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Anonymous wrote:The percentage of kids in Greek life is about ~25.

No, those are the fall numbers. The spring numbers (when pledges have fully become members) is higher. And that's just the official sanctioned fraternities—there are quite a few that have been booted (temporarily or permanently) from campus. Add those kids, and you've got a lot higher number.

Not true. My kid is in Greek life and I have seen the numbers. There isn’t an underground frat scene.

And there's no social life outside the frats. None.

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Anonymous wrote:We stayed at the Hyatt Place and ate at the Apollo Grill and Mister Lee’s. Bethlehem is the 3rd largest metro area in Pennsylvania. We are from the West Coast and my city kid found it perfectly fine for a college town and appreciated the closeness to Philly and New York area airports. Having talked to students, most live on campus 3 or more years. Living on campus for the first 2 is mandatory (with exceptions). My kid is not a partier but liked the campus and the vibe. It was also recently voted #1 for science labs by Princeton review and they liked the labs. That they liked the vibe and that it’s midsize vaulted Lehigh above several other schools on DC’s list.

Yeah, they live on campus... in a greek house. The scene is wild. The good news is there's a greek house for just about all types... but they all wind up drinking grain alcohol at some point. I've only ever been in about ten fights in my life—real ones—and 8 of them were at lehigh frat houses. If your kids aren't partiers, they will be by the time they leave.

The labs are also nice.

You have a very outdated perspective on Lehigh based on our research and tour. When did you have these fights? When is the last time you visited?

It’s only 20-25% Greek. The housing includes far more than Frat houses but dorms and apartment style units. We didn’t visit any casinos (which are on the outskirts of town from what I understand). Do you frequent casinos often to speak on such familiar terms about them? I find your multiple posts to be an indication that you have unexplained issues with the school which to me reflects you or your DCs were rejected from the school because your reality is not what we observed.

Well, I'm sure they don't advertise that fighting is a big part of the social scene.

The official greek numbers are 30-40 perecent if you read the school's own documents, and that only counts school-sanctioned frats and sorrorities. Quite a few are booted off campus for bad behavior or sexual assaults and they rotate back onto campus after serving the term. So it's definitely over 50 percent.

The casino is on the location of the old Bethlehem Steel. It's the center of the city—the literal focal point of everything.

That’s not reality. We drove past the casino on the outskirts of town. And you didn’t respond to when you participated in these fights? Last visited? Regardless your hate makes me think the school is even better than I remembered from our visit.

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Anonymous wrote:We stayed at the Hyatt Place and ate at the Apollo Grill and Mister Lee’s. Bethlehem is the 3rd largest metro area in Pennsylvania. We are from the West Coast and my city kid found it perfectly fine for a college town and appreciated the closeness to Philly and New York area airports. Having talked to students, most live on campus 3 or more years. Living on campus for the first 2 is mandatory (with exceptions). My kid is not a partier but liked the campus and the vibe. It was also recently voted #1 for science labs by Princeton review and they liked the labs. That they liked the vibe and that it’s midsize vaulted Lehigh above several other schools on DC’s list.

Yeah, they live on campus... in a greek house. The scene is wild. The good news is there's a greek house for just about all types... but they all wind up drinking grain alcohol at some point. I've only ever been in about ten fights in my life—real ones—and 8 of them were at lehigh frat houses. If your kids aren't partiers, they will be by the time they leave.

The labs are also nice.

You have a very outdated perspective on Lehigh based on our research and tour. When did you have these fights? When is the last time you visited?

It’s only 20-25% Greek. The housing includes far more than Frat houses but dorms and apartment style units. We didn’t visit any casinos (which are on the outskirts of town from what I understand). Do you frequent casinos often to speak on such familiar terms about them? I find your multiple posts to be an indication that you have unexplained issues with the school which to me reflects you or your DCs were rejected from the school because your reality is not what we observed.

Well, I'm sure they don't advertise that fighting is a big part of the social scene.

The official greek numbers are 30-40 perecent if you read the school's own documents, and that only counts school-sanctioned frats and sorrorities. Quite a few are booted off campus for bad behavior or sexual assaults and they rotate back onto campus after serving the term. So it's definitely over 50 percent.

The casino is on the location of the old Bethlehem Steel. It's the center of the city—the literal focal point of everything.

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Anonymous wrote:We stayed at the Hyatt Place and ate at the Apollo Grill and Mister Lee’s. Bethlehem is the 3rd largest metro area in Pennsylvania. We are from the West Coast and my city kid found it perfectly fine for a college town and appreciated the closeness to Philly and New York area airports. Having talked to students, most live on campus 3 or more years. Living on campus for the first 2 is mandatory (with exceptions). My kid is not a partier but liked the campus and the vibe. It was also recently voted #1 for science labs by Princeton review and they liked the labs. That they liked the vibe and that it’s midsize vaulted Lehigh above several other schools on DC’s list.

Yeah, they live on campus... in a greek house. The scene is wild. The good news is there's a greek house for just about all types... but they all wind up drinking grain alcohol at some point. I've only ever been in about ten fights in my life—real ones—and 8 of them were at lehigh frat houses. If your kids aren't partiers, they will be by the time they leave.

The labs are also nice.

You have a very outdated perspective on Lehigh based on our research and tour. When did you have these fights? When is the last time you visited?

It’s only 20-25% Greek. The housing includes far more than Frat houses but dorms and apartment style units. We didn’t visit any casinos (which are on the outskirts of town from what I understand). Do you frequent casinos often to speak on such familiar terms about them? I find your multiple posts to be an indication that you have unexplained issues with the school which to me reflects you or your DCs were rejected from the school because your reality is not what we observed.

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Anonymous wrote:We stayed at the Hyatt Place and ate at the Apollo Grill and Mister Lee’s. Bethlehem is the 3rd largest metro area in Pennsylvania. We are from the West Coast and my city kid found it perfectly fine for a college town and appreciated the closeness to Philly and New York area airports. Having talked to students, most live on campus 3 or more years. Living on campus for the first 2 is mandatory (with exceptions). My kid is not a partier but liked the campus and the vibe. It was also recently voted #1 for science labs by Princeton review and they liked the labs. That they liked the vibe and that it’s midsize vaulted Lehigh above several other schools on DC’s list.

Yeah, they live on campus... in a greek house. The scene is wild. The good news is there's a greek house for just about all types... but they all wind up drinking grain alcohol at some point. I've only ever been in about ten fights in my life—real ones—and 8 of them were at lehigh frat houses. If your kids aren't partiers, they will be by the time they leave.

The labs are also nice.

You have a very outdated perspective on Lehigh based on our research and tour. When did you have these fights? When is the last time you visited?

It’s only 20-25% Greek. The housing includes far more than Frat houses but dorms and apartment style units. We didn’t visit any casinos (which are on the outskirts of town from what I understand). Do you frequent casinos often to speak on such familiar terms about them? I find your multiple posts to be an indication that you have unexplained issues with the school which to me reflects you or your DCs were rejected from the school because your reality is not what we observed.

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Anonymous wrote:We stayed at the Hyatt Place and ate at the Apollo Grill and Mister Lee’s. Bethlehem is the 3rd largest metro area in Pennsylvania. We are from the West Coast and my city kid found it perfectly fine for a college town and appreciated the closeness to Philly and New York area airports. Having talked to students, most live on campus 3 or more years. Living on campus for the first 2 is mandatory (with exceptions). My kid is not a partier but liked the campus and the vibe. It was also recently voted #1 for science labs by Princeton review and they liked the labs. That they liked the vibe and that it’s midsize vaulted Lehigh above several other schools on DC’s list.

Yeah, they live on campus... in a greek house. The scene is wild. The good news is there's a greek house for just about all types... but they all wind up drinking grain alcohol at some point. I've only ever been in about ten fights in my life—real ones—and 8 of them were at lehigh frat houses. If your kids aren't partiers, they will be by the time they leave.

The labs are also nice.

Anonymous wrote:The percentage of kids in Greek life is about ~25.

Anonymous wrote:NP. Lehigh is loosely on DD’s list (rising junior, has only done a handful of visits and not yet seen Lehigh or even looked very closely at the website - so this is a very preliminary list of schools to look into further). But DD is not into the party/Greek/drinking scene. She’s fairly introverted, HS social groups are theater, art, and choir kids with a strong academic focus. They sit around and discuss mythology and have cookie swaps and chili cookoffs.

I’m getting the impression from this thread that Lehigh may not be a good social fit for a girl who doesn’t party or join a sorority?

Anonymous wrote:NP. Lehigh is loosely on DD’s list (rising junior, has only done a handful of visits and not yet seen Lehigh or even looked very closely at the website - so this is a very preliminary list of schools to look into further). But DD is not into the party/Greek/drinking scene. She’s fairly introverted, HS social groups are theater, art, and choir kids with a strong academic focus. They sit around and discuss mythology and have cookie swaps and chili cookoffs.

I’m getting the impression from this thread that Lehigh may not be a good social fit for a girl who doesn’t party or join a sorority?

Anonymous wrote:We stayed at the Hyatt Place and ate at the Apollo Grill and Mister Lee’s. Bethlehem is the 3rd largest metro area in Pennsylvania. We are from the West Coast and my city kid found it perfectly fine for a college town and appreciated the closeness to Philly and New York area airports. Having talked to students, most live on campus 3 or more years. Living on campus for the first 2 is mandatory (with exceptions). My kid is not a partier but liked the campus and the vibe. It was also recently voted #1 for science labs by Princeton review and they liked the labs. That they liked the vibe and that it’s midsize vaulted Lehigh above several other schools on DC’s list.

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Anonymous wrote:Hotel Bethlehem. Charming old hotel on main historic street and 5 minute drive to Lehigh. Several good breakfast places on the same block.

Thank you! Unfortunately they have a two night minimum and we will only be there for one night.

Stay two nights. Visit Lafayette and Moravian as well as Lehigh.

Or Muhlenberg. Quite a few colleges relatively nearby.

Anonymous wrote:We stayed at the Hyatt Place and ate at the Apollo Grill and Mister Lee’s. Bethlehem is the 3rd largest metro area in Pennsylvania. We are from the West Coast and my city kid found it perfectly fine for a college town and appreciated the closeness to Philly and New York area airports. Having talked to students, most live on campus 3 or more years. Living on campus for the first 2 is mandatory (with exceptions). My kid is not a partier but liked the campus and the vibe. It was also recently voted #1 for science labs by Princeton review and they liked the labs. That they liked the vibe and that it’s midsize vaulted Lehigh above several other schools on DC’s list.