Jewish - any hesitation with the following schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm Jewish and looked at all these schools with my Jewish kids. Thought U of South Carolina was the least open to Jewish folks and the people on the tour and at admissions didn't know about Hillel or have information.

Yea I can see that. UGA has atlanta nearby and they have Hillel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it good if school has a big Hillel presence? I don't want a big Jew fest lol but don't want him like complete minority.

How many Jews is too many then?

Not too many anywhere. Just meant don't need Tulane UMD like where it's known to be more Jewish. I went to maryland and loved however.

[Anonymous]

Take a look at GWU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take a look at GWU.

Already applied and has no interest in staying local. Meaning he's not adding more schools

[Anonymous]

I read a survey the other day that said Jewish students currently feel safest and most comfortable in the state of Florida.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read a survey the other day that said Jewish students currently feel safest and most comfortable in the state of Florida.

As in UF?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read a survey the other day that said Jewish students currently feel safest and most comfortable in the state of Florida.

As in UF?

Are you geographically challenged?

[Anonymous]

My semi-practicing Jewish child attends UGA and it's been a great fit. University of Florida was also considered; apparently it has the largest Jewish population of any university and tons of ways to get involved.

Lots of Jews at Wisconsin and Emory. UT-Austin is gigantic and very diverse so I would consider it. Not sure about Charleston. UofSC would give me pause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My semi-practicing Jewish child attends UGA and it's been a great fit. University of Florida was also considered; apparently it has the largest Jewish population of any university and tons of ways to get involved.

Lots of Jews at Wisconsin and Emory. UT-Austin is gigantic and very diverse so I would consider it. Not sure about Charleston. UofSC would give me pause.

Perfect, thank you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My semi-practicing Jewish child attends UGA and it's been a great fit. University of Florida was also considered; apparently it has the largest Jewish population of any university and tons of ways to get involved.

Lots of Jews at Wisconsin and Emory. UT-Austin is gigantic and very diverse so I would consider it. Not sure about Charleston. UofSC would give me pause.

And how did they decide on UGA vs UF?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My semi-practicing Jewish child attends UGA and it's been a great fit. University of Florida was also considered; apparently it has the largest Jewish population of any university and tons of ways to get involved.

Lots of Jews at Wisconsin and Emory. UT-Austin is gigantic and very diverse so I would consider it. Not sure about Charleston. UofSC would give me pause.

And how did they decide on UGA vs UF?

UGA = fat packet
UF = thin white envelope



In other words, the universities decided for them, lol. Not sure what they would've chosen had they been accepted to both

[Anonymous]

Jewish classmate of DC’s is at Boston College, loves it. Pitt for another Jewish friend.

[Anonymous]

I went to grad school at UT Austin, and there were plenty of very happy Jews there and in Austin, which is very liberal. UT was a great place and I look back extremely fondly on my time there.

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...the study, “In the Shadow of War: Hotspots of Antisemitism on US College Campuses,” found that at a number of other top schools, including Duke, Washington University in St. Louis, Tulane and the University of Florida, Jewish students report far lower — though still significant — levels of a

The schools with the lowest reported quartile of antisemitic hostility were: Brandeis University, California Polytechnic State University, Duke University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida State University, Pennsylvania State University, Tulane University, University of Central Florida, University of Colorado – Boulder, University of Delaware, University of Florida, University of Miami and Washington University.

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^^The new study found that schools with the highest quartile of reported antisemitic hostility were: Boston University, Columbia University, The George Washington University, New York University, The Ohio State University, Queens College, University of California, Berkeley; UCLA, University of California, San Diego; University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania and University of Wisconsin.