Move-In Day 2011
Swarthmore began the 2011-2012 academic year, its 143rd year of instruction, with 386 first-year students and 10 transfer students. On Move-In Day, President Rebecca Chopp joined Dean of Students Liz Braun and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Jim Bock '90 in welcoming them, their parents, families, and friends and answering their questions. The Class of 2015 was selected from among a record 6,547 applicants, of whom 15 percent were offered admission.