Reply to Lehigh vs Villanova

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Lehigh vs Villanova "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The look and feel of campus are really different so it would be good if she could visit. Lehigh is hilly and woodsy and comes down the hill right to the edge of a city (Bethlehem), whereas Villanova is flat and open. Also, while Villanova has proximity to Philadelphia, it is situated in a totally suburban area and feels more suburban, whereas Lehigh abuts a "city" area. I think from Villanova you could walk to some shops in Bryn Mawr (coffee shop, ice cream shop) but Villanova itself doesn't have a lot right there.

Villanova seems very "white" to me, based on driving by the campus frequently. Not a lot of kids of color, and the kids have a homogenous look. I don't think Lehigh is as homogenous. The Nova grads I know really loved it though.[/quote]

72% of Villanova’s and 68% of Lehigh’s domestic students are white. Lehigh has about 2.5 times as many international students.

The biggest difference between the two is the frat culture at Lehigh, which has at times been out of control. Villanova also has fraternities, but they don’t dominate social life in the way that they do at Lehigh.[/quote]

Lehigh keeps a pretty tight rein on their greek life, though. The sophomores in greek life are required to live in greek houses on campus and those are subject to the same rules as the dorms. The upperclassmen are split between the greek houses and off campus, but violations have them cycle on and off probation/suspension until they get dissolved. [/quote]

You mean that Lehigh [i]tries[/] to keep a tight rein on their Greek life. Nonetheless they continue to have serious problems. When the administration takes action, they invariably get push back from alumni. It’s been an ongoing problems for years there and it’s been well publicized.

[url]http://www.inquirer.com/news/lehigh-university-hazing-drinking-greek-fraternity-20200128.html[/url][/quote]

Did you read the article? It’s obvious that former President Simon imposed a ridiculous, unworkable plan on these kids, demanding that new members and existing members not even talk to each other. How was that workable? He was a disaster and he’s gone, but the trouble started well before him. Lehigh had one of the top 4 or 5 ranked alumni giving records, but that fell off a cliff after the same school that brought beer trucks to my freshman orientation then turned local cops on fraternity parties, causing kids to be criminally charged. Some had to drop out of school. The administration was very hypocritical. At least at places like U Penn, they have their own campus police force, so Junior does not get cited as they were happy to do and even entrap students at Lehigh. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics