<p>folks, thanks for ur valuable comments to my post "Lehigh or Trinity". I want to pursue engineering and plan to apply to either Swarthmore or Lafayette. Which 1 is more generous towards international students and fin aid (Ill be needing quite a lot)? Moreover, whose engineering program wud be better? need some advice here !</p>
<p>thanks a lot</p>
<p>they are in completely different leagues, so obviously someone with the kind of stats that allow him/her to get into swarthmore, he/she can easily get into lafayette with aid.</p>
<p>Both have engineering which are tied in rank(USNEWS). i dont kno if u give any value to these rankings but if u do then it comes out as both has similer engineering programs in terms of rigor. Having said that Swarthmore is a far more renowned than lafayette and a degree from there should have more value. I think both colleges takes about 30-40 students each year and both give need based aid. so if u r good enough u can get in both.
Remember they give this aid to the most qualified ones so both will be really tough to get if not equally so.</p>
<p>i disagree. . although their engineering is similar (although swarthmore has a LOT more students going to places like MIT), swat is a MUCH better university overall... and much much more selective.. so although they offer similar aid, lafayetter is a much better bet if u need aid...</p>
<p>btw, lafayette barely gives aid during ED (they say they only give 2 extremely exceptional people) .. so apply ED I or II to swat and then RD to lafayette.</p>