The worst kind of snobby, entitled, fratty, drunk LAC there is.

Hard pass.

I have a very geeky kid who is looking at all of these schools for engineering. He's concerned about the greek/sporty life. Is there a cohort outside of that? We're really struggling to find a SLAC with engineering that doesn't have a significant greek and/or prominent athletic component.

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell, you mean F*cknail????

F*cknail!!! HA HA HA HA HA! You took the word "Bucknell" and changed it to "F*cknail" which is funny because it kinda rhymes! (Well, almost). Plus it has "F*ck" in it! So clever! Why are you not writing for Stephen Colbert or Saturday Night Live? You have the gift! You are the next Great American Humorist in the classic vein! Like when Mark Twain called Princeton "F*ckton"! Genius!

Can we get the adults posting back here please?

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Anonymous wrote:DD is looking at Bucknell. Don’t know much about the school. Any insight on the school would be great.

Solid LAC with an engineering school. Location is middle of nowhere, but they frat hard and make their own fun on campus. That fun usually involves booze and a fair amount of giggity giggity, so if your kid is decent-looking and has some game, it could be a good fit. Comparable to Lafayette and Union, also preppy, somewhat fratty LAC/engineering hybrids.

That’s the best, most straightforward description I’ve heard of Buck, Lafayette and Union (applies to Lehigh too right)? Everyone should know whether it’s a great fit or not with that.

LOL, right? It's north of the Mason-Dixon line so we won't get the obligatory "Southern fratty racist posts" but oh man/oh woman did OP open up a fun thread with all of the pearl clutcher DCUM types. Good fun!

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Anonymous wrote:DD is looking at Bucknell. Don’t know much about the school. Any insight on the school would be great.

Solid LAC with an engineering school. Location is middle of nowhere, but they frat hard and make their own fun on campus. That fun usually involves booze and a fair amount of giggity giggity, so if your kid is decent-looking and has some game, it could be a good fit. Comparable to Lafayette and Union, also preppy, somewhat fratty LAC/engineering hybrids.

That’s the best, most straightforward description I’ve heard of Buck, Lafayette and Union (applies to Lehigh too right)? Everyone should know whether it’s a great fit or not with that.

Outside of the engineering school, Lehigh has less of an LAC feel and more of a preprofessional vibe than the other three. But yes, the campus climate is the same.

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Anonymous wrote:DD is looking at Bucknell. Don’t know much about the school. Any insight on the school would be great.

Solid LAC with an engineering school. Location is middle of nowhere, but they frat hard and make their own fun on campus. That fun usually involves booze and a fair amount of giggity giggity, so if your kid is decent-looking and has some game, it could be a good fit. Comparable to Lafayette and Union, also preppy, somewhat fratty LAC/engineering hybrids.

That’s the best, most straightforward description I’ve heard of Buck, Lafayette and Union (applies to Lehigh too right)? Everyone should know whether it’s a great fit or not with that.

Bucknell, you mean F*cknail????

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Anonymous wrote:What on earth is “giggity giggity”??

PP is implying that the get drunk and have sex to pass the time

Like every other college kid in America...

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Anonymous wrote:What on earth is “giggity giggity”??

PP is implying that the get drunk and have sex to pass the time

Isn’t that very college?

Anonymous wrote:What on earth is “giggity giggity”??

PP is implying that the get drunk and have sex to pass the time

What on earth is “giggity giggity”??

Also, Greek life is huge, it’s cold and in the middle of nowhere.

Know lots of people who went there. They all LOVED it and a lot of them marry each other. Of the 20 or so alums I know, I’d say that the overwhelming majority come from upper, upper middle class to downright wealthy families. The foreign ones were the very wealthy ones. Lots of others come from Bethesda/Chevy Chase type of suburbs in Connecticut, New Jersey and PA. It’s a good solid choice, but very expensive.

Anonymous wrote:DD is looking at Bucknell. Don’t know much about the school. Any insight on the school would be great.

Solid LAC with an engineering school. Location is middle of nowhere, but they frat hard and make their own fun on campus. That fun usually involves booze and a fair amount of giggity giggity, so if your kid is decent-looking and has some game, it could be a good fit. Comparable to Lafayette and Union, also preppy, somewhat fratty LAC/engineering hybrids.

DD is looking at Bucknell. Don’t know much about the school. Any insight on the school would be great.