Lafayette College or Lehigh University?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Which is a better college for undergrad engineering? Which is better reputed in which dept of engineering?</p>

<p>Which is an overall better college for internationals?</p>

<p>I need to choose. Seeing as the deadline is 15th dec for lafayette, i gotta choose quickly.</p>

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<p>I would choose lehigh.</p>

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<p>Lehigh is probably better…</p>

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<p>Both are excellent schools. To some extent it depends on the type of environment/size of school you want in a college. Lafayette has about 2,400 students compared to close to 5,000 students at Lehigh. Lehigh has about 2,000 grad students and Lafayette has none.</p>

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<p>The size difference is pretty substantial. That said I am not sure if either school would be best for an international student compared to some other comparable schools, but if you dont want to be in a city I guess that eliminates a lot of them (CMU, RPI, Northeastern for engineering-leaning ones). Both schools have a large greek life population, although from what my younger sister (who goes to Lafayette) says, Lehigh’s is a lot larger and a lot more intense.</p>

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<p>While my daughter (who attends Lafayette) would kill me for saying this, both have very reputable engineering programs and you would get a very solid engineering education at either. </p>

<p>If you are female the greek life stats at Lehigh and Lafayette are similar in terms of % of students participating. Fraternities are much more prevalent at Lehigh than Lafayette however. The buzz on campus at Lafayette is that the fraternity system may become virtually extinct within 4 or 5 years. We’ll see, but the frats have certainly been marginalized.</p>

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<p>When I was at Lafayette in the 1960s there were, IIRC, 21 fraternities (no sororities, it was then all-male). There are now four. There have been a lot disestablished because of disciplinary reasons, and a lot more petered for lack of membership out in the 1970s and 1980s when fraternities became less popular.</p>

<p>[Fraternity</a> Chapter Histories at Lafayette College Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life Lafayette College](<a href=“http://greeklife.lafayette.edu/about-2/history-of-fs-life-at-lc/fraternities-at-lafayette-college/]Fraternity”>Fraternity Chapter Histories at Lafayette 1853 – Today · Greek Life · Lafayette College)</p>