Vibe at Lehigh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will you PLEASE STOP WITH THESE?

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I’m not the OP.

What’s the issue?

[Anonymous]

My Nephew is a fratty sort who was in the business school and loved it. He graduated with a good job (class of 2023) and has since moved on to an even better job.
I know 3 families with current freshmen boys. 1 fratty and loving it, the other 2 are nerdy and loving it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a sporty, social, humanities girl (looking for Greek life friendly) likely interested in a career in consulting or strategy & communications, how would you rate these schools?

Lehigh
Bucknell
Amherst
Middlebury
Wesleyan
Colgate
Case

If she wants Greek life and a business school, why does she have LACs with no business school and no Greek on her list?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Compared to its closest peer Bucknell, I would say it's slightly stronger in engineering but not as strong in business and finance. The Wall Street pipeline at Bucknell is stronger than at any SLAC except Williams/Amherst.

You again. No one asked about the vibe at Bucknell or about any school's "Wall Street pipeline."

lol + 1

[Anonymous]

Our college counselor has advised Lehigh is a reach with a 3.9 UW and 34 ACT. Says because it’s a mid-size school with D1 sports it’s super popular and not to expect anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our college counselor has advised Lehigh is a reach with a 3.9 UW and 34 ACT. Says because it’s a mid-size school with D1 sports it’s super popular and not to expect anything.

You need a new college counselor. Admit rate of most recent cycle was 25%. Not bad odds for a kid with those stats.

[Anonymous]

Party school, not for serious academics. Students with a real shot at T20 will not be happy at Lehigh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Party school, not for serious academics. Students with a real shot at T20 will not be happy at Lehigh

This is silly. Of course there are serious students at Lehigh.

[Anonymous]

Bucknell is the Harvard of SLACs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a sporty, social, humanities girl (looking for Greek life friendly) likely interested in a career in consulting or strategy & communications, how would you rate these schools?

Lehigh
Bucknell
Amherst
Middlebury
Wesleyan
Colgate
Case

Not on your list…W&L fits your description. She should check it out. 70% greek(mostly everyone gets a bid if they are not picky), work hard, play hard atmosphere. Has a business school. Lexington is a cute town. Better weather than all those schools listed above.

Also, University of Richmond.

[Anonymous]

We really disliked it on our tour. I know that was probably mostly our tour guide though we also really didn’t like the info session.

[Anonymous]

Middle of nowhere, Greek heavy.
Solid school with great outcome and proximity to NYC.
Great choice if can't get into the Boston or NY schools - NYU, BU, BC, Tufts, Northeastern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Middle of nowhere, Greek heavy.
Solid school with great outcome and proximity to NYC.
Great choice if can't get into the Boston or NY schools - NYU, BU, BC, Tufts, Northeastern.

My kid isn’t applying to any of these bc they are urban.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our college counselor has advised Lehigh is a reach with a 3.9 UW and 34 ACT. Says because it’s a mid-size school with D1 sports it’s super popular and not to expect anything.

Ignore the D1 sports comment. Ivy and Patriot league D1 sports aren’t Power 4 D1 sports. Not remotely close to the same atmosphere or student interest.

Surprised nobody mentioned it’s built into the side of a steep hill.

Great if you are looking to stay fit…but it gets old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Middle of nowhere, Greek heavy.
Solid school with great outcome and proximity to NYC.
Great choice if can't get into the Boston or NY schools - NYU, BU, BC, Tufts, Northeastern.

It’s not the middle of nowhere, but Bethlehem isn’t the most exciting town.

100k, depressed PA towns aren’t exactly great college backdrops…but it is reasonably close to NYC and Philly.