Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 16:44     Subject: Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
Who cares whether the average Joe and Jane Schmuck has heard of your school. Go with the best fit and strongest programs.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 16:42     Subject: Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
Bucknell has had admissions recruiters in California for 20 years.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 16:30     Subject: Re:Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
Bucknell. The others are only recognized on East Coast.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 16:27     Subject: Re:Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
Bucknell for sure and maybe Lehigh. I’m from DC.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 16:26     Subject: Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
Asian immigrant here. I only heard about Lehigh as a friend went there for a PhD degree years ago. It must be a decent school.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 16:20     Subject: Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
Anonymous wrote:I'd say Lehigh or Bucknell, but not by a lot


+1, and reputation may be neutral at best.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 16:17     Subject: Re:Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
I think Bucknell and Lehigh. I am from Chicago and spouse is from Colorado, and these were the 2 of the 4 we knew before our own kids looked at colleges.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 16:17     Subject: Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
I'd say Lehigh or Bucknell, but not by a lot
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 16:16     Subject: Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
My husband from NC had never heard of those when we looked at schools for our son.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 16:16     Subject: Re:Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
I’m from an area of PA that’s a one hour drive from Lehigh & Lafayette, and 1.5 hours drive from Bucknell. So I’ve heard of all those because of that.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 16:12     Subject: Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
Anonymous wrote:From the west coast, hadn't even heard of Lafayette or Dickinson until I moved to the east coast.

Haha also from the West Coast and only one I’d heard of was Dickinson. Maybe Bucknell for basketball or something?
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 16:12     Subject: Re:Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
All expensive, need-aware, isolated (geographically & culturally) private colleges.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 16:11     Subject: Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
No meaningful difference. People who know about colleges will know them all.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 15:55     Subject: Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
From the west coast, hadn't even heard of Lafayette or Dickinson until I moved to the east coast.
Anonymous
Post 04/15/2023 15:53     Subject: Greater name recognition: Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Bucknell?
Outside of the DMV or NY/NJ areas which has greater name recognition? Not the recognition is super important but I have been surprised that none of my in-laws have heard of any of these.