So sorry - I was responding to Panda Girl
I hope you were accepted to NYU
Lol I know I was trying to be funny. Nyu is a reach but we’ll see
Lol I know I was trying to be funny. Nyu is a reach but we’ll see
Lol I know I was trying to be funny. Nyu is a reach but we’ll see
For pvb511, thank you so much!!!
Also to luca2fish, good luck with NYU!! I’m sure that no matter where you end up, you’ll do great things.
I was waitlisted… anyone know how many people they take from the waitlist if any?
I also don’t know when they’ll start to release any further info on waitlist stuff, my status update was very short
For rei123, last year 125 were admitted of the 1379 people who accepted the waitlist position.
How did you guys get your decision? My son logged in to his portal and the only thing it says is the application submitted date!
Never mind, thank you! Waitlisted!
Waitlisted Regular Decision
Legacy (Mom and Uncle)
SAT: 1400
Pretty Good EC’s
Ok Essay
Business Major
GPA: 3.71 UW, 4.41 Weighted
9 AP’s (all 3’s and 4’s)
Applied for financial aid
Accepted
ACT 34
GPA 3,9 out of 4.0
11 AP classes, most 4 and 5s on exams
3 sport varsity player
D Waitlisted. Now waitlisted at Lehigh and Bucknell. Sucks. Accepted at Syracuse, D’s top choice currently, Pitt and Penn State, but Cuse didn’t give as much $$ as expected, so looks like Pitt or PSU. What a game.
Accepted
Black Female from NYC
SAT 1420 (700 math, 720 reading)
SAT II: Lit- 700 World History - 610
Rank: 2
4.0 unweighted GPA
English Major
Amazing essays and recommendations
ECs:
Editor-in-chief of newspaper since soph. year
President of National Honor Society for 2 Yrs (In NHS since soph)
President of the Student Government (Public Relations Director, 11th Grade President, SG President)
Founded my school’s Black Student Union (2 Yrs)
VP of STEM Club (2 yrs)
Model UN (4 years)
400+ Volunteering hours
Organized service trips through NHS
Tutored kids in English, History, Physics, Algebra 2, Trig & Calc
Color Guard
Varsity Swim for 2 years
Varsity Track for 1
Participated in this summer entrepreneurship program, designed a prosthetic and a prosthetic startup & then won the contest at the end
I got into Boston College, Colgate, Franklin & Marshall, Ithaca, Northwestern (Medill School of Journalism), Syracuse (S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications), Washington University in St.Louis (WashU), Wheaton, and Tufts, Wesleyan, Bucknell, Cornell, UPenn, and Dartmouth, and Columbia, Brown
Waitlisted: Harvard & Yale
NYU comes out today, so we’ll find out.
Any other questions, happy to answer!
Current freshman here trying to adjust to remote learning. To the Class of 2024, feel free to ask any questions. Bucknell is a great place but not for everyone. If you are looking for an off campus experience you are probably better off somewhere else.
Everything revolves around our beautiful campus. I think its why we are so close and welcoming. Academics are a priority for majority of us. Workload is high but manageable if you stay on top of it. Professors are great in and out of class - office hours are a must and are encouraged.
It took me some time to adjust. I was really homesick but little by little I found my place. I have a few close friends and the circle grows naturally. People are genuinely
nice.
Greek Life is big on campus. You can’t join till sophomore year. I didn’t think I would be interested but I do plan to pledge. Parties are fun. Its more of a social happening than a drunk fest ( at least the majority of the times). Hard for freshman boys to get into parties. The focus on Greek life and Bucknell’s party reputation were my biggest concern during my search. Its definitely there but I think overblown. I spend a lot more time in the library and in my hall than at parties.
The biggest adjustment for me was the rural location. In the beginning, the campus felt lonely and cold. It seemed everyone else knew each other but not me. I felt isolated and I couldn’t escape to the anonymity that an urban school would have provided. It just took meeting one friend and the campus all of a sudden was warm and inviting. Now I can’t imagine being anywhere else.
Good luck Class of 2024!!!
I was very surprised to be waitlisted-thought Bucknell was a safety and they accept very few people off the waitlist! Congrats to those accepted!
Anyone out there? Haven’t seen any activity on this thread in quite some time. My D is still on waitlist, but curious what others are thinking in light of the pandemic and possible fall semester disruptions/online courses, etc. Anyone considering deferring for a year?
I think it is sad that most Freshman as well as other years will not be attending in person. Most Colleges/Universities it seams are not allowing a Gap Year or deferring if you have already accepted. If you have not accepted and ask you need a good reason outside of the Virus. With the economy and international student in jeopardy, there will be many students making alternate plans and Schools desperate for students, especially the ones who are full pay. This will also effect next year’s admissions, if schools let students defer.
If anyone can offer any insight, I’d gladly appreciate it. So deposit day is quickly approaching, and I can’t decide between Lehigh or Bucknell. I’m admitted as a Chem major, and I plan on attending med school. Which would best prepare me for that/which school is better? I never got the chance to visit either one.
@Pandagirl567 I can only offer some perspective as a Lehigh parent, but I am a Lehigh alum and both of my boys went to Lehigh. My D applied to both Lehigh and Bucknell, and is currently waitlisted at both. I cannot speak to the chem major specifically as we were all business majors, but outside that I can tell you the schools are very similar in many ways - Patriot League athletics, strong (or once-strong) Greek systems, beautiful campuses, well respected in their fields, great career opportunities, strong alumni networks. Major difference is Bucknell is much smaller, more of a liberal arts curriculum, located in a small town in the middle of nowhere (3-4 hours from any big city), although if you are from a major city the same could be said of Lehigh, although it is only about an hour from Philly and less than two hours from NYC. Not sure if Lehigh’s inaugural College of Health might offer opportunities you might not find at Bucknell, but since it is launching this fall, don’t know much about it.
My boys were accepted at Lehigh and Bucknell, but both decided on Lehigh mainly because of the larger size, more robust and established business program, employer connections to NYC, and familiarity since we went back often for games, etc. They both graduated and have great jobs.
I would recommend you go to Lehigh’s student paper, the Brown & White, which is available for free viewing online. It might give you some perspective, both good and bad, you otherwise wouldn’t get even if you visited campus. Bucknell also has a student paper, The Bucknellian, but I’m not as familiar with that. Since these are written by students, you generally learn a lot about happenings and the campus climate that the administration doesn’t necessarily like to advertise.
Best of luck with your decision! No college is perfect, but you probably can’t go wrong with either of these schools.
@Yocco2 Thank you so much!