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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are the schools that when I see them on a resume, I think rich but average kid. Why not just go state U?

Schools like: Lehigh, BU, AU, etc. Lafayette. [/quote]

I get what you are saying, but I think Lehigh and Lafayette are different from the others, and different from each other. Lehigh is known ad an engineering school, and Lafayette is one of the numerous well-regarded Pa. liberal arts schools - like Gettysburg, Franklin and Marshall, Bucknell, Ursinus - I believe the PA liberal arts schools are a different kettle of fish. [/quote]

A "different kettle of fish" in what way? I grew up in the area and I'm curious to hear an outsider's perdpective.

I agree, Lehigh is a great engineering school, but probably not worth the $$$ to do liberal arts there.[/quote]

The PP had a list of what she explained were "large private nonelite" universities.  I was noting that the PA liberal arts schools are not "large private nonelite universities" is what I meant.  Neither is Lehigh.  They might be something else, and I happen to be a big fan of the PA liberal arts schools, but that said, I agree that Boston University, American University, GWU, are all "large private nonelite universities."

To reiterate, I am not making a positive or negative judgment on the post, just that I think that Lafayette doesn't belong on a list of "large private nonelite universities" - it belongs on a list of "liberal arts schools" - the kind of school where they have good swimming and lacrosse teams, the kind of schools where full pay private school tuition kids go to and play lacrosse (among other stereotypes).[/quote]

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