Pitt vs. Gettysburg vs. Bucknell

happy1
Sun, 29 Mar 2020 15:59:20 +0000

IMO the first decision your D should make is if she would rather attend a LAC and or large university. If she wants the “big school” expereince then Pitt is the obvious choice.

If she wants a LAC then she needs to choose between Bucknell and Gettysburg. Bucknell is the “higher ranked” of the two but it is very Greek Life oriented so she woudl have to be OK with that type of environment. Gettysburg is a fine school as well. Fit is very important in a LAC.

She can do some research even with the schools being closed – look at websites/class offerings/professors online for each school, see if you can get some good college guide books such as Fiske, Princeton Review and read up on the schools, look at school newspapers online etc. to try to get a sense of both schools.