<p>momfromtexas,</p>
<p>In the Swarthmore college section, Interesteddad has made a very good suggestion - to go through the FAQ section for the college, before writing the essay. If he can talk to some current or ex-students that would be great.</p>
<p>Also individual college discussions here in the CC might help. The current site is new, therefore not many discussions available, and for some colleges they are yet to even begin any. The old CC discussion archives however have lots of discussions on very many colleges. You can access the old site here:
<a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?70/41651%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeconfidential.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?70/41651</a></p>