Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?

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Anonymous wrote:From NJ and knew Lehigh and Bucknell.

If you are from NJ, you know all four of these colleges.

DP. I’m from NJ and I never heard of Dickinson until I was 32 and met someone who’d attended. I heard of Lehigh and Bucknell as solid schools during HS they have good recognition in the mid Atlantic region.

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Can someone tell me why these are worth knowing?

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me why these are worth knowing?

No reason, they are all expensive private colleges with rich kids from NJ/NY/CT.

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Bucknell shows up in NCAA tournament sometimes.

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Can someone tell me why Bucknell hasn’t had a marching band in 30+ years? That was actually a pretty big reason I didn’t go.

And I just read a few rather unsavory things online about their pep band, so I’d imagine they are related

Lehigh and Lafayette used to be big rivals-are they no longer?

I came very close to applying to Dickinson, too, but decided against it last minute - switched out for another school

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Anonymous wrote:I would put Lehigh above and Dickinson significantly below. I had a lot of HS peers who went to these schools. Not saying that reflects what the schools are now but just in terms of name recognition to someone my age (40).

I am the PP and wanted to add we called Farleigh Dickinson "fairly ridiculous." No idea why, truly. This was at an NJ private school where that was probably the midrange target of many kids.

Just clarifying that Dickinson and Fairleigh Dickinson are different, and you weren’t the only ones calling it that.

I have multiple family members who went to Lehigh, and I’m trying not to be biased but I think it’s first on this list, mainly due to size. Then Bucknell, then Lafayette, then Dickinson.

Ha!!! Sorry I'm that PP and I didn't know that! Are they both in PA?

I already knew my comment was kinda dumb but now I feel even dumber

But per the "name recognition" Q - I don't think this pt helps Dickinson.

Fairleigh Dickinson is in NJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me why these are worth knowing?

Lehigh is typically a top 50 school and is medium sized which is hard to find. Also good balance of finance, STEM and liberal arts. Lafayette for its size is strong in Engineering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me why these are worth knowing?

Tell me without telling me that you are a striving prestige hunter only interested in a vocational type of outcome for your student (likely IB or CS) from a brand name school.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me why these are worth knowing?

Tell me without telling me that you are a striving prestige hunter only interested in a vocational type of outcome for your student (likely IB or CS) from a brand name school.

Tell me that you’re a trust fund baby looking to study English or Philosophy.

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I had never heard of any of them until I moved to the East Coast.

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Lehigh and Bucknell are most likely recognizable as the automatic bid from the Patriot League to the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Usually a 16 seed. Lehigh upset Duke in the first round a few years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me why these are worth knowing?

Lehigh is typically a top 50 school and is medium sized which is hard to find. Also good balance of finance, STEM and liberal arts. Lafayette for its size is strong in Engineering.

+1 best post in this thread so far. If you think we should know these other schools, please tell us why.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone tell me why these are worth knowing?

Tell me without telling me that you are a striving prestige hunter only interested in a vocational type of outcome for your student (likely IB or CS) from a brand name school.

Tell me that you’re a trust fund baby looking to study English or Philosophy.

Actually it was a fine arts. Completely self made and very high HHI.

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Lehigh, Bucknell is a close second. The other two have hardly any name recognition.

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I am from Massachusetts. I knew of Bucknell and Lehigh. Had never heard of the other two. Or Gettysburg and Franklin and Marshall... aren't these also the same level more or less?

Other than the highest NESCACs and Pomona, though, small liberal arts schools tend to be known very regionally.