Lehigh Admission Advice

StitchInTime
Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:10:45 +0000

quote You miss my point. All I’m saying is that unless you know who’s giving his or her opinion on your chances and their qualifications to do so what’s the point? What’s the value of the opinion and if you’re relying on it in some why that could be a huge mistake.




Aristotle argued that there are three basic ways to support an opinion; using the rhetoric of authority, logic or emotion ([ethos, logos and pathos](http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/webclass/web/project1/group4/index.html)).

Readers of CC’s posts should evaluate the advice offered using Aristotle’s thoughts as a guide.

Here are examples of each:

[ul] [li]Ethos: Why Lehigh? ([Post #14](http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1063750136-post14.html)) [/li][quote]
I am a graduate of Lehigh University (as is my husband). My son graduated from high school last year, loved Lehigh but chose ED at Washington University. We would have been thrilled if he attended Lehigh

Although I graduated many years ago from the Arts and Science school, the education I received served me very well. Lehigh has a great reputation with graduate schools and employers alike. I subsequently attended Columbia Business School for an MBA. At first I was intimadated by the Ivy Leagers but that didn’t last long. It was amazing how well prepared I was even with mostly liberal arts courses and a smattering of economics. Lehigh may not be in the top ten rankings but the quality of education is just excellent.

The career center is outstanding and even as an alumni, there is excellent career outreach.




[li]Logos: Why Lehigh? ([Post #11](http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1063739611-post11.html)) [/li][quote]

I think this link is pretty persuasive if you are majoring in engineering.

[Lehigh University :: RCEAS: News Story: 3331](http://www3.lehigh.edu/engineering/news/story3331.asp)

No Ivy league schools in the top ten (and that should make for some interesting conversations at our house during the holidays since I’ve got a son at Penn majoring in EE–and one just admitted to Lehigh also majoring in EE)




[li]Pathos: Why Lehigh? ([Post #8](http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061539112-post8.html)) [/li][quote]
As far as the campus itself goes, Bucknell far and away has the more beautiful campus. Lehigh, as mentioned previously, is located on the side of a mountain, and you WILL get a workout walking to and from classes everyday. I don’t recall seeing too many overweight people there, haha!



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The rhetoric in [What Does Lehigh Look For? Thoughts on ‘Chances’](http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/lehigh-university/763789-thoughts-chances.html) is logos-based with several links to primary sources supporting the advice offered.