<p>WVU-has a fraternity and Hillel. We looked at it at one point , but didn’t visit the campus. A friend’s D went and love it. Many kids from Jersey go.</p>
<p>Samtalya- For us WVU still remains in the possible/maybe/let’s see column. Rutgers I think is a better buy but Rutgers and WVU are not apples to apples though and it makes it a hard comparison. </p>
<p>As much as I want to love Rutgers it is hard. It has become very diverse, the dorm situation is awful, I can’t find a recent common data set and I keep hearing of nightmare scheduling. Any money saved could be easily lost in a five year matriculation rate. </p>
<p>Rutgers NB is getting harder and harder to get in. What are your thoughts on RU?</p>
<p>Did someone say common data set?</p>
<p>[IRAP</a> Common Data Set Survey](<a href=“http://oirap.rutgers.edu/instchar/cds.html]IRAP”>http://oirap.rutgers.edu/instchar/cds.html)</p>
<p>Another Jersey person here. I did not know the dorms were a problem, but I have heard about the buses for years. I would not send my kids there. Their reputation is nationally very good, and if I had a VERY high achieving student who would be fine in large classes and could sail in a large school with or without red tape, I would consider sending my child there if my EFC were over 25-30k, or if he/she were going to get merit money there.
I would not send my B+ kids there because I think that they would be lost as undergrads. I much prefer an undergrad teaching focused U with small classes for freshman and sophomores over a research focused U.</p>
<p>Deborah T - Thank you! I could not locate that information. </p>
<p>Northeastmom- I know there are buses at RU and there’s some new fancy app that they have - something about “the next bus” I should have been more specific when I said “dorms.” I meant the housing lottery and available space. RU has had to place in area hotels in recent years.</p>
<p>Oh, I did not know that about housing at NB. If there is a Rutger’s bus from the hotel to the campus that is easy enough, and the ride is not far, and this placement is not for freshmen, I don’t think that would stop me.</p>
<p>I finally saw “The Race to Nowhere” last night. I think it has a very powerful message about the amount of stress kids are dealing with. It made me very thankful that when my D2 was stressed and miserable at the beginning of junior year, we supported her decision to switch to some easier classes. She ended the year with good grades, strong test scores, her driver’s license and better self-esteem.</p>
<p>there is definitely something wrong with the way I am wired…over on the HS class of 2015 parents’ thread, everyone is very teary and sentimental about “the end”, “the lasts” etc…</p>
<p>I am SO excited about my daughter’s next adventure…and her high school has been great; but hasn’t been the type of experience (from my perspective) that would warrant sentimentality…</p>
<p>Saying goodbye to her friends in August; different story…</p>
<p>am I nuts???</p>
<p>rodney, u r fine!! when she leaves in august you will need the kleenex, but now you are just enjoying the celebration. i will be the same. stay off the other thread at least until it gets warmer and sunnier here, then the thread won’t seem as bleak to you!</p>
<p>rodney, you’re feeling good right now, why try to make yourself feel bad? If you really want to sob, go chop one of those onions in the kitchen. Otherwise you can just let your emotions run their natural course.</p>
<p>Rodney - I’m with you! DH and I are already making a list of where we want to travel once we have our “empty next”! And it’s not like you never see your kids again once they go off to college - many breaks and so forth. And, they are nicer! Win-win as far as I am concerned.</p>
<p>^^ “And, they are nicer!”…maybe that’s why I feel the way I do; </p>
<p>my older daughter was a “BLEEP” in high school; by the time freshman year spring rolled around I was wondering what her college put in her kool-aid; she was a completely different person…</p>
<p>and, yes, we are in the list-making phase as well…we really haven’t been anywhere interesting for decades…</p>
<p>thanks all for making me feel better; I seriously thought I was experiencing a “bad mother” moment back there for awhile…</p>
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<p>rodney- I am with you!</p>
<p>Hey, rodney, I’m really with you - we’ll have a couple of sentimental moments, but I’m SO ready to move on, and so is D. Plus we’ve loved having our Japanese D but we’re ready to stop being host parents, too. </p>
<p>About the only thing I’m worried about is that we have an older cat who lives upstairs where it’s just the 2 girls’ rooms…she’ll get awfully lonely, and I’m worried I might have to sleep up there once in a while. Except college D who is graduating doesn’t have a job yet, so she’s very likely to be up there, at least sporadically.</p>
<p>I’ll be even more heartless than you - I’ll admit I wouldn’t mind if the cat decides to make her exit in the next few months, too! She’s a sweetie, but her life is really going to suck. And we can’t move her - she has barely ever set foot downstairs since she was a kitten, just that kind of cat. Although if the kids are gone for long periods she sometimes will tiptoe down (as long as the dog is asleep).</p>
<p>Oh wow, holliesue and rodney! Triplets once more!!!</p>
<p>[Hillel</a> Buildings Sprout All Over](<a href=“http://www.hillel.org/about/news/2011/apr/7apr11_Buildings.htm]Hillel”>http://www.hillel.org/about/news/2011/apr/7apr11_Buildings.htm)</p>
<p>Univ. of Alabama, Univ. of Virginia, Muhlenburg, Tulane and Penn State</p>
<p>just wanted to let my friends on this Jewish B student thread know that my daughter has chosen to attend Juniata College in Pa. She has loved this school since her first visit! FYI-they gave her some “heritage” money based on being Jewish! If you are looking for a large Jewish population, this school isn’t for you. They do have a small active Hillel though and the school vibe is perfect for my D.</p>
<p>During a brief conversation yesterday with the wonderful director of Pittsburgh Jewish University Center/Hillel, I learned the following:
- 98% of their budget comes from local community support
- Among the staff members, one is totally focused on parents of students, another is totally focused on undergraduate programming, another on graduate students and adults (J’Burgh), another on the community and fundraising, and there are also assistants and interns for these staff members as well as an operations manager and of course the director.
- Pitt’s Jewish enrollment has increased by 30% since 2004 and is still rising. When students apply to Pitt and self-identify as Jewish, they are sent materials about Jewish life on campus. (Actually, my son received these materials without applying to Pitt, and they were impressive!)
- Pitt is drawing heavily from the Boston to Washington corrider, as well as from Pennsylvania and Ohio and nationwide. CMU is drawing heavily from California and nationwide.
- Pittsburgh’s JUC is about 2% Orthodox. The highest percentage of Orthodox students, aside from Yeshiva, are at University of Maryland, Rutgers, and UPenn.
- The event last night where I saw the director (a talk about the Arab-Israeli peace process) was co-sponsored by JUC/Hillel, the Arab Student Organzation, the Muslim Student Organization, Tartans (CMU) for Israel, and the CMU Global Studies department. There are not too many campuses in the world where this could happen.</p>
<p>holliesue, yasher koach on your daughter making her decision.</p>
<p>Congratulations to holliesue’s daughter! Please let us know how her experience is at Juniata.</p>