Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are Lehigh, Bucknell, Lafayette, Dickinson a cut above Muhlenburg, Gettysburg, and F&M?

Sort of. Lafayette has a pretty similar selectivity level to F&M. My son looked at many of these. Dickinson has a pretty good reputation but is pretty easy to be admitted to (easier than many of the others).

OK, sorry, my info is a couple years old and Dickinson's admissions rate has dropped a lot. Lehigh, Bucknell, Lafayette, Dickinson, F&M all seem to be in the 30-40% admitted range.

Gettysburg and Muhlenberg are easier.

Anonymous wrote:Are Lehigh, Bucknell, Lafayette, Dickinson a cut above Muhlenburg, Gettysburg, and F&M?

Sort of. Lafayette has a pretty similar selectivity level to F&M. My son looked at many of these. Dickinson has a pretty good reputation but is pretty easy to be admitted to (easier than many of the others).

Yes - the schools often pull the same applicants (add Villanova in there as well).

Lehigh is known for being a big research school, has double the endowment, and has a host of new and interesting cross-school majors. Bigger, more diverse than Bucknell. The 2 schools are on par for business. Accounting in particular - they have great placement with the big 4. They're both big party schools (work hard/play hard)

There are peer schools, Bucknell better for students interested in business, Lehigh for engineering, everything else, tie.

Anonymous wrote:And bucknell is in a scary, down and out art of Pennsylvania.

Lewisburg is not scary. Bucknell is just in basic, rural central PA.

And bucknell is in a scary, down and out art of Pennsylvania.

Anonymous wrote:Lehigh is larger, has a more diverse student population and is less isolated than Bucknell.

Lehigh is a much more serious academic experience.

Lehigh is larger, has a more diverse student population and is less isolated than Bucknell.

Anonymous wrote:I’m a Lehigh alum but have family that went to Bucknell and have spent a fair amount of time there. I would go with Lehigh.

How would you differentiate? What kind of student thrives there?
Lehigh tracks DI way more than Bucknell

I’m a Lehigh alum but have family that went to Bucknell and have spent a fair amount of time there. I would go with Lehigh.

Those two are pretty similar.

LeHigh

Anonymous wrote:Are Lehigh, Bucknell, Lafayette, Dickinson a cut above Muhlenburg, Gettysburg, and F&M?

I’d rank them this way:

Lehigh, Bucknell, lLafeyette

Dickinson , F&M

Muhlenbirg, Gettysburg

Are Lehigh, Bucknell, Lafayette, Dickinson a cut above Muhlenburg, Gettysburg, and F&M?

Do these two schools have many cross-applicants? I really don't understand the distinctions between the PA schools. Yes, know we need to visit but trying to figure out how to prioritize. Thanks!