![Four students post together holding lit candles](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/news-events/first_collection-2021-2.jpg?itok=J8Z2q8JQ)
First Collection for the Class of 2021.
![Several rows of people holding candles light up the night in the Scott Amphitheater](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/news-events/first_collection-2021-8.jpg?itok=e3hqvdqd)
First Collection for the Class of 2021.
![Two students lit by candle light look down at a piece of paper together](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/news-events/first_collection-2021-5.jpg?itok=SO11tp-g)
First Collection for the Class of 2021.
![Three students sit together holding lit candles](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/news-events/first_collection-2021-3.jpg?itok=O4DIbhHW)
First Collection for the Class of 2021.
![Three students take a selfie together while holding candles outside at night](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/news-events/first_collection-2021.jpg?itok=UCC0yke2)
New students take a selfie during First Collection for the Class of 2021.
![A student looks down and smiles at the candle he is holding](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/news-events/first_collection-2021-9.jpg?itok=-pU7aA9K)
First Collection for the Class of 2021.
![One student stares at the camera as he sits with three friends holding candles](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/news-events/first_collection-2021-7.jpg?itok=wJWGu76S)
First Collection for the Class of 2021.
![Students help carry bags of a new student on move in day](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/news-events/movein075-720.jpg?itok=WohgYTIV)
Students help on Move-in Day for the Class of 2021.
![Students try to catch the pieces of a giant Jenga game as it collapses](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/games_c-720.jpg?itok=GVsQlBU-)
Fun and games on Parrish Beach for the Class of 2021.
![President Valerie Smith talks to a student and his family in his dorm room on move in day](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/movein090-720.jpg?itok=OEa6mHyP)
President Valerie Smith talks to a student and his family in his new room on Move-In Day.
![A student creates a giant bubble using a wand on Parrish Beach](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/games-2-720.jpg?itok=TkAlv3dG)
Fun and games on Parrish Beach during New Student Orientation.
![Students talk to advisors at the advising fair](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/advising_m-720.jpg?itok=euRrFgef)
The annual new student academic advising fair.
![A student leans in to listen to a professor speak to her during the academic advising fair](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/advising_c-720.jpg?itok=eOmbgZGB)
The annual new student academic advising fair.
![Student shovel dirt into planters at the annual plant giveaway](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/plant_i-720.jpg?itok=pPpmaVlH)
New students receive plants at the annual Scott Arboretum Plant Giveaway.
![Two students look at their plants during the plant giveaway](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/plant-2-720.jpg?itok=hkrDB_DR)
New students receive plants at the annual Scott Arboretum Plant Giveaway.
![Students in the Class of 2021 stand in a field in the formation of their class year](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_slider/public/assets/images/news-events/FreshmanPhoto-720.jpg?itok=mvNzYegO)
Class photo by Simona Dwass '19.
First Collection for the Class of 2021.