<p>What’s special about Lehigh over other similar schools like Bucknell or Hamilton?</p>
<p>I would say Lehigh is very similar to Bucknell- almost exactly the same SAT stats, beautiful campus’. Lehigh has a top 25 business and engineering school, which is pretty attractive for a lot of people. Lehigh is also known for being a school that works VERY hard, has tremendous job placement, but also parties hard and has a good time. I do not know much about Hamilton. Lehigh is also relatively close to philly and nyc (sorta).</p>
<p>I love the medium size of Lehigh–it’s not too big and not too small ^^</p>
<p>lehigh was the only school i liked with combined majors like engineering and business. also the campus is very good</p>
<p>For one thing, Lehigh is a research university. Bucknell and Hamilton are liberal arts colleges. Yes, Bucknell has a great engineering program and is quite large for its category, but it is an undergraduate institution. Hamilton is a quintessential LAC. Very different from Lehigh.</p>
<p>What make Lehigh different?
1.) Ranked higher
2.) Parties harder
3.) Is on the side of a mountain (beautiful but you will be walking UP the hill, something I never realized)</p>
<p>But basically Bucknell and Lehigh are the same type of thing. I dont know anything about Hamilton though.</p>
<p>Brightside, I think Hudsonvalley51 answered your question. The only other difference,frankly, is gender distribution. Bucknell and Hamilton are both about 50/50, male to female. Lehigh is the outlier, at nearly 60 - 40, male to female. If I were a male student, I wouldn’t like those odds.</p>
<p>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!</p>
<p>I have friends both in all of the three schools you mentioned, and when I visited all of them, I must tell you that Lehigh stood out the most. </p>
<p>Hamilton is a small college in upstate NY that no one has really heard of. Its a very good liberal arts college but very cut throat. In addition, I thought it was way to cold up there.
Bucknell is similar to Lehigh but like Hamilton very liberal. Bucknell is in the same Patriot League as Lehigh even though they maybe better than Lehigh within the league, the fans aren’t as strong as Lehigh’s.
Lehigh is in a little town called Bethlehem and its 20 mins away from Jersey and about 45 miles north from Philly and close to NYC so its very convenient. It has a gorgeous Mountainview Campus that looks down on the town. Trust me, its absolutely breathtaking. Now the only thing that can be looked either way is that it’s on a mountain so you’ll be doing alot of CLIMBING. But what college student doesn’t need the exercise? Now for sports, Hamilton’s DIII so they’re not really big on sports. Bucknell is more basketball whereas Lehigh is big on football and wrestling. The sport facilities may be on a different campus but there’s buses that bring you there and when there are football games everyone especially alumni’s go (especially Lehigh vs. Lafayette). And I’m sure you’ve heard this already but Lehigh’s known to work hard, party hard. I hope this helps you for your future college decisions.</p>
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<p>The Female to Male ratio irked me a bit, but I loved the school, thus I appled (and thankfully accepted). I believe the parties, the people and the fact it’s not too big or too small makes it great, along with the rankings and what they live by. Work Hard, Play Hard.</p>
<p>I think this link is pretty persuasive if you are majoring in engineering.</p>
<p>[Lehigh</a> University :: RCEAS: News Story: 3331](<a href=“http://www3.lehigh.edu/engineering/news/story3331.asp]Lehigh”>http://www3.lehigh.edu/engineering/news/story3331.asp)</p>
<p>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)</p>
<p>Bucknell is up there too.</p>
<p>Lehigh and Bucknell get a lot of cross-applicants, but not so many with Hamilton, which is an <em>excellent</em> liberal arts college in upstate New York. Although Lehigh has a solid number of graduate students, it still maintains its undergraduate focus, so I don’t think undergrads will notice much difference between Bucknell and Lehigh in terms of educational focus. However, if you are going into the sciences, a research university such as Lehigh offers much better facilities and opportunities for research.</p>
<p>Both Bucknell and Lehigh tend to be somewhat conservative, especially when compared to other universities/colleges. This has to do in part with the high profile of engineering, a field which tends toward conservatism in general, and, in the case of Bucknell, its historical connection to the Methodist church. (Note: I’m not necessarily talking about politics, and I’m not saying that either school is particularly religious.) Hamilton tends toward the liberal.</p>
<p>If you want to study engineering, Lehigh is probably the best place. If you want to study something else, you’ll have to take a closer look at the departments in each of those three schools to see finer differences. Make sure you check to see whether the courses you’re interested in are offered every year. Some colleges list courses that might be offered once every four years.</p>
<p>Personally, I think Lehigh is the most beautiful of the three, although the surrounding neighborhood is not. Lehigh has the most urban feel once you step off campus, although I’m not talking big city urban. Bucknell is more flat and spread out. It’s been too long since I’ve seen Hamilton to make any comment about this aspect.</p>
<p>I should add this: visit your schools! </p>
<p>My D applied to both Lehigh and Bucknell (was accepted at both but attends neither), and her views were that she loved the Lehigh campus and would have strongly considered attending if it weren’t so close to home. And she really liked the students at Bucknell. In fact, one of her closest friends attended Bucknell and will be graduating this year.</p>
<p>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</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The career center is outstanding and even as an alumni, there is excellent career outreach.</p>
<p>Lehigh is strong in a number of areas – not just in engineering and business – although some departments outside of those are definitely stronger than others, just as is the case at any university. If you are sure what you want to study, then look at that department in comparison to the same department at other schools on your list. If you are undecided, as many students are, then look for the broadest range of strong academics.</p>
<p>At any of the above institutions, you’ll get an excellent education. You just have to find the school that best matches your personality.</p>