<p>For athletics to play in at either Bucknell or Lehigh, any school for that matter, the student would have been recruited in the summer and been to at least one overnight visit called an “Official Visit”. Recruited athletes know in the early fall if they got in. Schools do not invite kids on “Overnight Visits” unless they have the credentials or the coach has a “slot” to use on them.</p>
<p>Lots of other factors too, RPI accepts a much higher percentage of students because it has to. Why? Not too many kids want to go to school in Troy, NY and RPI is just not a sizzle name.</p>
<p>Lehigh and Bucknell are very popular destinations especially for NJ, CT, PA and NY kids. My friend’s son did not get into Bucknell but got into University of Rochester, which is harder to get into. Why? Many more kids apply to Bucknell and UoR has to compete with that.</p>
<p>Geography and where other kids from the same school and same region apply is a big part of this game.</p>
<p>You have to see the situation in Catholic schools where kids all apply to the same schools.</p>