1, school profile

Swarthmore College, located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the United States. Swarthmore College, Amherst College and Williams College are the top three colleges of arts and sciences. The admission rate of freshmen in Swarthmore College is less than 20%, which is equivalent to that of California Institute of Technology and lower than that of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, while the average SAT score of freshmen is higher than that of students from Duke, Columbia and Cornell University.

2. Teaching characteristics

Swarthmore College is very strict in teaching and insists on teaching in small classes. According to statistics, the average size of math classes in recent ten years is 18 students. Some classes have fewer than eight students. Although there are not many classes per week, in order to achieve good teaching results, a lot of preview work must be done in advance, and basically two classes must be taken before each class.

3. Campus activities

Swarthmore School also has a very rich extracurricular activities. There are more than 65,438+000 clubs founded and managed by students, such as academic clubs, political groups, art and dance music groups, various sports clubs, community activities, media groups, cultural groups, religious groups and so on.