<p>are only marquis scholars being notified at this time?</p>
<p>i found out today that i was a marquis scholar. sorry that doesn't help you.
i have a friend who also applied- he hadn't yet checked his mail when I told him i'd received my decisioin/ and he said he'd call me back if he found out. no word, so i'm guessing only marquises found out.
good luck</p>
<p>thanks for answering. do you think you will attend? best of luck to you. i am hoping that my d gets some scholarship money and goes to layfayette. We loved it.</p>
<p>i'm not sure, still waiting to hear from other schools, i've heard some bad things about lafayette i'd like to hear explainations for, namely little race/class interaction, snooty rich preppy people, and heavy emphasis on greek. however, i'm sure that the majority of people at lafayette can't be much different than the people i go to school with, that is, a lot of people bring bmws to school and you see plent y of popped collars and designer purses. and there just aren't that many people of color in the area and I have only a few times heard racist remarks (directed to indian friends), although once is surely too many. as far as greek life, i might be interested in it but am not into drinking or drugs or animal house style partying so i'll have to wait to see how it is when i get there. i think there's a good chance i'll go to laf, but i also applied to smith and now am hopeful for a zollman (1/2) tuition scholarship and to see what kind of need based aid i get elsewhere. i mostly applied to expensive, well endowed schools but i was worried about how much need i'd be judged to have, as we live in an expensive area and certainly aren't in too much want but just can't come up with 40k per year. however, i was really assured to see i might get as much as 20k in need from laf as the fafsa said i was able to pay some 39k. so hopefully my other schools come through as well and i can really make a free choice of where i want to go. i really think lafayette would be great though and i'm excited at the student/professor interaction. good luck to your daughter.</p>
<p>Congratulations, passionflower. I am so happy for you. I know you were having difficulty in trying to figure out which schools would help you meet your need. Lafayette is a wonderful school. I do not know if you have visited yet, but we have and D loves it. We are waiting with baited breath to see if she will receive a scholarship too. Her stats are just above yours and has ranked in a top position in her school. </p>
<p>Again, congratulations.</p>
<p>D also received Marquis scholar letter yesterday. Lafayette has so many good things going for it but we have the same concerns as passionflower: Greek life and affluent student body and all that entails. Not sure how we will be able to sort that out in the decision making in the next few weeks. Anyone have an personal info on that....</p>
<p>does anyone know of a popular lafayette facebook group? maybe we could direct some of our concerns to them that way</p>
<p>Passionflower8 and bluejay:</p>
<p>My son is a freshman at Lafayette. Greek life is present, it is not dominant. My son has a full social life at school and has no plans to pledge a fraternity next year (students can not pledge until sophomore year). Is there drinking and partying on campus? Yes, just as you will find on any college campus, but you will also easily find many like minded friends that are not into the animal house atmosphere. </p>
<p>Are there some kids from very affluent families at Lafayette? Yes, just as you would expect to find at any private college. But, please take note of the fact that 46% of the current freshmen, class of 2010, receive needs based aid. The average package for that class is $28,270. I have yet to see popped collars or a noticeable amount of BMWs on campus (actually the few I have seen have been older cars such as you would picture a college professor driving). As I've stated in other posts, my son and his buddies dress very casually and comfortably which seems to be the norm on campus. You will see many backpacks but will have to search hard to find students carrying designer purses. </p>
<p>As for race/class interaction, what I have observed is more interaction considering the size of the minority population at Lafayette than I have experienced or observed as an alumni at Rutgers and NYU. You really need to visit the campus and take time to talk to current students (not just your tour guides). Spend some time sitting in the student center and talk to some of the students coming and going. </p>
<p>FYI; my son's roommate is a Marquis Scholar who turned down Amherst to go to Lafayette. He's had no regrets.</p>
<p>I think Lafayette' "Greek" reputation is very out of date. Currently only about 1/3 of the students are in frats/sororities.</p>
<p>That's very different than 25 years ago. When DH and I attended Lafayette, 80% of men were in frats. Women had only been on campus for 10 years, but sororities were growing.</p>
<p>Things have changed drastically since then, but somehow that old reputation lingers on. There were 17 frats when I was there in the early 1980's, now I think there's only 5 or 6? One of the strongest frats at that time was Theta Delt, I see in the Lafayette News that their house was just turned into an academic building. I think that about sums up the changes at LafCol in the last 25 years!</p>
<p>With only 1/3 of kids going Greek, I don't see how that can really dominate social life any more.</p>