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Anonymous wrote:None of these schools are far enough apart to be put in tiers.

Oh come on, DCUM loves to make those fine distinctions between the different tiers of Ivy and NESCAC, we can surely do that for other types of schools as well.

Big difference in the kids from our high school going to Lehigh/Bucknell and Lafayette/Gburg/Mberg. Like around the top 15-20% of the class for the former to the 50% mark for the latter.

Lafayette > Muhlenberg > Gettysburg

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Anonymous wrote:None of these schools are far enough apart to be put in tiers.

Oh come on, DCUM loves to make those fine distinctions between the different tiers of Ivy and NESCAC, we can surely do that for other types of schools as well.

Big difference in the kids from our high school going to Lehigh/Bucknell and Lafayette/Gburg/Mberg. Like around the top 15-20% of the class for the former to the 50% mark for the latter.

Maybe there are confounding variables or some fudging of the numbers is happening behind the scenes, but Lafayette has much stronger CDS stats than Bucknell. SAT stats, for example: the 25th percentile at Laf is 1350, and the 75th percentile at Buck is 1370. Laf also has a higher percentage from the top tenth of their high school class.

Bucknell has a much stronger pipeline to The Street than Lafayette or any of the other schools in this discussion except Colgate.

Nope. Lehigh > Bucknell.

Not on The Street.

At the Big 4 Lehigh > Bucknell

Comparing Laf to Lehigh or Bucknell isn't really apples to apples. It doesn't pull the same kids and isn't strong in the same areas.

I’m at the “Big 4” and hire a lot. You are incorrect.

Lehigh has higher stats than Bucknell and Lafayette. PP is citing outdated information.

Lehigh acceptance rate this year was closer to 26%.

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Anonymous wrote:None of these schools are far enough apart to be put in tiers.

Oh come on, DCUM loves to make those fine distinctions between the different tiers of Ivy and NESCAC, we can surely do that for other types of schools as well.

Big difference in the kids from our high school going to Lehigh/Bucknell and Lafayette/Gburg/Mberg. Like around the top 15-20% of the class for the former to the 50% mark for the latter.

Maybe there are confounding variables or some fudging of the numbers is happening behind the scenes, but Lafayette has much stronger CDS stats than Bucknell. SAT stats, for example: the 25th percentile at Laf is 1350, and the 75th percentile at Buck is 1370. Laf also has a higher percentage from the top tenth of their high school class.

Bucknell has a much stronger pipeline to The Street than Lafayette or any of the other schools in this discussion except Colgate.

Nope. Lehigh > Bucknell.

Not on The Street.

At the Big 4 Lehigh > Bucknell

Comparing Laf to Lehigh or Bucknell isn't really apples to apples. It doesn't pull the same kids and isn't strong in the same areas.

Anecdata: my husband (MD at global investment bank in NYC) and I (retired VP from similar bank) see far more Lehigh grads than Bucknell grads, particularly on more-prestigious teams and at higher levels.

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Anonymous wrote:None of these schools are far enough apart to be put in tiers.

Oh come on, DCUM loves to make those fine distinctions between the different tiers of Ivy and NESCAC, we can surely do that for other types of schools as well.

Big difference in the kids from our high school going to Lehigh/Bucknell and Lafayette/Gburg/Mberg. Like around the top 15-20% of the class for the former to the 50% mark for the latter.

Maybe there are confounding variables or some fudging of the numbers is happening behind the scenes, but Lafayette has much stronger CDS stats than Bucknell. SAT stats, for example: the 25th percentile at Laf is 1350, and the 75th percentile at Buck is 1370. Laf also has a higher percentage from the top tenth of their high school class.

Bucknell has a much stronger pipeline to The Street than Lafayette or any of the other schools in this discussion except Colgate.

Nope. Lehigh > Bucknell.

Not on The Street.

At the Big 4 Lehigh > Bucknell

Comparing Laf to Lehigh or Bucknell isn't really apples to apples. It doesn't pull the same kids and isn't strong in the same areas.

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Anonymous wrote:None of these schools are far enough apart to be put in tiers.

Oh come on, DCUM loves to make those fine distinctions between the different tiers of Ivy and NESCAC, we can surely do that for other types of schools as well.

Big difference in the kids from our high school going to Lehigh/Bucknell and Lafayette/Gburg/Mberg. Like around the top 15-20% of the class for the former to the 50% mark for the latter.

Maybe there are confounding variables or some fudging of the numbers is happening behind the scenes, but Lafayette has much stronger CDS stats than Bucknell. SAT stats, for example: the 25th percentile at Laf is 1350, and the 75th percentile at Buck is 1370. Laf also has a higher percentage from the top tenth of their high school class.

Bucknell has a much stronger pipeline to The Street than Lafayette or any of the other schools in this discussion except Colgate.

Nope. Lehigh > Bucknell.

Not on The Street.

PP here ... I honestly did not know that Lafayette has stronger stats than Lehigh!

Maybe Lafayette is a little underappreciated on DCUM?

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Anonymous wrote:None of these schools are far enough apart to be put in tiers.

Oh come on, DCUM loves to make those fine distinctions between the different tiers of Ivy and NESCAC, we can surely do that for other types of schools as well.

Big difference in the kids from our high school going to Lehigh/Bucknell and Lafayette/Gburg/Mberg. Like around the top 15-20% of the class for the former to the 50% mark for the latter.

Maybe there are confounding variables or some fudging of the numbers is happening behind the scenes, but Lafayette has much stronger CDS stats than Bucknell. SAT stats, for example: the 25th percentile at Laf is 1350, and the 75th percentile at Buck is 1370. Laf also has a higher percentage from the top tenth of their high school class.

Bucknell has a much stronger pipeline to The Street than Lafayette or any of the other schools in this discussion except Colgate.

Nope. Lehigh > Bucknell.

The Colgate hater is out! Lehigh, Lafayette, Bucknell and Colgate are all Patriot League schools, FYI. Colgate admit rate is 12%. Bucknell is 33; Lehigh 37; Lafayette 34. Colgate SAT 1477; Bucknell 1280, Lehigh 1350; Lafayette 1403. They are not in the same tier at all. Bucknell is a typical safety for kids whose top choice is Colgate, just as Colgate is for Dartmouth hopefuls. Lehigh is a good engineering school. Lafayette has pulled ahead of Bucknell in recent years.

Also, the hate for North-Central PA is weird. It’s just a typical rural area, with nice people and a lot of nature. Rt 15 has billboards—that’s what you’re going on? Come on.

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Anonymous wrote:None of these schools are far enough apart to be put in tiers.

Oh come on, DCUM loves to make those fine distinctions between the different tiers of Ivy and NESCAC, we can surely do that for other types of schools as well.

Big difference in the kids from our high school going to Lehigh/Bucknell and Lafayette/Gburg/Mberg. Like around the top 15-20% of the class for the former to the 50% mark for the latter.

Maybe there are confounding variables or some fudging of the numbers is happening behind the scenes, but Lafayette has much stronger CDS stats than Bucknell. SAT stats, for example: the 25th percentile at Laf is 1350, and the 75th percentile at Buck is 1370. Laf also has a higher percentage from the top tenth of their high school class.

Bucknell has a much stronger pipeline to The Street than Lafayette or any of the other schools in this discussion except Colgate.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None of these schools are far enough apart to be put in tiers.

Oh come on, DCUM loves to make those fine distinctions between the different tiers of Ivy and NESCAC, we can surely do that for other types of schools as well.

Big difference in the kids from our high school going to Lehigh/Bucknell and Lafayette/Gburg/Mberg. Like around the top 15-20% of the class for the former to the 50% mark for the latter.

Maybe there are confounding variables or some fudging of the numbers is happening behind the scenes, but Lafayette has much stronger CDS stats than Bucknell. SAT stats, for example: the 25th percentile at Laf is 1350, and the 75th percentile at Buck is 1370. Laf also has a higher percentage from the top tenth of their high school class.

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Anonymous wrote:None of these schools are far enough apart to be put in tiers.

Oh come on, DCUM loves to make those fine distinctions between the different tiers of Ivy and NESCAC, we can surely do that for other types of schools as well.

Big difference in the kids from our high school going to Lehigh/Bucknell and Lafayette/Gburg/Mberg. Like around the top 15-20% of the class for the former to the 50% mark for the latter.

Anonymous wrote:None of these schools are far enough apart to be put in tiers.

Colgate and Muhlenberg are far apart.

Anonymous wrote:None of these schools are far enough apart to be put in tiers.

Oh come on, DCUM loves to make those fine distinctions between the different tiers of Ivy and NESCAC, we can surely do that for other types of schools as well.