I have been thinking about which one to attend for Fall semester as a transfer student. I got accepted to their business programs. I would appreciate if you guys can tell what the cons and pros are for each school. All three are pretty decent but I feel like I need some advice on this case. I am also waiting a decisions from NYU Stern, CAS and Cornell Dyson as well.
You could get a good education at any of these there schools. Lehigh is the obvious outlier, since it is much smaller than the other two and is not located in Boston (or any other major city).
Lehigh would offer the most traditional college experience. The campus is unusually small and undergraduate-oriented by university standards, almost like a liberal arts college in these respects (in fact, several of Lehigh’s traditional rivals, like Lafayette, Bucknell, and Colgate, are LACs). There is a sense of campus community, in part because there isn’t much else going on in the Bethlehem-Allentown area, so students tend to stay close to campus. They do traditional college things like going to football games. If you want that kind of atmosphere, then Lehigh would be the best choice.
NEU and BU are much larger and more impersonal. Students are less oriented towards campus activities, because there is so much to do off-campus. No football, although you might get some of the same atmosphere at hockey games. Some people prefer the urban vibe, and in that case NEU or BU would be better choices.
Number of transfer students enrolled, Fall 2017, from CDS:
758 BU
412 NEU
30 Lehigh
There aren’t a lot of transfer students at Lehigh. This is because the school is relatively small and has high retention rates, so there aren’t many slots that open up (again, this is more like a LAC than a typical university). The social transition might be easier at BU or NEU, where there would be a large community of other transfers.
@Corbettt thank you for the feedback. I know Lehigh is relatively small community and there is not much to do in Bethlehem as well. I am international students and I think I’m not really close to being a traditional college student just like you described for Lehigh. Boston is more diverse and populated so I’ll probably have to choose between BU and NEU. What do you think about comparing BU and NEU in terms of academics, lifestyle, grad employment as well?
Don’t know as much about BU and NEU. NEU strongly encourages participation in co-op programs, where students take time off from school to work in a professional setting. This means that it takes longer to graduate, but it may also mean that you are better prepared to start your career.