<p>As I posted elsewhere, it turns out OWU had good news for DS - accepted with $. Now hoping that Clark didn’t fill its class so that DS has a chance there.</p>
<p>Congratulations on OWU!</p>
<p>Thank you, RVM!</p>
<p>Congrats on the acceptance, pdk!</p>
<p>Hey Everyone! Sorry been a little MIA lately - been busy with an ill relative. I do want to congratulate all the recent acceptances. It seems like a lot of us here on this thread have been hearing some good news! Glad to read about it.</p>
<p>Today’s information about Elon is quite interesting. I have a friend whose son is a junior, and she has asked me for some help getting started in the process. From this thread, Elon came to my mind, (her son is a B student with no AP and no advanced classes that his hs offers - EC activities ok). </p>
<p>However, now that I read today’s posts - nearly 7000 applications before RD - yikes! Does this mean their acceptance stats will go up? Or does it mean, apply early and good chance of acceptance? I thought it was a B / B- school? Do you think this is changing? I guess I’m wondering if the reputation of the school academically improves with demand? Or is the message just apply early. </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone who is waiting.</p>
<p>From what I have heard from parents and college counselors (not guidance counselors), Elon is becoming more and more selective…and they can because the scores and grades of the kids are increasing. They have become one of the “it” schools in the south. Great location, beautiful campus, wonderful programs…no longer a hidden gem, it seems. And absolutely apply for EA if not ED…</p>
<p>I’m new to the group. My S is looking at several colleges in the NE. Does anyone know about the Jewish life at Lafayette College in PA? After his interview, the Jewish chaplain actually called him to talk about Hillel. Not sure if that was good or bad.</p>
<p>Talk about anxiety…we are presently waiting on Elon RD, so your “reality check” posts are killing me! 1st choice and perfect fit, ED was not in the cards, EA too extremely competitive. Hoping, and in need of support…not additional angst…please! :)</p>
<p>Welcome, Tigerm! Lafayette-lovely school. Can’t imagine a post-interview personal call from Hillel being anything but positive!</p>
<p>Momentscaught, can your DS’s present Coach and future College Counselor put their heads together? Coach’s insight and Counselor’s expertise might make a great mix on behalf of your DS.</p>
<p>Rodney, your thoughts on College Consultant/Counselors?</p>
<p>Brandeis is a nonsectarian Jewish-sponsored university.</p>
<p>Ughh I wanna go to elon so bad </p>
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<p>My family is knee deep in Lafayette- Lehigh matters, as my wife and SIL are Lafayette grads and BIL, nephew x2 are Lehigh grads/students. The Lafayette Jewish community has been been and remains small (10% of student body) but very active. As an alumna, my wife gets all the mailings detailing events and requests for $$. It seems like a very close community that is very involved.</p>
<p>LuvMomN8ur - I am sorry to stress you out, no more Elon posts and only positive happy thoughts coming your way!!!</p>
<p>Hi Ya Champs:</p>
<p>If your friend is up in the Boston area, depending on how far their son wants to go to college, have them check out UHartford. It has a good Jewish population on a green campus catering to the B student. Hope he checks it out and it becomes a good option for him!</p>
<p>Hi, All. I’ve been busy obsessing over on the Miami and Maryland boards (although UMD is not a top choice for DS, the decision should come this week). Want to say congrats for recent acceptances!</p>
<p>DS also visited both Lehigh and Lafayette. Loves Lehigh. Ended up not applying to Lafayette. It certainly could have been an option, but we had enough expensive schools on the list and it didn’t rise above the others he applied to.</p>
<p>RE: UHartford. I visited with DD when she was in HS. We got a tour from a couple of Hillel girls (no tours given by admissions on the day we were there). Nice campus. Would have been a possibility but my DD was able to aim a bit higher academically. I hear they are very good with merit aid as well.</p>
<p>chocchipcookie,
The other thing about UHartford is that they are very generous with the merit money, even for the B students. Our older son went for an interview and got a nice merit scholarship. I liked the campus but for some reason he didn’t and went elsewhere…</p>
<p>Thanks for the UHartford suggestion, (yes chocchip, they are in Boston area!). I will pass it on. I also told her to check out this thread, but she’s worried that she’ll get all stressed. </p>
<p>Should I assume Elon may have become out of his reach (of course it won’t hurt to apply, but just wondering as I definitely described it to her as a B/B- school). Amazing how quickly things can change with a school’s reputation.</p>
<p>Hi - I do think Elon has become a tougher admit in the past 2-3 years - as the school has gained in name recognition, popularity and applications. This is why S2 applied ED - while we had some hesitancy - I was very concerned that EA could go either way. He was qualified - but not a slam dunk. Glad he went the ED route - as he loves it. Elon has an unusually high ED admit rate - making it an even more attractive route.</p>
<p>LuvMom - I’m sure they have spots remaining for RD students - hang in there!</p>
<p>Luvmom: Will send you a PM…</p>
<p>I actually thought it was very nice that the chaplain called my son, but there was a little voice that said to me that they were actively tying to recruit Jewish students. I wasn’t sure if this meant that there weren’t any. He also said to make sure that we checked the “jewish” box on the application. Interesting! I must say he was very lovely and my son thought that he was too. Very sincere and invited us to a Shabbat dinner.</p>
<p>" My family is knee deep in Lafayette- Lehigh matters, as my wife and SIL are Lafayette grads and BIL, nephew x2 are Lehigh grads/students. The Lafayette Jewish community has been been and remains small (10% of student body) but very active. As an alumna, my wife gets all the mailings detailing events and requests for $$. It seems like a very close community that is very involved"</p>
<p>Thanks for the information! He loves the school so we’ll see if he gets in RD.</p>
<p>tigerm - welcome to our thread. I graduated from Lafayette many many years ago - and at that time - the Jewish population was tiny. I do think it is growing - but keep in mind that it is a small college to begin with - so even if they have a 5% Jewish student body - that’s only 100 students.</p>
<p>I found in the college process for younger son that at some smaller schools - they are actively recruiting Jewish students. They may not come out and say so - but actions speak volumes. And this is a good thing! It means your student has a strong chance at being accepted and perhaps at FA or merit money.</p>
<p>In the Elon book “Transforming a College” and through various conversations and actions - Elon has made it clear that they want more Jewish students. Why? Demographics, for one. The high school population will be peaking soon if not already. Statistically speaking- Jewish students attend college at a higher rate than non-Jewish students and they graduate at a higher rate as well. Jewish parents are more likely to squeeze financial resources to the limit to send their kids to college. So - it makes sense for colleges to pursue Jewish students.</p>