Lafayette/Bucknell vs Nescacs

[Anonymous]

You mentioned being an athlete… do they want to play DI? That would take NESCAC out of play.

[Anonymous]

Bucknell ain’t going anywhere up. Only time they were noticeable was when they would occasionally upset a higher seed in NCAA hoops and those days are over.

[Anonymous]

if you want a path to finance from a Pa schools and Nescacs that’s comparable, lehigh blows the other two away - and i would say has comparable loyalty to A and W on the street

[Anonymous]

Lehigh joint business / engineering major for financial engineering is a better major to
make booku bucks on the street than anything at Lafayette Bucknell or Nescacs - those kids all have multiple offers on the street well into 6 figures. Hard to get in though and would be tough to manage workload as an athlete

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:if you want a path to finance from a Pa schools and Nescacs that’s comparable, lehigh blows the other two away - and i would say has comparable loyalty to A and W on the street

+10

[Anonymous]

just looked it up - here it is

https://ibe.lehigh.edu/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:just looked it up - here it is

https://ibe.lehigh.edu/

It’s also possible to be in the business school and pick up a minor in engineering, like industrial for example. Admission to the IBE program is quite competitive.

[Anonymous]

Those 3 Pa schools don’t have cache with the DCUM crowd based on the middling rankings and locales - not seen as serious options for any of the DCUM private school kids with the hardscrabble blue collar / industrial feel of Easton and Bethlehem. But these kids tend to be grittier than the soft prima donnas from Wesleyan or Bowdoin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those 3 Pa schools don’t have cache with the DCUM crowd based on the middling rankings and locales - not seen as serious options for any of the DCUM private school kids with the hardscrabble blue collar / industrial feel of Easton and Bethlehem. But these kids tend to be grittier than the soft prima donnas from Wesleyan or Bowdoin

Oh brother. Yes the privileged private/Catholic school kids from NJ and PA with lower scores and GPAs who wind up at Lafayette and Bucknell are definitely “grittier.” I guess this is just trolling but you’ve got to stop trying to make Lafayette happen. Or at least bring some creativity like the Bucknell pipeline to the street guy. I miss them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those 3 Pa schools don’t have cache with the DCUM crowd based on the middling rankings and locales - not seen as serious options for any of the DCUM private school kids with the hardscrabble blue collar / industrial feel of Easton and Bethlehem. But these kids tend to be grittier than the soft prima donnas from Wesleyan or Bowdoin

Oh brother. Yes the privileged private/Catholic school kids from NJ and PA with lower scores and GPAs who wind up at Lafayette and Bucknell are definitely “grittier.” I guess this is just trolling but you’ve got to stop trying to make Lafayette happen. Or at least bring some creativity like the Bucknell pipeline to the street guy. I miss them.

have to say you both have a point - Easton and Bethlehem aren’t terribly attractive towns, and Hamilton is a great comp for Lafayette and probably Tufts as a comp for Lehigh. But this is mostly full of 1300 3.7 type kids from tri state privates

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Those 3 Pa schools don’t have cache with the DCUM crowd based on the middling rankings and locales - not seen as serious options for any of the DCUM private school kids with the hardscrabble blue collar / industrial feel of Easton and Bethlehem. But these kids tend to be grittier than the soft prima donnas from Wesleyan or Bowdoin

Oh brother. Yes the privileged private/Catholic school kids from NJ and PA with lower scores and GPAs who wind up at Lafayette and Bucknell are definitely “grittier.” I guess this is just trolling but you’ve got to stop trying to make Lafayette happen. Or at least bring some creativity like the Bucknell pipeline to the street guy. I miss them.

have to say you both have a point - Easton and Bethlehem aren’t terribly attractive towns, and Hamilton is a great comp for Lafayette and probably Tufts as a comp for Lehigh. But this is mostly full of 1300 3.7 type kids from tri state privates

The only similarities between Lafayette and Hamilton kids is that they all can get into Lafayette. (Unless you’re talking about the January admits at Hamilton. More of a Lafayette caliber student.) Also, I’m a fan of Lehigh but Tufts is just objectively a much tougher admit. And while Bethlehem has its charms, I think it loses out to the Boston burbs.

[Anonymous]

They are behind Bates/Colby in selectivity and prestige. More preprofessional.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Those 3 Pa schools don’t have cache with the DCUM crowd based on the middling rankings and locales - not seen as serious options for any of the DCUM private school kids with the hardscrabble blue collar / industrial feel of Easton and Bethlehem. But these kids tend to be grittier than the soft prima donnas from Wesleyan or Bowdoin

Oh brother. Yes the privileged private/Catholic school kids from NJ and PA with lower scores and GPAs who wind up at Lafayette and Bucknell are definitely “grittier.” I guess this is just trolling but you’ve got to stop trying to make Lafayette happen. Or at least bring some creativity like the Bucknell pipeline to the street guy. I miss them.

have to say you both have a point - Easton and Bethlehem aren’t terribly attractive towns, and Hamilton is a great comp for Lafayette and probably Tufts as a comp for Lehigh. But this is mostly full of 1300 3.7 type kids from tri state privates

The only similarities between Lafayette and Hamilton kids is that they all can get into Lafayette. (Unless you’re talking about the January admits at Hamilton. More of a Lafayette caliber student.) Also, I’m a fan of Lehigh but Tufts is just objectively a much tougher admit. And while Bethlehem has its charms, I think it loses out to the Boston burbs.

agree hamilton probably a good nescac proxy for lafayette and other high academic Pa LACs line F&M. Hamilton harder admit but from a prestige perspective very similar, especially in the big apple

[Anonymous]

Who wants to spend some of the best years at Lehigh(sounds like a high school) or Lafayette. And on top of that pay $90k a year. Of all the locations Bethlehem and Easton- no way.

[Anonymous]

We toured Lafayette and Lehigh recently. Really did not like the vibe of Lehigh and thought Bethlehem was an absolute dump. But Lafayette was charming, and Easton was, too. We drove around a bit and were pleasantly surprised. You have to go beyond the streets surrounding campus.