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Anonymous wrote:College counselor here. These are two very different schools. There is no "better" because what is better for one student will not be better for another.

if an obnoxious, status obsessed, shallow, striving DCUM parent asked you which school has a more impressive reputation, what would you say

Bucknell

Bucknell is too jock,frat bro centered.

Anonymous wrote:Neither? WASP+Bowdoin +Middlebury are really the only decent lacs

I'd add Bucknell.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want engineering in a LAC, then Lafayette. If you want to start a band, Wesleyan.

wesleyan has a dual degree 3-2 engineering program with dartmouth CIT and columbia- that blows away a school like Lafayette

Dual degree=we don’t have engineering so transfer to Dartmouth after two years and pay for five years of undergrad! That’s not an engineering program

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Anonymous wrote:If you want engineering in a LAC, then Lafayette. If you want to start a band, Wesleyan.

wesleyan has a dual degree 3-2 engineering program with dartmouth CIT and columbia- that blows away a school like Lafayette

They do offer these, but they don't "blow away" Lafayette. You clearly don't know much about engineering programs. Few students are interested in the 3-2. Lafayette would be a much stronger draw for a potential engineer.

Anonymous wrote:College counselor here. These are two very different schools. There is no "better" because what is better for one student will not be better for another.

Another advisor. Agree. Both great schools and lovely campuses. Each unique with many different aspects in terms of campus, curriculum, financial aid, strength areas, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither? WASP+Bowdoin +Middlebury are really the only decent lacs

ding ding! found the middlebury booster! pls folks middlebury is mid tier

Dp but Middlebury is one of the top 3 lacs for Econ…

Anonymous wrote:Neither? WASP+Bowdoin +Middlebury are really the only decent lacs

ding ding! found the middlebury booster! pls folks middlebury is mid tier

These schools are dramatically different op. What major are you looking for?

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Anonymous wrote:If you want engineering in a LAC, then Lafayette. If you want to start a band, Wesleyan.

wesleyan has a dual degree 3-2 engineering program with dartmouth CIT and columbia- that blows away a school like Lafayette

No one actually does 3-2 programs. It defeats the purpose of going to a liberal arts college, admission isn’t guaranteed, there’s lacking financial aid, etc. what in the word is CIT? Do you mean Caltech? Caltech doesn’t allow 3-2 students in unless a Caltech student leaves, so most years they accept 0 people. Also engineering doesn’t run by prestige so no, Lafayette is getting “blow[n] away.”

Neither? WASP+Bowdoin +Middlebury are really the only decent lacs

Anonymous wrote:If you want engineering in a LAC, then Lafayette. If you want to start a band, Wesleyan.

wesleyan has a dual degree 3-2 engineering program with dartmouth CIT and columbia- that blows away a school like Lafayette

Anonymous wrote:If you want engineering in a LAC, then Lafayette. If you want to start a band, Wesleyan.

Ok that made me LOL

They're both great. Wesleyan is ranked a bit higher and has more name recognition, but Lafayette is solid. Depends on other factors – particular majors, financial aid, and that very personal feeling of "fit."

For an arts/humanities kid, Wesleyan

Neither has a pipeline to The Street to compare with that other school…