<p>My brother is going into engineering and he's been accepted to all of these 3 schools: Lafayette, Bucknell, and Lehigh. Which should he choose? All 3 of these schools are very similar but in your opinion, simply, which is the best (most prestigious, best education, best job placement)?</p>
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<p>best engineering-bucknell…most prestigious-lehigh</p>
<p>Lehigh all the way</p>
<p>In my opinion - they are all very good schools - particularly for engineering. I would consider other factors - size, Greek life, etc. What else goes he like to do? Lafayette and Bucknell would have more academic opportunities for someone who wants to major in engineering, but is also interested in art, music, or history. Lehigh is more tightly focused on business and engineering. I hope he has or will visit all 3 and then see what his gut tells him.</p>
<p>All are very good schools, but Bucknell and Lafayette are more LAC-like and not an NRU like Lehigh. Lehigh has a lot more engineering research going on and has better faculty…Lehigh has 10 National Academy of Engineering professors on staff, while Bucknell and Lafayette have zero. But if an engineering LAC is what you want, Lafayette or Bucknell might fill the bill nicely. It will come down to fit.</p>
<p>Do you how Villanova stands up against Lehigh in science engineering?</p>
<p>I have no idea about nova. thank you for the information guys. But wouldn’t all the professors at lehigh be more focused on graduate students and research? so wouldn’t the academics be better for undergrads at bucknell?</p>
<p>^ I don’t see it that way at all. Lehigh and Bucknell are not all that different in size…but Lehigh will have more class offerings…and research is a fundamental part of engineering education, even at the undergraduate level. Take a walk through Fritz lab and you will see the kinds of things you can get involved with.</p>
<p>This is such a tough decision…</p>
<p>I’m not sure how having 10 National Academy of Engineering professors is representative of the quality of the entire Lehigh engineering faculty. Even so, having good professors can only get you so far. Too many students are under the impression that attending college is a passive process. Just because you go to a school with a high reputation in engineering and esteemed faculty doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll graduate a successful engineer. You’ll get out what you put in. So nitpicking between Lehigh, Bucknell, and Lafayette is a bit silly since they all have a strong reputation in engineering and good connections with employers. The great thing about engineering is that the curriculum is fairly standardized and the salaries for graduates are quite egalitarian. So you can’t go wrong with any of the three aforementioned schools. Try focusing on other aspects of the schools such as the student body, extracurricular activities, cost of attending, etc. When I was deciding which college to attend, I used reputation merely as a starting point in order to narrow down my list of potential colleges to a only few. Then, as rogracer mentioned, I looked at which school I felt that I fit in best. Good luck.</p>
<p>best social life?</p>
<p>Lehigh</p>