<p>Emory (Methodist) University in Atlanta has a very high percentage of Jewish students (something like 30-40%).</p>
<p>Reprinted from the LA Times at:</p>
<p><a href=“http://thebagel.org/text/index.php?s=75&page=115[/url]”>http://thebagel.org/text/index.php?s=75&page=115</a></p>
<p>This is from 2002. It was published around the time my son was applying to USC. We took advantage of the opportunity offered by USC’s efforts.</p>
<p>**Vanderbilt University: Broadening the Spectrum **</p>
<p>By Dawn Weiss Montgomery</p>
<p>*Vanderbilt University has worked diligently in the past few years to diversify the ethnic makeup of its student body. Included in that effort are moves to provide an increased Jewish presence on campus. The recent addition of the Ben Schulman Center for Jewish Life, the new home of the Vanderbilt Hillel, offers Jewish students a place to socialize and study. The facility also houses Grins, the city’s only kosher vegetarian restaurant, popular with students, faculty and community members. </p>
<p>Vanderbilt is stepping up its efforts with its first-time focus on Jewish studies within a liberal arts education. The interdisciplinary academic program will explore Jewish culture, its evolution and its multiple expressions, from the founding of its monotheistic faith in biblical times through its global manifestation today. </p>
<p>Dr. Jack Sasson, the Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies and Hebrew Bible at Vanderbilt’s Divinity School, says this is not a relatively new idea. “In recent days, most deans at Vanderbilt were sympathetic to the need for having something like this program, but didn’t have the wherewithal or the will to do it.” Since 2000, the stars aligned correctly in the appointments of Chancellor Gordon Gee (2000), Arts and Sciences Dean Richard McCarty (2001), and Provost Nicolas Zeppos (2002). Zeppos was instrumental in creating the Program in Jewish Studies and installing Sasson as its director for its initial three years. *</p>
<p>*When Matthew Saul was a freshman at Vanderbilt, he knew there were other Jews living on his dorm floor. But most of his fellow residents didn’t know.</p>
<p>“It used to be where, you came to Vanderbilt and were Jewish, you wouldn’t identify with other Jews here,” said Saul, a senior from Dalton, Ga. “They wouldn’t identify with you, hang out with you. Now, you see more students coming who want a Jewish community. I think we’re attracting a different type of person.”</p>
<p>That type of person - a Jew who decides on a college partly on the strength of its Jewish community - is exactly the kind of student Vanderbilt is hoping to lure with a new Hillel center and a Jewish studies program, among other changes.</p>
<p>For the past few years, the school, long stereotyped as a bastion of Old South snobbery, and even bigotry, has been working to change its image and make minorities feel welcome. *
<a href=“http://atlanta.jewish.com/archives/2002/101102cs.htm[/url]”>http://atlanta.jewish.com/archives/2002/101102cs.htm</a></p>
<p>I’d like to answer the question on hand that the OP asked and basically repeat what Agrophobic said, Jews and Asians are MOST DEFINITLY not minorities in terms of the college admission processes, in fact they are majorities at top tier schools. Although some schools have a low percentage of Jewish people, and that would explain there recruitment of more Jewish people, the majority of top tier schools are in abudance of Jews and Asians.</p>
<p>What about being Israeli? Also, I’m sure someone out there has the same issue–if I speak English and another language at home sort of equally, which would most people put?</p>
<p>Actually, there are some schools that are non sectarian where Jews a a major minority. At Rochester Institute of Technology, there is a 2% Jewish population, which is much lower than that found at any similar competitor or even major schools near Rochester. When I brought this up to admissions, their answer was “we don’t keep track of the religion of incomming students , and are not aware of the reasons for this low enrollment.” Period! I guess they couldn’t care less! However, I would bet that they keep track of racial diversity.</p>
<p>I agree that jews and asians; although a minority are not minories when it comes to the application process in top schools. </p>
<p>I attend a competitive school and I am 12th in my class. The kids ahead of me in class ranking are almost all “minorities”. These are the kids who will be applying to the top schools. Not only are they really smart, they got the “was born in a foreign country” thing going for them. BTW, the hail from Russia, Africa (not African American like we know it), India, Maylasia, Korea & China - you name it, we’ve got it represented! Attending school with these people and having them as my friends has been a real pleasure and learning experience. I wouldn’t change it for the world.</p>
<p>I agree that jews and asians; although a minority are not minories when it comes to the application process in top schools. </p>
<p>I attend a competitive school and I am 12th in my class. The kids ahead of me in class ranking are almost all “minorities”. These are the kids who will be applying to the top schools. Not only are they really smart, they got the “was born in a foreign country” thing going for them. BTW, the hail from Russia, Africa (not African American like we know it), India, Maylasia, Korea & China - you name it, we’ve got it represented! Attending school with these people and having them as my friends has been a real pleasure and learning experience. I wouldn’t change it for the world. I am ‘white’ and am a minority at my school.</p>
<p>mannnn oh well thats okay go jews!!!</p>
<p>I know that last year on the UC application there was a potential scholarship for Jewish orphans studying aeronautical engineering. If you aren’t one of those, however, I think you are out of luck.</p>