<p>Are guys typically turned away if they're just with other guy friends? If I'm in a fraternity, do I have to worry? Do sororities and fraternities "mix" well through socials, etc? I realize it's approaching 1:1 every year, but I'm just curious as to its current state.</p>
<p>I kinda wanna know this too haha</p>
<p>whats the ratio of guys to girls for the school? its like 60% guys right? and also whats the ratio guys to girls for the engineering school?</p>
<p>Llev - </p>
<p>Of the 11,578 that applied last year, 57% were men and 43% were women.</p>
<p>Of the 3,864 that were accepted, 56% were men and 44% were women.</p>
<p>Of the 1,207 that enrolled, 55% were men and 45% were women.</p>
<p>So I guess you can assume that the male to female ratio is around 55/45 and is constantly approaching 50/50. </p>
<p>As far as P.C. Rossin goes, Lehigh doesn’t give the ratios of genders per school, but for P.C. Rossin Graduate School, the male to female ratio is 75% male to 25% female. Computer Science / Engineering is an 82% male department.</p>
<p>On the other hand, the College of Arts and Sciences’ English program is only 45% male.</p>
<p>So, can any lehigh students attest to this?</p>
<p>RM1212,</p>
<p>Lehigh2017’s data is correct. We’re still not totally even in terms of gender, but we’re starting to get closer to the 50-50 mark. Don’t forget that Lehigh didn’t begin enrolling women until the 1970s - we were pretty late to catch on to the new trend, so we’re still “making up” for it.</p>
<p>The engineering college is much less balanced then the others (business and arts/sciences). As an engineer, it’s obvious that our field is still slightly male-dominated, but the numbers are still balancing. Anything computer related is male-dominated, but the more popular engineering majors like ChE, BioE, and MechE are more even.</p>
<p>In terms of the social life and the partying scene, I don’t think the 55-45 gender gap is too visible and I don’t think it negatively impacts anything. You’d have to ask Greek students about their view on your specific fraternity/sorority social question.</p>
<p>Best,</p>
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<li>Mike</li>
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<p>I can help out with this --</p>
<p>It all depends on the time, and who you know. In the beginning of freshman year, guys that want to get into parties should travel in small groups with a few girls. If you go in a huge group or with a bunch of dudes you probably won’t get into some places. You should also make an effort to talk to some of the brothers in the frats you go to – You’ll start to get invited places if you make good impressions, in which case you don’t have to find girls to go with.</p>
<p>If you’re in a frat, you’ll always have somewhere to be (your own frat), so no, you don’t have to worry.</p>
<p>If you’re not in a frat, it’s a little more difficult but if you have friends in Greek life then it’s fine. If not, then there are non-Greek parties which are fine to go to as well. </p>
<p>As for the ratio - you don’t really notice it at parties at all (or in general, in my opinion) because frats let in more girls than guys, simple as that. Hope this helps! Talking about the culture here seems so strange!</p>
<p>Very insightful answer, phillipb22! Thank you!</p>
<p>So all I’ve been hearing from my parents and a couple people is that there is absolutely no down time as an engineering student and basically I can’t go to any parties or anything because I’ll be studying a majority of the time. Is this true? How do engineering students balance their work and social time?</p>
<p>I don’t think that’s true. While not an engineer myself, I know several engineers who balance class/study time with clubs/activities and a social life. Engineers go out just as much as other people. You just have to buckle down and not procrastinate during your other time. A ton of people who go out wake up the next day at 1 and don’t start doing work for hours after that; those are the people who have problems. If you can get yourself up to do work in the morning then you don’t necessarily have to stay in every night to do work.</p>
<p>Do students in the business school go out to parties often? Do they have time?</p>
<p>And how are the parties freshman year? Is it awkward at all being the youngest member there?</p>
<p>Finally, if one joins a frat, can that person still attend parties at other frats?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Llev48 - my son is starting his Senior year this week and is a BioE major. Engineering is definitely a very demanding major, far more so that business or any of the other degrees offered at Lehigh. You definitely have to practice time management and make balance a priority. He would do two weeks of homeowrk one weeknight so he could attend an event that was coming up etc… You have to read ahead and know whats coming up in school and plan for social events.</p>
<p>He is in several EC’s that demand a great amout of time as well, including working on the pledgng of younger propective members and devoting whole weekends to initiation etc. Plan ahead and you can do it!</p>
<p>Can you party every night and be succesful as an engineering major - not likely. Can you party on weeeknds and do it, probably if you work hard during the week.</p>
<p>Of cuorse certain times, you just say Forget it and go crazy, like when Lehigh beats Duke in the NCAA tournie!</p>