal arts colleges, see post #13 in this topic: Differences between top east-coast LACs? (Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Bowdoin, Middlebury, etc.)