Thoughts on Union, Lafayette, and F&M?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you like….

Lafayette, then take a look at Lehigh and Bucknell.

Union, then take a look at St. Lawrence and Trinity.

F&M, then take a look at Dickinson and Gettysburg.

The three bolded repulsed my kid from our tours and what we heard. YMMV. I know 4 kids who’ve left Bucknell in the last 3 years.

Is Lafayette really like that? We toured and really liked it but we didn’t get much impression of the social scene on a weekday morning. GDI family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you like….

Lafayette, then take a look at Lehigh and Bucknell.

Union, then take a look at St. Lawrence and Trinity.

F&M, then take a look at Dickinson and Gettysburg.

The three bolded repulsed my kid from our tours and what we heard. YMMV. I know 4 kids who’ve left Bucknell in the last 3 years.

Why did Lafayette repulse your kid? Mine is seriously considering it for engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you like….

Lafayette, then take a look at Lehigh and Bucknell.

Union, then take a look at St. Lawrence and Trinity.

F&M, then take a look at Dickinson and Gettysburg.

The three bolded repulsed my kid from our tours and what we heard. YMMV. I know 4 kids who’ve left Bucknell in the last 3 years.

My kid is engineering at Bucknell and loves it. Has tons of friends who have been with him since freshman year too. He knows a couple kids who left - two for larger schools, one who failed out, and a 4th who hated ROTC and couldn’t afford Bucknell without it so sadly left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child with slightly higher stats was admitted to all three. Potential engineering student. Significant merit from Union and some merit from F&M. None from Lafayette.

What year was that? F&M only provides need-based aid now and no merit.

This year. They call it an "institutional grant" on the admissions letter.

FM can say that all they want but we had our two kids apply there. The better student was offered more money same fafsa, css, etc,...

[Anonymous]

Lafayette has a very Greek party scene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child with slightly higher stats was admitted to all three. Potential engineering student. Significant merit from Union and some merit from F&M. None from Lafayette.

What year was that? F&M only provides need-based aid now and no merit.

This year. They call it an "institutional grant" on the admissions letter.

FM can say that all they want but we had our two kids apply there. The better student was offered more money same fafsa, css, etc,...

Did your number of students in college change between the two?

[Anonymous]

I would add Bucknell and University of Rochester. My 4.8 GPA 1480 SAT student was admitted to Lafayette, no merit aid.

[Anonymous]

+1 loved Lafayette. It’s emerged as a dark horse favorite as DC makes final decision this week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was last year but we had a kid with similar stats get into FM and Lafayette - 29 ACT and 3.6uw (11 AP/IBs). Not pre-med but environmental science/studies.

We did look at Union but Schenectady was a hard no and did not apply. Although we thought Union was most stem oriented.

We also looked at Rhodes and Sewanee. Have not looked at the pre-med programs closely but knows Rhodes touts having a relationship with St Jude's Research Hospital. Sewanee mentioned having some cool internships including some with Vanderbilt.

If you don’t mind sharing, where did your kid end up? My DC (with similar stats to OP) got into Lafayette for Environmental Studies without merit. We are trying to decide what to do.

Sewanee and did get some merit aid. Merit aid was a factor. Our kid also thought the 13k acre campus would be good for environmental studies, would prefer to settle in southeast after school, etc..... It turned out to be a good fit for our kid. We liked Lafayette a lot though.

[Anonymous]

I love Union, especially if you're a pre-med student. I believe they have a 8 year direct med school program?

My DD (who has since graduated from college) short listed LaFayette and Union college. She liked the culture at Union better and they have made real investments in the new science facility. The Union campus is also beautiful (the Nott building is at the center--you should look it up).

I would seriously look in to Union.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lafayette has a very Greek party scene.

As do Union and F&M

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you like….

Lafayette, then take a look at Lehigh and Bucknell.

Union, then take a look at St. Lawrence and Trinity.

F&M, then take a look at Dickinson and Gettysburg.

The three bolded repulsed my kid from our tours and what we heard. YMMV. I know 4 kids who’ve left Bucknell in the last 3 years.

I have a kid that is very happy at one of the bolded three who absolutely hated Union, Dickinson, Gettysburg, and F&M when we toured. We never saw St Lawrence, or Trinity. To each, their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you like….

Lafayette, then take a look at Lehigh and Bucknell.

Union, then take a look at St. Lawrence and Trinity.

F&M, then take a look at Dickinson and Gettysburg.

The three bolded repulsed my kid from our tours and what we heard. YMMV. I know 4 kids who’ve left Bucknell in the last 3 years.

I have a kid that is very happy at one of the bolded three who absolutely hated Union, Dickinson, Gettysburg, and F&M when we toured. We never saw St Lawrence, or Trinity. To each, their own.

Why did he hate them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you like….

Lafayette, then take a look at Lehigh and Bucknell.

Union, then take a look at St. Lawrence and Trinity.

F&M, then take a look at Dickinson and Gettysburg.

The three bolded repulsed my kid from our tours and what we heard. YMMV. I know 4 kids who’ve left Bucknell in the last 3 years.

Why did they leave Bucknell?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was last year but we had a kid with similar stats get into FM and Lafayette - 29 ACT and 3.6uw (11 AP/IBs). Not pre-med but environmental science/studies.

We did look at Union but Schenectady was a hard no and did not apply. Although we thought Union was most stem oriented.

We also looked at Rhodes and Sewanee. Have not looked at the pre-med programs closely but knows Rhodes touts having a relationship with St Jude's Research Hospital. Sewanee mentioned having some cool internships including some with Vanderbilt.

If you don’t mind sharing, where did your kid end up? My DC (with similar stats to OP) got into Lafayette for Environmental Studies without merit. We are trying to decide what to do.

Sewanee and did get some merit aid. Merit aid was a factor. Our kid also thought the 13k acre campus would be good for environmental studies, would prefer to settle in southeast after school, etc..... It turned out to be a good fit for our kid. We liked Lafayette a lot though.

I wish I had talked to my DD about Sewanee. I was worried it was too remote but I've heard a lot of great things about it. I'm not sure we can justify the extra $110k for Lafayette (and Bucknell) so I think my DD has narrowed down her options to Denison and Rollins. DD is disappointed but I think once she's in school, she won't look back (hopefully).