NYU vs Brandeis vs BC?

TheGreyKing
Sun, 24 Jan 2016 01:39:05 +0000

Boston College and Georgetown are both formally religiously AFFILIATED with the Catholic church. They are Catholic institutions. You even have to take a theology course if you go there. Brandeis is not and has NEVER been affiliated with any Jewish sect. It is nonsectarian and fully secular. You never have to take any religious courses if you go to Brandeis.

Brandeis was founded by people who happened to be Jewish, and named after a famous Jew, at a time Jews were kept out of many top schools due to quotas… just to be a welcoming place for everyone regardless of faith. It is still a welcoming place. The Catholic, Protestant and Jewish spaces on campus are designed so that the shadow of one never crosses the other. Brandeis is not about one religion; it is about equity for all.
There are indeed many Jewish students on campus. Remember, though, that being Jewish can be defined as an ethnic identity and not a religion, depending on the person. Saying there are Jews at Brandeis is like saying that a school has many Italians or many Scottish people… because many ethnic Jews are fully secular and often even atheists, although some are religious.
If a person is anti-Semitic, by all means they should avoid Brandeis! If you are Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish or atheist-- you will be equally comfortable at this completely secular, nonreligious school.
And I have no horse in this race. I did not go to Brandeis and know no one personally who did. I just felt it was important to correct the inaccurate information posted earlier in this thread.