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Get the inside scoop on Lehigh University admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


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Admissions Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The admission process was fairly easy. The application was short and at the time I applied there was not an essay. I applied for early decision ...   READ MORE
Current Student
Making yourself and your resume look good is what the y look at. Try and distinguish yourself from others. This is a very highly selective school,...   READ MORE
Current Student
Actually it was one of my safety schools so I did not bother interviewing or visiting the campus. I used the standard application and did the stan...   READ MORE
Current Student
Lehigh is a place that encourages leadership among its students, so emphasis on leadership experience as a prospective student is beneficial. I r...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The academic program is rigorous and challenging. The class are fairly small except for some of the freshman requirments. It is very difficult t...   READ MORE
Current Student
I am in the business school and it is very rigorous, but if you like what you do you don't really think about the workload. The professors don't r...   READ MORE
Current Student
I enrolled in the honors program an integrated business and engineering program. My contentration was computer engineering. The program was defini...   READ MORE
Current Student
The workload surely challenges the student, but the material and its delivery prepare the students for applicable real world challenges. Being a ...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Alumni
I went directly to grad school so I did not participate in the career placement program. But all my friends did and they had no problems getting very...   READ MORE
Current Student
The career services here at school helped me a lot with getting interviews. Also, attend all the career fairs and the information sessions.    READ MORE
Current Student
Plenty of job opportunities. The career placement office is very good, students just need to be proactive and take advantage of it. The career counsel...   READ MORE
Current Student
I find that Lehigh has a strong reputation with employers. Within the business field(s), the Big 4 Accounting firms recruit heavily from Lehigh under...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The quality of life on the campus is great. There are freshman dorms which allows freshman to live all together. There is a strong Greek system ...   READ MORE
Current Student
Live on campus the first two years so you are comfotable with the environment. Then if you comfortable enough and know what is goingon around you,...   READ MORE
Current Student
Theres been a big move off campus in the 4 years I was there. They just started a program where student IDs double as debit cards at local merchan...   READ MORE
Current Student
On-campus housing is mandated and provided for all first and second year students. The off-campus scene is big for seniors, and a large percentag...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
The social life consists of the greek system and local bars.   READ MORE
Current Student
There are only two bars around here that all the students go to, but this school is known for its greek life, with over 27 fraternities. That is t...   READ MORE
Current Student
Couple bars, huge frat scene, huge off campus party scene. Frat draw in mostly freshman and sophomores and kids with personality disorders. All th...   READ MORE
Current Student
Lehigh has a strong Greek system, and thus much of its social life revolves around [Greek] houses on "The Hill". Bars are a common scene for seni...   READ MORE

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