Swarthmore interviewing

So I interviewed another wildly qualified, highly academic candidate for Swarthmore today. He studies ancient Greek, plays piano professionally for pocket money, sings in an a cappella group, maintains a better-than-perfect GPA in all-AP classes, plays trombone in jazz band, plays soccer, volunteers for good causes, was named editor-in-chief of the school paper, co-captains the scholar quiz team, and that's only the talents I can remember off the top of my head. Oh yeah. He teaches piano. He also oozes social skills, which many highly academic folks don't. And the scary thing is, he's not even the MOST qualified candidate I've interviewed. (Although I must say I adored him and hope very much he gets in!)

My conclusion?

I'm very glad I'm not a Swarthmore candidate nowadays. I don't know how anyone gets in anywhere!

Here's a link to the beloved alma mater. And here's the link to what U.S. News and World Report says about it.