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[quote=Anonymous]Spouse and I went to Bucknell in the early 90s. We both loved it for similar reasons - it had a smart, largely pre-professional, and yes social (see more on that below) student body, engaging, caring professors and small classes, and a beautiful setting. For 4 years it was great to be in the "Bucknell Bubble," and I feel Bucknell gave me terrific career opportunities (professors recommended me for internships, recommended programs, and the alumni network is really supportive) and lifelong friends. The close knit community can't be understated - the alumni weekend is much more robust than I hear at many other colleges especially when you factor in that almost no alums live in the nearby area so travel for the weekend.

Was there a lot of drinking - yes. Was Greek life predominant - yes. But no more or less than any friends who attended Lehigh, Lafayette and Colgate described at their colleges (at the time these were all peer institutions). I think this is part of social life at many small, remote colleges be it Bucknell or Colgate or Colby. I don't know why Bucknell gets the worst "rap" of all of these for drinking.

A student who doesn't enjoy parties as their main form of social life would probably not be happy at Bucknell. But one definitely did not need to be a heavy drinker or even close to an "every night" drinker (that sounds nuts, I really doubt it is true for the majority of students) to have a good time. And spouse and I both found it easy to make great friends with whom we did plenty of things other than drink alcohol.

I'll also add that in my returns to campus over the past few years, and from friends who starting to send their own kids to Bucknell, there is still a social, party scene but the college provides a lot of other options nowadays, too (as there are on every campus). [/quote]

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