Jewish studies major this cycle?

[Anonymous]

You don’t ant your kid going to a school that doesn’t want Jewish students. The advice to leave off religiously affiliated extra curricular activities is just wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m the OP. Has anyone had experience this cycle with application nation and SH advice on this topic.

Please help your fellow parents out here. Thank you, thank you thank you.

If you want to know, you should join AN and ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don’t ant your kid going to a school that doesn’t want Jewish students. The advice to leave off religiously affiliated extra curricular activities is just wrong.

Agree 💯

[Anonymous]

I'm a college counselor and I had a kid apply to one of the schools you listed as a Jewish Studies major. We picked it because nearly all of the dc's ECs were related and the kid had done some very interesting things in school around it. It was only brought up in why essays (not mentioned in main essay) and it didn't read like a gimmick. I have no idea how it was viewed, but he did get in to the school on your list as well as many other schools. I doubt he will actually major in that, but it's no different than the other 17 year olds forced to pick a major or academic interest who select something that correlates to academics and ECs. Plenty of kids say they want to be pre-med, get one semester into Orgo and transfer to business.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know but of course there many kids including mine, that are obviously Jewish from their applications, Jewish schools, camps and extra curricular activities….