<p>Hi Troy1612,</p>
<p>According to the timeline on Lafayette’s website, decisions letters are sent out in “late March.” Unfortunately I do not know specifically when they plan on mailing them. Hang in there for just a couple more weeks!!</p>
<p>Taylor</p>
<p>ok. thank you for helping me. Gosh. I would really love to go to Lafayette. It’s my #1! I like the motto, “Why not?”</p>
<p>What’s it like? How are the coaches? Being on the team? Facilities? Schedule? Is the team competitive within the league? How does it integrate with student life, studies, etc.? All you can tell re swimming at Lafayette and academics and student life there in general, please!</p>
<p>Hi Taylor: Thanks for the feedback. </p>
<p>You are correct, right now, it’s just a waiting game. </p>
<p>One last question (for now)…My S is still waiting to hear from Lafayette and Trinity in Hartford…which do you think is more difficult to get into? Lafayette is his top choice and Trinity is his 4th choice of 4 applications.</p>
<p>Thanks again, Worried Mom</p>
<p>A couple of people suggested Bucknell for a business school, but I just wanted to let you know that it’s not accredited with the Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. <a href=“http://www.aacsb.net%5B/url%5D”>www.aacsb.net</a></p>
<p>Hi attydad,</p>
<p>Lafayette students are currently on spring break. Once I return, I will ask someone on the swimming team to answer those questions so I can post them here. Since I’m not on the swim team myself, I am obviously not the best person to answer. I should get back to you by the end of next week.</p>
<p>Thanks for your patience!</p>
<p>Taylor</p>
<p>Hi Worried Mom,</p>
<p>In terms of difficulty in admissions, Lafayette and Trinity are very similar. Lafayette’s acceptance rate last year was 40%, and Trinity’s was 43%, so Lafayette was slightly more difficult than Trinity last year. However, these percentages fluctuate frequently over the years, so since the two are so close, it is hard to compare them. Lafayette may have a very slight edge (if anything) over Trinity in terms of being difficult, but that’s all. They are both strong schools though, and either one would be able to get your son where he wants to go. </p>
<p>Hope that helps!</p>
<p>Taylor</p>
<p>A few questions:
<p>Yes, there is a club team - our S’s friend plays on it and loves it.
Yes, ~90% of upper classmen live on campus.
Not sure about a shuttle but the train will get you to both places…there is probably a shuttle to the train station. Others may have better info on this last question.</p>
<p>I believe there is a shuttle to MA. It’s a private business . You can google my bus home.</p>
<p>Taylor, </p>
<p>First of all, thanks for all of your posts. I have been reading and learning. My jr. S is aiming for premed. We have scheduled a visit, but we can only spend a half day on a Monday at Lafayette. If we get into town on Sunday afternoon/ evening, what would you suggest we do on an informal basis on campus? Without any direction, we would probably get oriented in general, and see major things like the student union (is that the Farinon College Center?) and the library (Skilman Library?). Anything else we should see right off? What is usually going on Sunday afternoons and evenings? We will take the official tour on Monday morning, and on Sunday, I will–like a good mom–make myself scarce for a while so he can wander by himself. Thanks for any thoughts you have!</p>
<p>If my son is a good example of a typical Laf. student, you will find the library to be pretty crowded on a Sunday. For my son, Sunday mornings are usually for sleeping, then a late brunch, and then off to the library. He might also fit in a workout. If the weather is nice, you will probably see a lot of activity on the quad between the student center and the library.</p>
<p>Echoing Farinon, Skillman Library, and adding maybe the Rec Center? (in Kirby field house)</p>
<p>I’m not a student but my D will be attending Lafayette next year…on one visit there we ate in the cafeteria…at Lafayette my D spotted a girl who looked nice and was sitting alone so she left me and asked to join her…turns out they ate lunch together and talked and then some of the girl’s friends came and joined them…it happened to work out really well…but even if the two of you eat in the cafeteria you might get a sense of what the kids are like etc…we were allowed to pay cash and eat in the cafeteria so I’m guessing you can as well…and I’m not sure it is necessary to leave him alone on Sunday as it may not be very interesting to walk around alone…may be better to do together but it depends on your son’s personality and how things play out…Hope you enjoy the day…</p>
<p>Thank you all for the feedback. We are really looking forward to visiting Lafayette, and hope to figure out if, after visiting there and other schools, we can articulate the differences between them.</p>
<p>Hi Raincitymom,</p>
<p>Sorry I didn’t get a chance to answer your question! Last week was busy for me…</p>
<p>If you have any other questions, please let me know and I should be able to get back to you more quickly. I hope your visit yesterday went well.</p>
<p>Taylor</p>
<p>Hi Taylor, what is the situation with PCs. Does the student store offer deals on them and is there a special package where the software that the school uses is preloaded as well? The is there on campus support? I know some schools have this, but we haven’t really heard anything about this. For the Engineering and Science students is there a preference, Mac or PC? Sorry about all the run on questions.</p>
<p>For the engineering part, most of the softwares that the engineering department uses are bought as a network license. As long as you’re connected to the lafayette network, you can use it from your own computer. Besides, when you’re actually using them, chances are you’ll be in the engineering department, working with your friends or just in the labs so you won’t need your computer that much.</p>
<p>I own a mac, and even though some softwares don’t run on a mac (for engineering), I’ve bootcamped my computer and installed windows on it as well. Or you could easily install a virtual PC inside your mac. It doesn’t create much difference.</p>
<p>looks like sixstringsrocker pretty much sums it up for the engineers. Most students I know (in general, not just engineers) tend to have a mac due to its advantages in battery time, speed, etc (you find the machinery differences online very easily). I personally have a PC because it’s what I am comfortable with and it’s what I have always used. It seems to be just a personal preference.</p>
<p>Taylor</p>
<p>Great! Thank you both so much! </p>
<p>What do people do about printers?</p>