<p>Roselawnmom and ketzev,</p>
<p>Bucknell, like MOST good LAC’s, has a much higher percentage of students that go on to grad school than universities such as Brandeis. And Bucknell in particular is noted for its extremely high percentage. Furthermore, Roselawnmom, those statistics you’ve provided are not new to me, and they are MEANINGLESS, because the National Acceptance Rate does not account for the quality of the undergrad schools of the students and both acceptance rates do not account for the quality of the graduate school to which students eventually go on to. I cannot imagine Bucknell’s rate being lower. </p>
<p>If it’s med school we’re talking about, okay go to Brandeis. BUT since Bucknell has one of the world’s most famed engineering schools, it brings in a lot of focus on mathematics!</p>
<p>Littlemimie,
Brandeis does not provide nearly–not by a long shot–the personalized attention that is provided by almost all LAC’s like Bucknell. For instance, to major in economics, the students actually have to apply during their sophomore year and the college won’t accept more than about 100 students each year to make certain that the class sizes are EXTREMELY small and that the students have adequate opportunities for research.</p>
<p>THIS BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER POINT: LAC’s like Bucknell provide a lot more research opportunities than schools like Brandeis. It’s a fact.</p>
<p>And all this is coming from a student who is going to neither Bucknell nor Brandeis, so it is nonbiased. And I feel it is accurate since I researched a lot on the two schools since I was accepted to both schools this year, and had a decision to make (I ultimately decided to put the deposit in another school, though I’m still waiting on the waitlist for an even better school).</p>