PP here- sorry for the typos, I am typing from my phone ...

I am on of the pp's who is an alum, and I did not find it to be full of rich conservatives from bew england at all. I think that po is thinking of a different SLAC - Bucknell is in rural PA. The majority of students come from PA, NY, NJ and CT. I suspect there are more students who are republican than at many other SLACs but I'd still say the student body leaned liberal/Dem when I was there (they are college students, after all - it is probably the time of one's life they are most liberal). I know it is an edxpensive school (same with all the SLACs) so there will be some wealth, but I came from a solidly middle class household and fit in just fine. And none of my friends came from uber wealthy homes. In fact, I'd say that since the college is located in the middle of nowhere, PA, the student body remained somewhat immune from clothing trends/keeping up with the jones's- everyone just ordered the same stuff from the j crew catalog

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Anonymous wrote:Bucknell has not been on our radar, but DC stumbled on this program on the web and is intrigued. Don't know of any other small schools where undergrads can do animal research. They have a primate house! Can anyone comment on the program or on Bucknell generally?

Anyone who goes to Bucknell when a superior school like George Mason (which has graduates living in McLean Va) is nearby needs their head examined.

You should tone it down a tad. If your goal is to steer people towards George Mason, your approach is doing just the opposite.

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Anonymous wrote:Bucknell has not been on our radar, but DC stumbled on this program on the web and is intrigued. Don't know of any other small schools where undergrads can do animal research. They have a primate house! Can anyone comment on the program or on Bucknell generally?

Anyone who goes to Bucknell when a superior school like George Mason (which has graduates living in McLean Va) is nearby needs their head examined.

Don't underestimate the value of the alumni network. It's pretty helpful post-graduation. Is George Mason known for theirs?

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Anonymous wrote:Bucknell has not been on our radar, but DC stumbled on this program on the web and is intrigued. Don't know of any other small schools where undergrads can do animal research. They have a primate house! Can anyone comment on the program or on Bucknell generally?

Anyone who goes to Bucknell when a superior school like George Mason (which has graduates living in McLean Va) is nearby needs their head examined.

way way expensive. probably 65,000 to 70,000 thousand.

The primate house has been their since 82. back then it was a cool 15,000 per year.

Bucknell is targeted to the new england rich, has many prep school kids attending. Very conservative.

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell has not been on our radar, but DC stumbled on this program on the web and is intrigued. Don't know of any other small schools where undergrads can do animal research. They have a primate house! Can anyone comment on the program or on Bucknell generally?

Anyone who goes to Bucknell when a superior school like George Mason (which has graduates living in McLean Va) is nearby needs their head examined.

Anonymous wrote:Pp, we may have been classmates - I, too, was there in the early 90s and took my kids for reunion weekend last year I loved Bucknell, for many of the same reasons as the above Pp. I do not recall anyone I knew being an animal behavior major, but I had several friends who were psych majors and conducted studies using the primates in the primate house. To all the fellow alum, yum I could go for a tasty freeze today.

Yum, Tastee Freez! I had it when I was there last year twice! I graduated in 94 so my reunion is this year, but I don't think I'm going. As for the person who said everyone was wealthy, I didn't feel that much at all. There were more wealthy girls in certain sororities, but I felt comfortable coming from a small middle class town in New England. Not sure if it is different now.

I graduated in the 90s too but did not know anyone in that program. It's a good school but mostly wealthy people so I always felt a little out of place since I came from a middle class family. I was an athlete and found the academics to be very easy (Econ major) - barely had to study at all. It's pretty and safe. The frat scene is a little much.

Pp, we may have been classmates - I, too, was there in the early 90s and took my kids for reunion weekend last year I loved Bucknell, for many of the same reasons as the above Pp. I do not recall anyone I knew being an animal behavior major, but I had several friends who were psych majors and conducted studies using the primates in the primate house. To all the fellow alum, yum I could go for a tasty freeze today.

I went there in the 90s and was actually accepted into the Animal Behavior program, but changed my major soon after. Too much science for me! I loved Bucknell - as PP said there is a fairly big Greek scene, but not everyone is involved in it. I was there last summer with my kids and it has changed a lot - many new buildings, still beautiful, much more "fancy" than when I was there. But it's also almost triple the price now!

It was "the" hot college when I was in high school (public school in eastern Pa). I visited a couple of times in college. It has a very, very vibrant frat scene and is in the middle of nowhere. It's very pretty and seemed to attract kids who were pretty conservative politically (at least from my school). It seemed similar to Hamilton College, where I also hada friend - I don't know if that is a valid parallel. I don't know anything about the animal program.

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell has not been on our radar, but DC stumbled on this program on the web and is intrigued. Don't know of any other small schools where undergrads can do animal research. They have a primate house! Can anyone comment on the program or on Bucknell generally?

I visited with DC. It's a beautiful campus and seems to be a wonderful school. I can't comment on the academics. (Sorry!) But it seems to be a great school.

Bucknell has not been on our radar, but DC stumbled on this program on the web and is intrigued. Don't know of any other small schools where undergrads can do animal research. They have a primate house! Can anyone comment on the program or on Bucknell generally?