<p>Any thoughts as far as Business majors go?</p>
<p>My D is in the same boat but as a Chemistry major. It seems as if these two school are competing for the same students. We are leaving at 5:30 tomorrow morning for Villanova and then stopping by Lehigh on the way home. Hopefully we'll have a decision by nighttime. Have you spoken to the Business Department at both schools?? Do you feel more comfortable at one school vs. the other? If anyone out there has any info regarding Villanova vs. Lehigh, let us know!!!</p>
<p>placement data for villanova:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.villanova.edu/studentlife/careers/placement/2004/%5B/url%5D">http://www.villanova.edu/studentlife/careers/placement/2004/</a>
<a href="http://www.villanova.edu/studentlife/careers/placement/2004/salarystats.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.villanova.edu/studentlife/careers/placement/2004/salarystats.htm</a></p>
<p>placement data for lehigh:</p>
<p>note that the two schools report their salary data differently. villanova reports based on everyone in the major while lehigh reports based on the field entered, which bumps up its numbers (people who do not get 'real' jobs in their sector or do things like 'teach for america' are excluded). the information is still worth looking at, however.</p>
<p>Ericaatbucknell,
Thanks for the great links. As I read them, in 2004, Villanova had 85% of its business graduates finding full time jobs vs Lehigh's 81%. I wouldn't have guessed that.</p>
<p>My daughter is deciding between Cornell, Lehigh and Bucknell knowing that she wants to major in business. Since she also got into Villanova, maybe we should more seriously consider that option.</p>
<p>I want to pursue engineering and I can't decide where to apply ED next year..Here are my options:</p>
<p>Bucknell
Lehigh
Lafayette </p>
<p>Can anyone help me?</p>
<p>All three schools are good. Apply ED only if you have a clear <em>personal</em> favorite.</p>
<p>What about engineering majors? Lehigh vs Villanova Social as well as academics.</p>
<p>Lehigh is better known as an engineering school, but, as with any college choice, you have to make it based on where <em>you</em> think you'd do better.</p>
<p>the thing that really sucks is that I can't go visit their campuses because I am an international student.....</p>
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<p>Both have beautiful central campuses. </p>
<p>Villanova is a huge basketball school with sizeable crowds coming to campus for games. (They also host the Avanta tennis tournament.) The college has parking lots across the street that go on for a couple of blocks. That indicates to me that they have both huge events and a significant off-campus population, although I don't know this last to be true. If you want a strictly residential school, Villanova may not be your school. Also, Villanova is Roman Catholic, and that shapes a lot of what it is. </p>
<p>Villanova is down the street (but not within walking distance) of Bryn Mawr and Haverford as well as three or so other small colleges. There's a small train station in Bryn Mawr that provides access to Philadelphia; I don't know whether there is a stop closer to Villanova.</p>
<p>Lehigh's big sports are football and wrestling. The sports facilities (except for the gym) are on the other side of the mountain from the main campus, reachable by shuttle bus, and so visitors don't crowd the campus itself during big game days. Lehigh does not have a religious affiliation. It is within 20 minutes by car from Lafayette, Muhlenberg, DeSalles, Moravian, and Cedar Crest. You can get a bus to NYC (it takes between 1.5 and 2 hours) from the South side of Bethlehem, but there is no train service to metro areas.</p>
<p>I tend to think of Villanova more as a sports school than as an academic one only because the news keeps tabs on Villanova sports. If I lived outside PA, then I might not have the same impression. Lehigh gets sports press mostly when the Philadelphia Eagles hold their training camp on campus. </p>
<p>For sciences, it's no contest in my mind: Lehigh.</p>