Chances for brandeis for someone who is *technically* jewish

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brandeis University
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<p>Intended major: Biology</p>

<p>Mom is a special Ed teacher, don’t have a dad. Adopted from Moldova, and have dual citizenship. Birth mother was jewish, but my adoptive mother doesn’t practice the religion. By jewish law I am jewish, not sure if that helps or not with admission. I heard they like diversity so maybe i should just not include that.</p>

<p>Income is only about 51k</p>

<p>Not sending scores, but rather sending in a research paper and extra teacher eval (they have a new test flexible policy)</p>

<p>Unique situation during my junior year…</p>

<p>90 gpa in 9th grade, 1 B in math and a B in art</p>

<p>92.59 gpa (sophomore year) B in math, B in env science</p>

<p>Junior year - had a severe case of mono, combined with hypothyroidism caused me to miss 3 months of school (could hardly watch TV, it was a nightmare), as a result, I was forced to drop some of my classes and catch up as quickly as possible so I wouldnt have to retake the 11th grade. 87 in AP english and comp, 89 in chemistry, and 72 in geometry honors <em>cringe</em> but I made it. Will mention this in my essay so they don’t think i just screwed off junior year.</p>

<p>Senior year schedule will be AP bio, lit, human geography and stats, and spanish III</p>

<p>Volunteer work: (shows determination and focus)</p>

<p>Global impact apprenticeship: co captain freshman year. Worked with several schools overseas to improve water quality, wildlife and other things, all while documenting and presenting a video to broadcast with te other schools participating. This got lots of press, was in the news paper just about every month in my town, and when I search my name, half the results are from the GIA program</p>

<p>Ambassadors group member</p>

<p>Ran XC fresh year</p>

<p>Shadowed/assisted a horse vet over the summer: ~30 hrs</p>

<p>Worked on a dairy farm feeding calves twice a week : ~ 20 hrs</p>

<p>Green Mt Horse Association jumping crew, vet assistant/scribe and other various jobs: ~15 hrs</p>

<p>Shadowing/ assisting various vets every Saturday morning 9-12: 15 hrs</p>

<p>Volunteer at The Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences, orphan baby bird feeder</p>

<p>Attending Cornell Summer College Course in Captive Raptor Management junior year</p>

<p>Job as a dog sitter on an as needed basis</p>

<p>Strong essay writing skills.</p>

<p>Attended Adventures in Veterinary Medicine sophomore year.</p>

<p>Any feedback will be greatly appreciated, thanks.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>Brandeis doesn’t care one way or the other if you are Jewish or not.</p>

<p>I wouldn’t mention it.</p>

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<p>Can someone just chance me please? lol</p>

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<p>I really don’t know how the new “test optional” policy is going to impact admissions, but my gut would say you’re in.</p>

<p>Forget about the Jewish thing but I’d say your income-level + acheivements + backstory make you an appealing candidate.</p>

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<p>You have a decent chance and it’s smart that you are using the new admissions option. It seems to fit perfectly with what you have posted here. That being said this is by no means a safety and you should have plenty of alternatives. Best of luck!</p>

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<p>I can’t chance you (I don’t even understand the concept), but I can tell you that D1 attended Boston College, where nobody seemed to care that she wasn’t Catholic, and is currently at Brandeis, where nobody seems to care that she’s not Jewish.</p>

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<p>bump for chances (not going to mention the jewish part)…applying ED. it’s a perfect fit.</p>

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<p>If you’re smart enough to be a “perfect fit” at Brandeis, you’re smart enough to know that chance threads are a waste of time unless you find some value in random guesses by random posters. No one here is a Brandeis admissions officer; no one here can tell you any more than you can determine on your own using the information in Common Data Set for Brandeis: [Common</a> Data Set | Institutional Research | Brandeis University](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/opir/institutionalresearch/cds.html]Common”>http://www.brandeis.edu/opir/institutionalresearch/cds.html)
Spend some time doing the research rather than bumping.</p>

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<p>Thanks? I’m just trying to get some feedback. </p>

<p>The common data set is only good for people who want to look at their chances solely based on numbers, this is not the case for me.</p>

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<p>Also my interview went really well…bump</p>

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<p>I think you’ve positioned yourself well, and have a very decent shot. In not sure why Brandeis if a perfect fit, though.</p>

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<p>thank you :slight_smile: bump…nervous college senior. sent in my app 2 weeks ago.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>Your bumps are annoying. Are you sure that you fit at Brandeis?</p>

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<p>^Isn’t this a bit uncalled for? Naturally the seniors are stressed right now and the OP is just hoping for additional feedback.</p>

<p>Although admittedly the bumps are excessive.</p>

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<p>infoplx- thanks! i appreciate it. </p>

<p>I know my bumps were probably annoying and excessive, i was just nervous out of my mind.</p>

<p>Strange how so many people on here can be so nasty, when in real life, they would never say things like that.</p>

<p>Thanks for the support infoplz. Good to have someone on my side.</p>