Bucknell University
Location: Lewisburg, PA (rural)
Size: 3,724 students
Avg percent need-met: 92%
Acceptance rate: 35%
Middle 50% ACT: 26-32 **Test Optional through Spring 2024**
Middle 50% SAT: 1230-1390 **Test Optional through Spring 2024**
Bucknell offers an excellent education - including a fantastic engineering program - on a beautiful campus. They provide a well-rounded, interdisciplinary approach, with theory and practical applications given equal importance. Professors are passionate, and Bucknell sets students up for post-grad success with a great alumni network, research opportunities, and job placement. Outside of the classroom, Bucknell has a bit of a reputation as a party school with a big focus on Greek life.
Popular majors / known for: Business, Biology, Engineering, Psychology, Social Sciences
Academic approach: Liberal arts (see their core curriculum) with an interdisciplinary focus and opportunities beyond the classroom
Fun fact / campus tradition: Each year, the first-year class celebrates the completion of their first semester with First Night, which includes choosing class colors and a class motto and incorporating them into a class crest.
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Similarity to Dartmouth
Bucknell and Dartmouth are in similarly small/rural towns, with reasonable access to a larger city. Philadelphia is about the same distance from Bucknell as Boston is from Dartmouth.
Both are smaller liberal arts colleges that still boast strong engineering programs.
Dartmouth and Bucknell both have an undergraduate focus, providing extra opportunities to participate in research.
Application Details
RD deadline: January 15th
Early Action deadline: None
Supplemental essays: None
Application fee: $40
On Common App: Yes
CSS profile: Required, due January 15th
Interviews: Not considered
School also featured in: None