A new 'ask a recent graduate your bucknell questions' thread

ericatbucknell
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:05:46 +0000

sorry for the delay in responding. ive been quite busy!

baalest- i would recommend that you try to find a document called the ‘common data set’ for all of the schools you are considering. within its financial aid section, schools publish the number of international students receiving financial aid as well as the average award.

in the case of bucknell, relatively few internationals are awarded financial aid every year, but those who do receive very generous aid packages. (you can look up the exact numbers.) something to think about, though, is the competition you will face for aid as an international applicant. for example, though bucknell awards aid to fewer internationals than lafayette, it also receives applications from fewer international applicants (precisely because it awards less aid.) i dont know the net impact of this phenomenon at bucknell vis-a-vis lafayette, but it is something i would consider as more internationals are applying in significant numbers to those schools offering the most international aid. the less competitive school might actually be the new way to go.

in terms of engineering, i would strongly recommend it. ‘prestige’ is difficult to quantify, but starting salaries serve as a decent proxy. and there bucknell does pretty well. (you can find data on the schools post-graduate report on bucknells website.) one interesting fact: recently graduated chemical engineers from my graduating class (2006) had a higher average starting salary than those from mit.

last, in terms of stats, i have no idea.



a20emr-

you can certainly double major in theatre and ir at bucknell.

im not sure i am qualified to comment on the strength of the program, however. i didnt know any theatre majors at bucknell and dont know any of the professors within the department. that said, bucknell does collect pretty comprehensive data on its graduates, which it organizes by major. i will try to track down a theatre major link for you in the next day; it should give you an idea of how many graduates are currently in the field.