Colleges for the Jewish "B" student

[lisztserve]

Thanks everyone for correcting misinformation re Union College. It was described to me as urban by someone who I thought knew!
Great to hear all the positive reactions to Case, corroborating my son's take on it!

[psychmom]

liszt, I visited Union with my D...beautiful campus, super friendly admissions office, helpful tour guide who even sent my D a personal note. I would also characterize the surrounding area as urban (it's not suburban or rural!); I guess you could call it a small city. But it is not a vibrant and stimulating kind of urban--the area seemed sketchy to me. The school made a point of saying there were many campus-based activities for diversion (also a strong Greek life, which the administration was trying to change).

[rodney]

Downtown Schenectady - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


I love you all....but as a native New Yorker, who even considers other US cities as urban...Schenectady? Really? I mean it isn't even Albany..........

Look at the picture in the link of the downtown area..........

[Sop14's Mom]

Hey, Schenectady's tallest building is 9 stories--that's a skyscraper fer shure.

[psychmom]

Oh come on, it is not suburbia and it is not country! It's what I said, a small rundown little city, which equals URBAN. I stand by that!!

[Sop14's Mom]

Schenectady's population is less than 4,000, which means it doesn't even qualify for the term "town" in NJ (a town requires 5,000 residents in NJ; I can't find the corresponding info for NY offhand.)

[Vitrac]

Schenectady= Icky Urban

[psychmom]

Icky Urban, LOL!

[rodney]

Like that one....icky urban.....like downtown Binghamton........makes Schenectedy look like a peach.......

Where has holliesue been, speaking of Binghamton?.......

[LINYMOM]

Can we throw Troy in there also for icky-urban? I just want to take RPI and put it somewhere else. Anywhere else.

[champs2004]

Wondering about Case Western. Seems to get a lot of buzz on this thread. I thought it was more of an "A-" school - am I wrong? Also, I guess I'm a little confused when I read about a school wanting to increase it's Jewish enrollment, (as Sop24 mentioned)... So a) how do they do this? b) how do they know an applicant is Jewish (I know some last names are a good indication, or activities which are temple-related... but is this really how they determine)? Do the schools "recruit" in predominantly Jewish neighborhoods? And if a school makes such a commitment - does it actually work?

[rodney]

Champs: schools that want to increase Jewish population usually add day schools to their visit lists; at least that is what I have observed.....

And yes, they look at activities that are religiously tied (think UsY, BBYO etc)......

Last names don't cut it IMO....too many mix-ups......

How do they "do it"? No idea, but I imagine a borderline kid is pushed over if they are a preferred URM in any school........

Does it work? One word: Vanderbilt.....and Elon is on the way.......

[chocchipcookie]

psychmom?? Are you the same psychmom that I talked to a million years ago re: colleges in NYC for your S? Or was that someone else? Lol...

Rodney: you took the words out of my mouth.....haven't "seen" HollieSue or Emmybet in awhile........

I'm curious to be reminded of who is looking for engineering major colleges in the NE on this thread recently......I'm also looking for same. I feel as if I have a pretty comprehensive list, mostly all colleges we've talked about in the past, and will probably begin the tours in the fall when S2 is a junior. He's in a lower bracket than Linymom's S with a unweighted gpa of 3.1 and a weighted gpa of 3.6 as of sophomore year. Can't guarantee it'll improve, but hopes it stays the same and doesn't go down with the harder subjects! Union is actually one that is on our list, but they have no graduate courses and I can't help but think if he goes somewhere where there is a one year continuation for a Master's that he would do it then. But who knows........it'll be great to start looking and begin to form opinions after touring.

[Mom24boys]

chocchipcookie - We are looking for engineering schools, I would say anything east of the Mississippi. DS is a junior and his grades have been a roller coaster this yr and will have to wait until the end of 4th quarter to figure his GPA. However, if he doesn't blow it with his grades he will be a NMF so figuring where he fits has been hard.

[socaldad42]

Rodney,

Add USC as another example. As they grew from 3% to 15% jewish, their rankings soared....