<p>Jellypants, I think you need to read your own link more carefully. NYU, Cornell and BU do have more Jewish students than Brandeis, but it’s because they’re much larger. NYU has about 4800 freshmen; Cornell, about 3300; BU, about 4000. Brandeis has an entering class of about 850.</p>
<p>Scroll further down your own link to where colleges and universities are ranked by the percentage of Jewish students. Brandeis follows only List College of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Yeshiva, and American Jewish University. Brandeis is about half Jewish. NYU is pretty darn Jewish, at around 30%; Cornell, less than a quarter Jewish; BU, around 20%.</p>
<p>By no means do I want to scare Diana away from Brandeis. Brandeis has a thriving religious scene for many non-Jews (my neighbor’s kid went there agnostic and will come out a pretty fervent Roman Catholic), and a vibrant cultural life for non-religious students. And, as I stated above, Brandeis has no established religious affiliation; it isn’t a Jewish university in the way that Yeshiva is, or the way Notre Dame is Catholic. But I think it’s probably just not correct to describe BU as more heavily Jewish, or at least more densely Jewish, than Brandeis.</p>