<p>So I really like Lehigh... but theres one statistic that quite frankly scares the crap outta me:</p>
<pre><code>* 43% Women
* 57% Men
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<p>How noticeable is this? Ughhh... I'd hate to spend my college years at a school where the female to male ratio is almost 1:1.5.... This means that if everyone was paired approximately a THIRD of the guys at any given time would be single (obviously I know this isnt the case...)</p>
<p>Sorry if that sounds odd or creepy... Its not meant to be, but I think its a legitimate concern.</p>
<p>Haha, that's generally true for a lot of the engineering based schools. Lehigh's ratio actually seems to be higher than a lot of the other engineering based schools. RPI has about 25% female and 75% males. Now that's a scary statistic for you. </p>
<p>That's also one reason why my parents didn't want me to apply. They're afraid that there will be swarms of guy chasing any girl they see! :) Anyways, I'm sure you'll be fine with the ladies.</p>
<p>The male/female ratio is definately not a problem at Lehigh. My cousin is a hotty junior in a sorority and is juggling two different frat guys! The party reputation appears to be real but she says she also works really hard.</p>
<p>43/57 really isn't <em>that</em> unbalanced. Caltech is ~35/65; Rose-Hulman is ~20/80.</p>
<p>Understand that 20% of those guys are massive dorks that have no interest in going out. If you are relatively good with the ladies you will be just fine.</p>
<p>43% female is really good imo for a school whose major focus is engineering.</p>