<p>unbelievablem,
Thanks for the information. I have told my friend to read this thread/post#.</p>
<p>boysx3 – if her son has already applied, i would hope he would already know pretty much what List is all about.
fyi also – here are links to info about the program that show the nature of it – [The</a> Jewish Theological Seminary - List College Core Curriculum Requirements](<a href=“http://jtsa.edu/Albert_A_List_College_of_Jewish_Studies/Academics/Core_Curriculum.xml]The”>http://jtsa.edu/Albert_A_List_College_of_Jewish_Studies/Academics/Core_Curriculum.xml)
[The</a> Jewish Theological Seminary - Sample First-Year Schedule](<a href=“http://jtsa.edu/Albert_A_List_College_of_Jewish_Studies/Academics/Sample_First-Year_Schedule.xml]The”>http://jtsa.edu/Albert_A_List_College_of_Jewish_Studies/Academics/Sample_First-Year_Schedule.xml)</p>
<p>i really would hope that the son would already be well aware of all of this information.</p>
<p>My rabbi’s son is in the Columbia/List program. He attended Jewish day school and is a very observant Conservative Jew. He’s very happy with the program.</p>
<p>Wow, I missed a few days and so much news! I believe the summary so far is:
Rodney’s D: Elon
2flipper’s S1: Wash U
2flipper’s S2: Redlands with scholarship
holliesue’s D: Oneonta
college4three’s S: Columbia
momjr’s D: BU
chocchip’s S: Tufts
SlitheyTove’s D: Tufts
UMich’s S: Purdue Engineering</p>
<p>Congratulations to all of these students!
Did I miss anyone, or get the gender wrong on anyone?</p>
<p>Regarding the suicide: this is truly tragic. When my D was an RA at Penn State, one of her residents attempted suicide and, fortunately, did not succeed. My D was involved in getting the emergency medical services, with communicating with the family, and in dealing with the issue for the other residents. But - she was really upset because the student and family had not disclosed to her that the student had a pre-existing mental health condition. My D said that if she had known, she would have of course kept it confidential, but would have monitored the symptoms of this student and would have gotten her into her therapist or a hospital earlier in the week, when apparently she had begun to have an exacerbation of her symptoms. Moral of the story: it is worth it to disclose mental health conditions to an RA who can monitor the student more closely! (As an aside, Penn State’s RAs are particularly well screened, trained, and supervised - they actually have to interview to be accepted to a course -for credit - in being an RA, then interview again to become an RA, then have weekly meetings with a supervisor to go over problems and plans.)</p>
<p>Regarding meeting a spouse in college: College is a time when young people are surrounded by peers of similar age and education level. It is therefore convenient and easy to meet a future spouse - but so many are not mature enough to understand the qualities that are important for a future spouse, or to make this commitment or decision. I truly think that they are less mature than we were at their age! I am wondering how efficacious it would be to discuss with them some of the qualities that are important for spouse selection before and during college. </p>
<p>Regarding the lovely article on adoption: I happen to know the cantor who was quoted, Jenna Greenberg, and she attended a college that, perhaps, people on this list would like to check out: Earlham College:
[Earlham</a> College | Jewish Student Union](<a href=“http://www.earlham.edu/~jsu/]Earlham”>http://www.earlham.edu/~jsu/)
[Earlham</a> College — Richmond, Indiana](<a href=“http://www.earlham.edu/]Earlham”>http://www.earlham.edu/)</p>
<p>According to Jenna’s mother, that college really did change her life, especially because she became the local cantorial soloist there and then decided to become a cantor! Her husband, whom she met while she was in cantorial school at JTS, is a rabbi at UMDCP Hillel.</p>
<p>Regarding Birthright, absolutely encourage your college kids to go! Only one of mine was eligible, as the Intifada had prevented his Jewish Day School class from going after 8th grade, but he had a great experience. Trips to Israel really have an impact on future Jewish identification!</p>
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<p>Amen. I may try this with D while she is home (starting Friday!). Will let you know the reaction (especially if it goes beyond rolling of the eyes).</p>
<p>Just signed up S (HS soph) for NFTY in Israel for next summer. His four-day “choice” will be in an Israeli Army program. He went to school in his Lehigh t-shirt today. All is good :)</p>
<p>Even though I’m not looking for a school any longer for my B student, I still enjoy this thread. I feel like I can still relate to all of you. Perhaps we can continue it as “how is your Jewish B student doing at college?” I would love to hear others’ experiences - did your S/D get connected with Hillel or another Jewish group on campus? were your impressions right? does the Jewish population at the college matter or not to your D/S?</p>
<p>LINYMOM - I agree 100% - continuing feedback from parents of Jewish “B” students who are away at college can only help those of us still going through the process. I would love to hear if they are enjoying their college - and if they are not happy - why not? More feedback on Jewish life and Hillel would also be much appreciated.</p>
<p>I’d disagree that kids who get in via rolling admissions and EA don’t have to worry about senior grades – at the very least, first semester grades need to be comparable to the rest of HS.</p>
<p>Here is some initial feedback from D at University of Delaware (as if you all didn’t know where my D is all these pages later - LOL!)</p>
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<li>Freshman Fest (before students officially moved in): a success, she and I are both happy she did that.</li>
<li>Involvement in Hillel - I don’t think she went to as many programs as she thought she would (mostly because she was sick a lot this fall and focusing on classes). I do get the Hillel emails and they have a lot going on.</li>
<li>The rabbinic intern at Hillel contacted my D this semester and they went out for coffee; he wanted to get to know her better and reach out to get her more involved. She is interested but still working on time management.</li>
<li>Her friends are largely from Freshman Fest (esp those who live on her floor), including the girl she wants to room with next year.</li>
<li>Loves her Hebrew class and is continuing with that next semester (along with other classes for her Jewish studies minor)</li>
<li>Interestingly, I asked her about rushing a sorority next semester (which she has always been interested in) and particularly about if there were sororities or fraternities that were particularly Jewish. She said (with eyes rolling), “Mom, most of the Greek life here is Jewish.” I’m not sure if that is true, but that’s her impression (or at least at the fraternities where she hangs out).</li>
<li>Chabad - she hasn’t checked it out but I will see if she can do that next semester (the Chabad rabbi there was a fraternity brother of my brother’s at UPenn - we told him that D is there and he immediately friended her on FB). </li>
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<p>The way classes are going, as well as social life, I am happy to report that UDel still seems like a good fit for her!</p>
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<p>That is great, LINYMOM; so glad that your daughter is having a good experience! Thanks for the update!</p>
<p>Hi everyone
Just received the good news that my DD got into Willamette University in Salem, oregon. Of course, I know it’s on the other side of the world from most of you guys but we are very excited for her as she was one of those “maybe no one will want me kids.” I suspect their Jewish life isn’t too great (well, I really don’t know) but she has an aunt and uncle in Portland so that makes me happy. She even got a nice merit award.</p>
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<p>CountingDown - this is actually one little detail that I still find confusing. My sons attend a large public hs. They do NOT automatically send first semester grades to every college - you have to specifically request it and pay for it. So, when S1 was accepted EA to Elon, which was his safety school, we did not send first semester grades - as Elon did not request them and I didn’t see any point to sending/paying for something they did not ask for. With S2 - all of the schools on his list are either EA or rolling. Say he has a few acceptances in hand between December and January - unless a particular school asks for mid-year grades as a condition of the acceptance - I am not planning to send them. Of course I know we need to send a final transcript after graduation to the one college he will be attending. So, why do you think that kids who are accepted EA or rolling need to be concerned re first semester grades? Do you see many colleges requesting mid-year grades as a condition of the acceptance?</p>
<p>Congrats!!! have actually heard very good things about Willamette…</p>
<p>and fwiw, both Elon and College of Charleston are just asking for final grades after acceptance, not mid-year…</p>
<p>oh yea, forgot to post: daughter’s withdrawal letter must have crossed; accepted today to College of Charleston (along with ALOT of kids in her class)</p>
<p>poppymom - congrats on Williamette. I am not at all familiar with this school - on my to-do list to look it up.</p>
<p>Williamette looks like a nice “B” student possibility on the west coast. About 1865 undergraduate students. Takes the Common App and has early action. They do have a Jewish organization:</p>
<p>"Jewish Student Union</p>
<p>Student Contacts: Alex Mozell or Rebecca Stanley
Advisor: Ellen Eisenberg, Dwight and Margaret Lear professor of American history</p>
<p>The JSU provides a community through which Jewish students may come together to celebrate holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Hanukkah, Purim, Shabbat, Passover, etc.) and connect with other Jewish students. We also provide non-Jewish students the opportunity to explore traditional Judaism. Anyone in the Willamette community is welcome to attend weekly Shabbat meetings. JSU members work together to provide transportation fo the local temple for regular services and larger celebrations of all major holidays."</p>
<p>Poppymom, congrats on Willamette. I lived in Salem a number of years ago and worked with a former president’s wife. I have also heard very good things about the school but I don’t know anything about the Jewish community. Salem is a very nice city and Oregon is a haven for wilderness adventure, that is, once you learn to ignore the rain; this becomes surprisingly easy to do. Learning to cross country ski is a must! I only knew two other Jewish people when I lived in Oregon. (One was my husband). In spite of that the feel was very different than it is in the south. People really didn’t care about our faith, probably because generally the people I knew were less religous themselves. I do however, have the fondest memories of a coworker who gave me the most genuine invitation to her home for Christmas because she was concerned about my being alone. There was no explaining that this was fine, she had a very deep conviction that no one should be alone on Christmas, whether they celebrated it or not. I have really fond memories of living in Oregon. Take the opportunity explore the landscape when you visit it is heavenly!</p>
<p>Congrats on CofC Rodney!
Linymom: Its great that D is having a good freshman year and U of Del. in spite of being sick a lot. I hope she has a healthier spring! It is so nice that the Hillel intern took the time to reach out.</p>
<p>great to hear about Willamette. And LINYMOM, I have always heard very positive things about UDel. It’s a hugely popular choice around here.</p>
<p>Thanks, Levrim and all other moms & dads out there wishing us well! Very exciting time in our household.</p>
<p>omg, rvm…you have to pay for transcripts to be sent? Ridiculous, imo. I guess I need to consider myself lucky that our h.s. does not charge to send transcripts as long as we get the stamped envelope ready for them. In our case, Tufts did ask for 1st quarter grades and they were sent. Good thing my S1 hasn’t quite gotten to the senioritis just yet, but I see signs of it coming! He said if he lets one or two of his A’s become B’s second semester, that’ll be it. Whew! I don’t want the college to rescind their offer!</p>
<p>Btw, shark fin pie sounds fabulous if it consists of peanut butter & chocolate, yum! Is that a regional item? Maybe I just don’t get out enough! :)</p>
<p>As far as the naked quad run, my S told me he’d have to be drunk to participate in that…wonderful…just what a mom needs to hear! :)</p>
<p>rvm: Mid-year grades will probably not be a condition of acceptance, but could be a cause of rescindence if the grades all of a sudden take a dive.</p>
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<p>Yes - we pay for transcripts to be sent out and we have to request and pay for mid-year grades to be sent. But they do provide the envelope and stamp! I certainly don’t mean to imply that I would condone my son letting his grades slide after he is accepted - but I could see letting him ease up a little bit.</p>
<p>Congratulations to poppymom’s daughter!</p>
<p>I can see our H.S. charging in the near future, but I also think we are really making an effort to go paperless and electronic submissions. Our state is in budget hell, it really worries me, especially if RU is the final choice. Just how much will tuition increase and how do you factor the unknown into your decision?</p>
<p>Congrats on all of these acceptances!</p>
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<p>Congrats, Poppymom</p>
<p>chocchipcookie…Sharkfin Pie is from Mitchell’s Fish Market which is a chain, that’s why I mentioned it, figuring people would know it. It’s also related to Cameron’s Steak House.</p>
<p>LINYMOM…as my B student is only a freshman this year (as I believe is the case for several of us here), I’m really hoping that this thread continues, and we can benefit from the experience of those going before us.</p>