Editing Swarthmore College (section)

===Admissions===
{{Infobox U.S. college admissions
|year               = 2022<!-- Comparison year is automatically set to five years prior -->
|ref                = <ref name="CDS">{{cite web |title=Common Data Set |url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/institutional-effectiveness-research-assessment/common-data-set |publisher=Swarthmore College |access-date=26 September 2023 |language=en |date=8 July 2014}}</ref>
|change ref         = <ref name="CDS" />
|admit rate         = 6.9%
|admit rate change  = -3.8
|yield rate         = 42%
|yield rate change  = +3

|test optional      = recent
|SAT EBRW           = 710–770<!-- use an em-dash (–) -->
|SAT EBRW change    = +20
|SAT Math           = 730–790<!-- use an em-dash (–) -->
|SAT Math change    = +20
|ACT                = 32–35<!-- use an em-dash (–) -->
|ACT change         = +1

|top decile         = 89%
|top decile change  = -2
|top quarter        = 100%
|top quarter change = +1
|top half           = 100%
|top half change    = 0
}}

The college is considered by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' as "most selective", with 10.7% of the 9,383 applicants accepted during the 2016–2017 admissions cycle.<ref name="2017 Fact Sheet">{{cite web|title=2017 Fact Sheet|url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/admissions-aid/2017%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf|publisher=Swarthmore College|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914125508/http://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/admissions-aid/2017%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf|archive-date=September 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The number of applicants was the highest in the college's history and among the highest overall of any liberal arts college.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pomona.edu/news/2017/03/17-pomona-college-receives-record-breaking-number-applications-class-2021|title=Pomona College Receives Record-Breaking Number of Applications for the Class of 2021|date=March 16, 2017|work=Pomona College in Claremont, California|access-date=August 19, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803130147/https://www.pomona.edu/news/2017/03/17-pomona-college-receives-record-breaking-number-applications-class-2021|archive-date=August 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wellesley.edu/news/2017/node/114856#UBAPX3Fy0YSY3Xhq.97|title=Meet the Record-Setting Wellesley College Class of 2021|website=Wellesley College|language=en|access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820035010/http://www.wellesley.edu/news/2017/node/114856#UBAPX3Fy0YSY3Xhq.97|archive-date=August 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wesleyanargus.com/2017/03/30/class-of-2021-wesleyan-record-low-acceptance-rate/|title=Class of 2021 Sees Record Low Acceptance Rate|website=The Wesleyan Argus|date=March 30, 2017 |access-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819103524/http://wesleyanargus.com/2017/03/30/class-of-2021-wesleyan-record-low-acceptance-rate/|archive-date=August 19, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://communications.williams.edu/news-releases/3_23_2017_admittedstudents/|title=Williams College Admits 1,253 Students to Class of 2021|work=Office of Communications|access-date=August 19, 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820073911/https://communications.williams.edu/news-releases/3_23_2017_admittedstudents/|archive-date=August 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The college saw increases in the number of underrepresented students, first-generation college students, and international students. The college reports that "Twenty-five percent of the admitted students are among the first generation in their family to attend college" and "Of the admitted students attending high schools reporting class rank, 94 percent are in the top decile".<ref name=":6">{{cite web|url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/960-students-admitted-to-swarthmore-class-2021|title=960 Students Admitted to Swarthmore Class of 2021 :: News & Events :: Swarthmore College|website=www.swarthmore.edu|language=en|access-date=August 19, 2017|date=March 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819234030/http://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/960-students-admitted-to-swarthmore-class-2021|archive-date=August 19, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The class of 2022 admissions statistics have been fully released, where 13,012 applicants resulted in 1013 admits for an admit rate of 7.78%.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|date=2023-08-20|title=Swarthmore by the Numbers|url=https://www.swarthmore.edu/meet-swarthmore/swarthmore-numbers|access-date=2023-08-20|website=www.swarthmore.edu|language=en|archive-date=February 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217055842/https://www.swarthmore.edu/meet-swarthmore/swarthmore-numbers|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012, ''[[The Princeton Review]]'' gave Swarthmore a 99 out of 99 on their Admissions Selectivity Rating.<ref name="theprincetonreview.com2">{{cite web|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/college/CollegeAdmissions.aspx?iid=1024057|title=Test Prep: GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, SAT, ACT, and More|publisher=Theprincetonreview.com|access-date=February 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330170018/http://www.princetonreview.com/schools/college/CollegeAdmissions.aspx?iid=1024057|archive-date=March 30, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>