Lehigh University Reviews and Ratings

• I chose off-campus accommodations and mainly used Facebook to seek a place to stay. I joined community groups for people who advertise subleasing, leasing, or are looking for roommates.
• The university also has its own website for finding places to stay and roommates. My monthly rent is $550 for a 5-bedroom, 2-bathroom house rented through "Amicus Properties." Maintenance is handled by them; however, gas and electricity are the tenants' responsibilities. The house came furnished with a dresser, nightstand, table, chair, and bed frame, although I had to buy a mattress.
• The main challenge I encountered was finding roommates and coordinating to lease the house together, since this greatly reduced costs. It's much cheaper renting an entire house and splitting the rent with roommates than paying owners who rent rooms at $700 or more individually. Coordination and guidelines for the house before occupying it were essential.
• I recommend that students start their housing search well in advance and ask the current students for advice on what to look for in a house. The rules for the house should be well-defined and all of them agreed to before the lease is signed to avoid future conflicts. My house is close enough to walk to campus, and most of the Indian students are found to stay off-campus in the surrounding housing areas.
• My accommodation is really close to campus, my classes happen all around the campus but i would say I'm relatively close and walkable from everything. Indian students are spread out everywhere.
   

Huge on-campus opportunities, vibrant and diverse culture, smaller Indian crowd than other colleges, great for Industrial Engg

I opted for this college because it is a small school that offered the major I wanted in a really nice location. Not in the city but with enough to do in the area. I am a runner, so it's nice to have trails nearby.

I knew I wanted to major in mathematics and probably go toward the actuarial science track, so I wanted to go to a school that had a great business school and math classes. Lehigh is also known for its engineering program, so I assumed the math program would be great as well.