Questions about Hofstra

EhNonymous
Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:59:57 +0000

My son is a freshman at Hofstra. He is not in the Theatre program, and while Jewish, he is not particularly observant. What I can say is that he has transitioned to college extremely well and enjoys his classes. The school was closed on Yom Kippur. I know there is an active Hillel there (see www.hillel.org for info on all colleges), but my son is not the kind who would do there.

Hofstra wasn’t on my son’s short list. But when we was accepted and went for a visit (his first) they made a point of telling kids and parents that Hofstra is not right for everyone and students need to look around and see if they are going to be comforatable and see kids like them. Rather than make a big push and toot their horns too much, they were lower key. My son was hooked.

What I can tell you is that the Admissions office is very helpful and the Director of Admissions, Jennifer Epps is very approachable. The school is making a huge push to improve its academic profile and join the highly competitive ranks. I would suggest you drop her a note about LD programs.

Good luck!