<p>So I got accepted by Lafayette College recently with a pretty generous aid package. I wanted to ask my fellow CCers this:
What made you fall in love with Lafayette?
What aspect of the College do you like the most?</p>
<p>I’m a student who was accepted ED for class of 2014. Here are a few reasons I chose Lafayette over other schools:</p>
<ul>
<li>highly regarded engineering program</li>
<li>small student population</li>
<li>beautiful campus</li>
<li>students seem to be as socially involved as they are academically (people do more than sit aroun in there room all day and study)</li>
<li>engineering in a liberal arts enviorment</li>
<li>there seemed to be a fair amount of school pride when I have visited</li>
<li>encouragement to take part in oppertunites outside of chosen major</li>
</ul>
<p>I also knew someone from my school last year who I thought highly of who decided to go to Lafayette. I hated the school when I first visited, but after I heard that she was going I gave the school a second chance and have loved it even since…</p>
<p>This won’t apply towards everyone but I was also pleased at the quality of the “Disablity Services” at Lafayette, something I will take advantage as being Dyslexic.</p>
<p>He really likes the school, but didn’t get any scholarship or financial aid. Not sure if he will attend.</p>
<p>The school has an extremely strong alumni network, and I’m working with one to negotiate some sort of an aid or merit package to send my son to this school.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you</p>
<p>thanks all…
What about things that seem less important but helped to swing your decisions to Lafayette when comparing it to a similar school? (I know i preferred Vassar over Wesleyan because it had a great Quidditch team :P)</p>
<p>Tompkins,</p>
<p>What I love about Lafayette is the relatively laid back atmosphere for the caliber of institution it is. I thinks its great that the faculty/administration is still able to maintain that even as the college rises in prestige.</p>
<p><a href=“I%20know%20i%20preferred%20Vassar%20over%20Wesleyan%20because%20it%20had%20a%20great%20Quidditch%20team%20:P”>quote=tompkins</a>
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Then you may have an interest in Lafayette’s quidditch team, which in its first year participated in the Collegiate Quidditch World Cup last fall.</p>