<p>My 2 top reach schools for ED are Lehigh and Bucknell. The amount of students who got accepted and attend Lehigh far outweighs the amount who attend and got accepted to Bucknell, but I really had that connection to Bucknell that I didn’t have with Lehigh. I’m just a bit worried that the amount of students accepted to a certain college can be a factor towards the admissions. Is this true?</p>
<p>When I say students accepted, I mean from my school(to clarify).</p>
<p>Are you saying more students are rejected from Bucknell than Lehigh from your HS? Or that more students apply to Lehigh?</p>
<p>I do not think it really matters. If you have what it takes to get into Bucknell and you liked it better, then I would apply ED. If any students were accepted to Bucknell from your HS, then you know you can be accepted. Even if no students have ever been accepted, if you make your case, you could!</p>
<p>My point is, if you prefer Bucknell, then you should choose it to apply Ed. This assumes you have narrowed it down to Bucknell and Lehigh.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks!</p>
<p>Hi, Can you guys please help. I am still indecisive on whether I want to pursue International Relations or International Business or find a way to do both. I’ve recently been accepted to Lehigh, Bucknell, and Northeastern. I am not sure which school to choose and next week is Deposit Day! I pay about 28K for Lehigh, 16K for Bucknell and 38K for Northeastern. I’m from New York City although I have visited Lehigh and Northeastern I felt more comfortable in Northeastern’s social life than Lehigh’s but Lehigh’s campus was absolutely stunning! However I haven’t been to Bucknell yet. Any advice or insight on which school is better fitted for me? SOS!</p>
<p>Having toured all 3 schools, I would say Lehigh (with enrollment of about 5200) and Bucknell (3500) are more alike in size and location, although Bucknell has a center of town with more to offer than the immediate area outside Lehigh. I agree, Lehigh’s campus is stunning, but so is Bucknell’s. Bucknell is further from NYC, if that’s a consideration.</p>
<p>What Northeastern lacks in a traditional contained campus, it gains in access to Boston. Northeastern is a school of 22,000 students, graduate and undergrad, in an urban setting, so it’s completely different in size and location than the other two. If there is any way you can tour Bucknell to help you decide, that would help.</p>