<p>ak121993, </p>
<p>Enjoy your last year of hs! I hope my answers are helpful to you! </p>
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<li><p>I am an economics major, and also a member of the Humanistic Scholars Program (which is now the comparative humanities minor). I’ll do an honors thesis with economics and humanities together. </p></li>
<li><p>I am heavily involved in Bucknell Student Government, where I served as 2013’s Class President, and now serve as a Representative/Congressman. Most of my involvement on campus is related to BSG–I’m on a total of 5 different committees around the school that all have some connection back to BSG. I’m also a member of the speaker series task force (we decide the big fall and spring speakers for bucknell), and I am one of the people who will be founding our Mock Trial team. In short, I’m very involved haha. </p></li>
<li><p>I chose Bucknell because of the great academics (NO TAs Teach Classes!), beautiful campus, nice people, location (that was far enough away from the city so that I could focus)…and my father went here. I had early exposure to Bucknell, but it was very much my decision to come here. </p></li>
<li><p>I was admitted to Colgate, Emory, American, UGA, and Temple, but ultimately decided to go here. I also looked at Stanford, Harvard, Brandeis, Lehigh, and Cornell. </p></li>
<li><p>Dislikes…this is a hard question. One, the lack of diversity. Two, the small minority of ultra-preps (they aren’t as overwhelming as most people think, to me at least). An I have no clearly defined third dislike. Those two issues would be the ones that bother me the most. The weather can get to be a little brutal sometimes, but I am from the south–coming to Lewisburg, and therefore to snow, was an adjustment. If you have any specific questions related to those two things, I can address them as well! </p></li>
<li><p>I know a little about the sciences. My focus is in economics and humanities, but the humanities do take science into consideration. As far as the facilities, you probably saw what is–in my opinion–the worst building on campus: Olin Science. Breakiron Engineering is awesome, and the biology and chemistry buildings are really nice. There are really nice, corporate conference rooms in the Bio/Chem building, and Dana is alright. For pre-med, you would probably be spending a lot of time in the building that is the nicest though. Some of the buildings are a bit dated, but knowing our administration, they will be updated sometime soon anyways. The professors here are awesome, and they will almost always go out of their way to help you in whatever you need. And one last thing, our alumni network is incredible. I have three close friends who are all pre-med–they all were shadowing surgeons or doctors this summer. </p></li>
<li><p>This is an interesting question. I do believe that there is an emphasis on engineering here, but as far as the school catering more to engineering students than regular sciences students, I’m not sure if I can give you a truly knowledgeable answer. The administration surely takes pride in the sciences, looking through the website will probably show that to be more or less true. I will tell you, however, to call admissions and ask Them all of your questions. Also, try shadowing a pre-med student (another thing the admissions office could do). Shadowing a pre-med/bio student would probably be your best bet at this point. </p></li>
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<p>It also helps that we have a stellar track-record in the post-grad arena of higher education. </p>
<p>Bucknell is a place that is easy to love. It’s a beautiful campus, and the people are generally very nice. But your concern about the science buildings is a valid one. The fact that you would be going pre-med/biology would probably keep you out of the less-than-modern buildings for the most part. I, and many others, have been in your place before…I’d highly recommend shadowing here, and staying overnight to gain a deeper, more personal understanding. </p>
<p>Feel free to ask any other questions, or for me to clarify something more!</p>