<p>D is interested in Lehing. She likes the academics (architecture/engineering) and the sports (fan and athlete).</p>
<p>I worry, however, about the drinking, the lack of diversity (we're a black family) and the frat culture (frats tend to be the least diverse groups on any campus).</p>
<p>What's the social life like at Lehigh? Are my concerns well-placed or unfounded? How does Lehigh compare to other schools (Bucknell, Lafayette, Hamilton Trinity, Union) in terms of diversity (especailly black students), drinking and frats?</p>
<p>hmmm Nyc you D seems to like the places i do (atleast Bucknell and Lehigh</p>
<p>Id say Lehigh cant be less diverse than Bucknell because Bucknell 'isn't the most diverse' either, however if I go to the same school as your D you got one more African-American for her to talk to :P</p>
<p>I also have read a couple times on this board about drinking at Lehigh but I believe with a good head on your shoulders, it doesn't really matter.</p>
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<li><p>Lehigh is a larger school (4400 compared to Bucknell's 3400)</p></li>
<li><p>Lehigh has fewer female students (only 40%; 50% at Bucknell)</p></li>
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<p>As for the drinking, my concern is that even for the student w/ a good head on his/her shoulders, there's a very different "feel" on a campus where binge drinking is tolerated and those where it is affirmatively discouraged. </p>
<p>Aslo, since drunk boys are diff than drunk girls (ie: Mt. Holyoke was never "Animal House" as Dartmouth was), I wonder whether a campus that's 50% female (Bucknell) will be more civilized -- less of a free-for-all -- than one where the boys out-number the girls by 50% (Lehigh).</p>
<p>Friday night at MHC or Smith bore little resemblence to Friday night at Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams or Lehigh.</p>
<p>Even today, Princeton Review lists most of the women's colleges as "stone cold sober," "scotch and soda, hold the scotch" and "got milk."</p>
<p>Anyway, glad your son is happy there (read your other posts). Sounds like he's more willing to march to his own drummer than D, who wants to be part of mainstream culture at whatever school she attends (and who recognizes that, as a black student, she starts out on the margins - - another issue related to the presence of frats, since they are often racially seg).</p>