Lehigh vs Northeastern

eholl
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:57:18 +0000

Does your son have preferences as to what kind of town he likes? Boston is a larger city, Northeastern campus is more of a modern architecture look.

Bethlehem, PA is more of a smaller town feel, and the campus has a mix of buildings but the main campus and most of the buildings are more collegiate gothic, stone, old world look. And I mention architecture only because it was a big deal for my son. He loves the old stone buildings.

My son committed to Lehigh last week. We were at Lehigh Fest for admitted students and everyone there was really friendly, we met some girls in one of the bus stops on campus (couple of Indian students who had just finished celebrating their Holi day with all the colorful dust and all that out on the lawn) and they were so sweet and telling my son “You should definitely come here, we love it here!” It is very hilly with lots of stairs so he will definitely have great legs after 4 years, haha.
My son is not a partier either but as I understand, the fraternities are not as big a deal on campus now than they were years ago. Plenty of students don’t party and are thriving socially.
I don’t have any experience with Northeastern, full disclosure.

Are you able to or have you already visited both campuses?