Bucknell?

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Anonymous wrote:Bucknell, you mean F*cknail????

F*cknail!!! HA HA HA HA HA! You took the word "Bucknell" and changed it to "F*cknail" which is funny because it kinda rhymes! (Well, almost). Plus it has "F*ck" in it! So clever! Why are you not writing for Stephen Colbert or Saturday Night Live? You have the gift! You are the next Great American Humorist in the classic vein! Like when Mark Twain called Princeton "F*ckton"! Genius!

Can we get the adults posting back here please?

The PP's post is actually too clever for Colbert or modern-day SNL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a very geeky kid who is looking at all of these schools for engineering. He's concerned about the greek/sporty life. Is there a cohort outside of that? We're really struggling to find a SLAC with engineering that doesn't have a significant greek and/or prominent athletic component.

I don't know, but Bucknell would not be among my top picks if I were looking for non-Greek, non-sporty. It is truly in the middle of nowhere, so the campus culture is undiluted by civilization.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a very geeky kid who is looking at all of these schools for engineering. He's concerned about the greek/sporty life. Is there a cohort outside of that? We're really struggling to find a SLAC with engineering that doesn't have a significant greek and/or prominent athletic component.

Look at GA Tech.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a very geeky kid who is looking at all of these schools for engineering. He's concerned about the greek/sporty life. Is there a cohort outside of that? We're really struggling to find a SLAC with engineering that doesn't have a significant greek and/or prominent athletic component.

Friend's son did the 3+2 engineering program at Goucher and Columbia (or you can do JHU). He loved it. Goucher definitely isn't a party scene nor is their an emphasis on athletics (at all). He felt very prepared when he moved on to Columbia. Got to have two very different experiences in his five years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell, you mean F*cknail????

F*cknail!!! HA HA HA HA HA! You took the word "Bucknell" and changed it to "F*cknail" which is funny because it kinda rhymes! (Well, almost). Plus it has "F*ck" in it! So clever! Why are you not writing for Stephen Colbert or Saturday Night Live? You have the gift! You are the next Great American Humorist in the classic vein! Like when Mark Twain called Princeton "F*ckton"! Genius!

Can we get the adults posting back here please?

The PP's post is actually too clever for Colbert or modern-day SNL.

And look! Proof! You have a fan! True genius cannot be kept down!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a very geeky kid who is looking at all of these schools for engineering. He's concerned about the greek/sporty life. Is there a cohort outside of that? We're really struggling to find a SLAC with engineering that doesn't have a significant greek and/or prominent athletic component.

Friend's son did the 3+2 engineering program at Goucher and Columbia (or you can do JHU). He loved it. Goucher definitely isn't a party scene nor is their an emphasis on athletics (at all). He felt very prepared when he moved on to Columbia. Got to have two very different experiences in his five years.

*"there" not "their" (correcting my own error)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a very geeky kid who is looking at all of these schools for engineering. He's concerned about the greek/sporty life. Is there a cohort outside of that? We're really struggling to find a SLAC with engineering that doesn't have a significant greek and/or prominent athletic component.

Check out Case Western Reserve. Small university, not a SLAC, but still a good option. Serious but not cutthroat students, good research opportunities. I don't believe they are known for their athletic programs and while they have Greek life I don't think it is the focus of campus social life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell, you mean F*cknail????

F*cknail!!! HA HA HA HA HA! You took the word "Bucknell" and changed it to "F*cknail" which is funny because it kinda rhymes! (Well, almost). Plus it has "F*ck" in it! So clever! Why are you not writing for Stephen Colbert or Saturday Night Live? You have the gift! You are the next Great American Humorist in the classic vein! Like when Mark Twain called Princeton "F*ckton"! Genius!

Can we get the adults posting back here please?

The PP's post is actually too clever for Colbert or modern-day SNL.

And look! Proof! You have a fan! True genius cannot be kept down!

Jealous much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a very geeky kid who is looking at all of these schools for engineering. He's concerned about the greek/sporty life. Is there a cohort outside of that? We're really struggling to find a SLAC with engineering that doesn't have a significant greek and/or prominent athletic component.

Why doesn’t he look at big state schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell, you mean F*cknail????

F*cknail!!! HA HA HA HA HA! You took the word "Bucknell" and changed it to "F*cknail" which is funny because it kinda rhymes! (Well, almost). Plus it has "F*ck" in it! So clever! Why are you not writing for Stephen Colbert or Saturday Night Live? You have the gift! You are the next Great American Humorist in the classic vein! Like when Mark Twain called Princeton "F*ckton"! Genius!

Can we get the adults posting back here please?

The PP's post is actually too clever for Colbert or modern-day SNL.

And look! Proof! You have a fan! True genius cannot be kept down!

Jealous much?

Lol. NO. Absolutely NO.

[Anonymous]

Cheesey, rapey frat dudes crawling around campus every night. Nothankyouverymuch.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD is looking at Bucknell. Don’t know much about the school. Any insight on the school would be great.

Solid LAC with an engineering school. Location is middle of nowhere, but they frat hard and make their own fun on campus. That fun usually involves booze and a fair amount of giggity giggity, so if your kid is decent-looking and has some game, it could be a good fit. Comparable to Lafayette and Union, also preppy, somewhat fratty LAC/engineering hybrids.

That’s the best, most straightforward description I’ve heard of Buck, Lafayette and Union (applies to Lehigh too right)? Everyone should know whether it’s a great fit or not with that.

Outside of the engineering school, Lehigh has less of an LAC feel and more of a preprofessional vibe than the other three. But yes, the campus climate is the same.

I disagree with that, actually. There is nothing that feels pre professional about Lehigh. My daughter was dead set on a LAC, and we looked at almost every one on the east coast. We toured Lehigh because we were touring Lafayette, so why not, and she fell in love and isa very happy junior Econ major. It feels just like the LACs with a bit more research and a couple thousand more students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a very geeky kid who is looking at all of these schools for engineering. He's concerned about the greek/sporty life. Is there a cohort outside of that? We're really struggling to find a SLAC with engineering that doesn't have a significant greek and/or prominent athletic component.

Try WPI, RIT, or U of Rochester

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is looking at Bucknell. Don’t know much about the school. Any insight on the school would be great.

Solid LAC with an engineering school. Location is middle of nowhere, but they frat hard and make their own fun on campus. That fun usually involves booze and a fair amount of giggity giggity, so if your kid is decent-looking and has some game, it could be a good fit. Comparable to Lafayette and Union, also preppy, somewhat fratty LAC/engineering hybrids.

That’s the best, most straightforward description I’ve heard of Buck, Lafayette and Union (applies to Lehigh too right)? Everyone should know whether it’s a great fit or not with that.

Outside of the engineering school, Lehigh has less of an LAC feel and more of a preprofessional vibe than the other three. But yes, the campus climate is the same.

I disagree with that, actually. There is nothing that feels pre professional about Lehigh. My daughter was dead set on a LAC, and we looked at almost every one on the east coast. We toured Lehigh because we were touring Lafayette, so why not, and she fell in love and isa very happy junior Econ major. It feels just like the LACs with a bit more research and a couple thousand more students.

Fair enough. My description was based not on any personal experience on campus (I've only driven through) but on several alums I know, all of whom eschew intellectual pursuits and take a funk benches, get money approach to education and to life. It's entirely possible that the graduates I know are not representative of the student body at large.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD is looking at Bucknell. Don’t know much about the school. Any insight on the school would be great.

Solid LAC with an engineering school. Location is middle of nowhere, but they frat hard and make their own fun on campus. That fun usually involves booze and a fair amount of giggity giggity, so if your kid is decent-looking and has some game, it could be a good fit. Comparable to Lafayette and Union, also preppy, somewhat fratty LAC/engineering hybrids.

That’s the best, most straightforward description I’ve heard of Buck, Lafayette and Union (applies to Lehigh too right)? Everyone should know whether it’s a great fit or not with that.

Outside of the engineering school, Lehigh has less of an LAC feel and more of a preprofessional vibe than the other three. But yes, the campus climate is the same.

I disagree with that, actually. There is nothing that feels pre professional about Lehigh. My daughter was dead set on a LAC, and we looked at almost every one on the east coast. We toured Lehigh because we were touring Lafayette, so why not, and she fell in love and isa very happy junior Econ major. It feels just like the LACs with a bit more research and a couple thousand more students.

Fair enough. My description was based not on any personal experience on campus (I've only driven through) but on several alums I know, all of whom eschew intellectual pursuits and take a funk benches, get money approach to education and to life. It's entirely possible that the graduates I know are not representative of the student body at large.

I’m guessing they’re from NJ/NY. That’s the general culture of that area, and not representative of the school they attended in PA.