UD, NJIT, Lehigh, Lafayette, Stevens

College Search & Selection
1

I recently applied and was accepted to the above schools. I applied Biochem to all of them b/c that’s what I’m most interested in, and I plan to pursue medicine as a career. I don’t know if I want to be a doctor or do medical research but those are my two dreams. About meL I’m not into partying or greek life but I want a nice social atmosphere and sense of community. I don’t think ROI or prestige matter. What I’m looking for out of college is a place I can grow as a person and learn. I visited all of these schools and loved all of them.

Here;s what I got:
UD: Honors, 8k/yr merit (out of state)
NJIT: Honors, full ride (in state)
Lehigh: No aid
Lafayette: No aid
Stevens: 4+1 masters program, 23k/yr scholarship

Stevens and NJIT are really close to home so after the first year I could commute. I also have a place to live super close to lehigh and lafayette so I could commute there if I wanted to as well.

Money isn’t really an issue - I can go anywhere without taking out loans. Although, if I go somewhere less than 40k/yr I can afford to not have a summer job and I can go on vacations over breaks. If I go to NJIT I can basically spend money on whatever I want for four years.

I don’t know where to go. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

2

Where have you visited? Are you going to accepted student’s days? Do you really want to live at home?

Lehigh/Lafayette - Lehigh is higher academically but really it comes down to personal preference
UD - medium size state school - price?
Stevens - not sure about college life there
NJIT - very urban campus - very different feel than UD or Lehigh/Laf

3

Depends what you are looking for in a school and what your family can comfortably afford. See if you can go back to your 2-3 top choices during accepted students day.
–Lafayette - is great if you want a STEM oriented LAC, lots of opportunity for students to do research with professors (for full disclosure my D is a senior at Lafayette and loves it)
–Lehigh - academically equivalent to Laf but a mid-sized university
–UD - medium size state flagship, nice school. I think DuPont supports some of the school’s chem related programs so that may be worth checking into.
–Stevens - pretty much all engineering/STEM, good school academically, about 70% male from what I see online
–NJIT - really don’t know enough to opine.