brandeis university

Just_Browsing
Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:56:18 +0000

matrixrebloated’s description isn’t exactly accurate.

It is not “big” and it isn’t “Jewish.” Its actually quite small, about 3,000 undergraduates. And while it was founded by the American Jewish community (in response to the Ivy League denying admission to Jews) in the fourties, it is not actually a “Jewish” school. It is totally secular. Admittedly, the student body is 50% Jewish, and the class of 2010 was the first Brandeis class to be less than 50% Jewish. As paying3tuitions mentioned, it is not just orthodox though, most of the Jews at Brandeis are not orthodox.

I would say it is a very good school academically (that’s why it was my first choice). But that’s not what your question was, you wanted to know if people thought of it as prestigious (huge difference). Honestly, the only way to gauge prestige is to look at things like USNEWS rankings, where Brandeis is at 31. Your call.