Lafayette College
Location: Easton, PA (suburban)
Size: 2,725 students
Avg percent need-met: 100%
Acceptance rate: 41%
Middle 50% ACT: 30-33 **Test Optional through Fall 2023**
Middle 50% SAT: 1330-1440 **Test Optional through Fall 2023**
Lafayette is a small, prestigious liberal arts school with a warm community feel. Known for a top quality engineering program, they have access to incredible facilities and research opportunities. Faculty are great, and classes are challenging but manageable with time investment. Lafayette also has a great career services program to help with job searching and post-grad opportunities. Outside of the classroom, students have lots of school pride, lead more than 200 student clubs and orgs, and participate in Greek life. Both Philadelphia and NYC are about an hour away, giving fairly easy access to major cities.
Popular majors / known for: Engineering, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Biology
Academic approach: Liberal arts with a flexible core curriculum and focus on learning beyond the classroom.
Campus tradition: Each year, students, faculty, staff, and alumni participate in a National Day of Service called Lafapalooza.
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Similarity to Harvard
Lafayette and Harvard are both known for rigorous and challenging academics that push students.
Like Harvard, Lafayette is a name with lots of prestige, especially on the east coast.
Both Easton and Cambridge have a suburban feel with access to major cities.
Application Details
RD deadline: January 15th
Priority deadline: None
Supplemental essays: Yes, optional
Application fee: $65
On Common App: Yes
CSS profile: Required, due January 15th
Interviews: Important
School also featured in: Engineering