<p>this is a no brainer</p>
<p>Lehigh is $40,000 less for four years and is much better academically, has a better reputation particularly in the sciences and engineering area, and has a smaller number of undergraduates, 4,800 to 12,800.</p>
<p>For some odd reason the students at Lehigh and the alumni are absolutely in love with their school. You can’t really say this about Northeastern.</p>
<p>As stated before, only about 1/3 of the students are in Frats and Sororities at Lehigh (37-38%). I also find it funny that you mentioned in order to have fun at Northeastern, you have to go to other universities in the area - this should tell you a lot about the social life at Northeastern.</p>
<p>Finally, if after all the studying and fun that you are going to have on the Lehigh campus, you want to go to a big city to socialize, you have Philly only 45 minutes away and NYC a little farther.</p>