Schools with a similar profile to Brandeis and Villanova, minus the religion

[Anonymous]

Agree with GW and American. Pitt. Emerson in Boston. Macalester if ok with Minnesota.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a mixed-religion, very non-religious family. Kid would like a not-too-small school near a big city. Pref East Coast. Doesn't have stats for T20, I think Emory and Tufts are too reach-y. Villanova and Brandeis feel like reasonable targets, but I don't know if DC would go for the religious aspect. What else could we look at?

NYU other than stern and tisch? ED/ED2.

[Anonymous]

URichmond and Holy Cross might work both large top 25 SLACs. Holy Cross is Jesuit but basically very low key on religion by design. By contrast Villanova and Brandeis have very poor rankings if 57th and 69 respectively.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t consider Brandeis a religious school. Villanova barely is.

And you’re not “mixed religion”, you are non-religious.

Brandeis academic calendar:
Wednesday, April 1 - Thursday, April 9 Passover: No university exercises.
Friday, May 22 **Shavuot.

It is hard to make the argument that Brandeis is not religious

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree with GW and American. Pitt. Emerson in Boston. Macalester if ok with Minnesota.

The OP's kid wants something not too small.

Macalester is small - I would not recommend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t consider Brandeis a religious school. Villanova barely is.

And you’re not “mixed religion”, you are non-religious.

Brandeis academic calendar:
Wednesday, April 1 - Thursday, April 9 Passover: No university exercises.
Friday, May 22 **Shavuot.

It is hard to make the argument that Brandeis is not religious

So they observe Jewish holidays. So what?

[Anonymous]

U Miami

[Anonymous]

Don’t rule out Brandeis. As former Catholics, we eliminated schools like Villanova and Holy Cross.

But our child applied to Brandeis because there isn’t a religious component. Brandeis was founded because Jewish students weren’t allowed at elite institutions, similar to HBCUs. The percent of Jewish students is around 30%.

They respect and encourage all faiths on campus with three separate chapels representing the Jewish, Catholic and Protestant faiths. The structures were to be equal in size and physically placed so as never to cast shadows on one another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t consider Brandeis a religious school. Villanova barely is.

And you’re not “mixed religion”, you are non-religious.

Brandeis academic calendar:
Wednesday, April 1 - Thursday, April 9 Passover: No university exercises.
Friday, May 22 **Shavuot.

It is hard to make the argument that Brandeis is not religious

99.9% of schools are closed for Christmas, a Christian holiday. Does that make them religious?

[Anonymous]

Maybe University of Maryland (It is as close to DC as Villanova is to Philly)

[Anonymous]

Rochester.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t consider Brandeis a religious school. Villanova barely is.

And you’re not “mixed religion”, you are non-religious.

Brandeis academic calendar:
Wednesday, April 1 - Thursday, April 9 Passover: No university exercises.
Friday, May 22 **Shavuot.

It is hard to make the argument that Brandeis is not religious

99.9% of schools are closed for Christmas, a Christian holiday. Does that make them religious?

No - but the comment was that Brandeis is not a religious school.
It is closed in the fall for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Shmini Atzeret
It does not have a "Fall Break" - I disagree with the characterization.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t consider Brandeis a religious school. Villanova barely is.

And you’re not “mixed religion”, you are non-religious.

Brandeis academic calendar:
Wednesday, April 1 - Thursday, April 9 Passover: No university exercises.
Friday, May 22 **Shavuot.

It is hard to make the argument that Brandeis is not religious

99.9% of schools are closed for Christmas, a Christian holiday. Does that make them religious?

No - but the comment was that Brandeis is not a religious school.
It is closed in the fall for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Shmini Atzeret
It does not have a "Fall Break" - I disagree with the characterization.

a lot of public k-12 schools are closed for jewish holidays too, doesn't make them religious

[Anonymous]

Brandeis is still 45 minutes away from Boston and a pretty small college in terms of enrollment size. What about someplace like Syracuse? It’s not the biggest city, but may have other things that appeal to your student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GWU
Richmond
Colgate
Boston College
Bucknell
Drexel (kinda)
Lehigh

Boston College is a religious school