<p>I've been accepted to Uof Alabama and Auburn U. I'm jewish and I'm really interested in checking these schools out. Will I be discriminated against for my religious beliefs? I am not, by any means, extremely religious. I'm VERY social and I attend on taking part in Greek Life. Will my world turn upside-down at these Universities? Am I in need of a reality check?</p>
<p>Why don’t you check if there is a Jewish Students Organization at the two universities and then contact current Jewish students to get their feedback? It should be easy to check on each school’s website.</p>
<p>Also, there are some culturally Jewish fraternities. See if AEPi exists at these schools. Edit: And I just realized that I assumed you were male - if you’re female, there are culturally Jewish sororities too, check for AEPhi.</p>
<p>Years ago, when I attended college, I didn’t realize how dramatically ‘off’ I’d feel by attending a school that didn’t have a substantial Jewish population. I was from Long Island, and was attending Carnegie-Mellon.</p>
<p>I’m sure things have shifted thru the years, and each school is different.</p>
<p>My best recommendation would be to spend a couple of days on campus; it’s the only way you’ll know for sure if you’re comfortable or not.</p>
<p>I know some Jewish kids at Alabama that have been very happy. But, they are quite social AND grew up in Alabama and went off to college with a number of their friends. No info about Auburn.</p>
<p>Auburn used to have an AEPi chapter, but it died out. There are currently no re-colonization plans. Same goes for UofAlabama. I suppose you could see if either has a SAMMY chapter, but if AEPI failed at both, it seems unlikely.</p>
<p>You should check out the sections of the Hillel website about [Alabama[/url</a>] and [url=<a href=“http://www.hillel.org/HillelApps/JLOC/Campus.aspx?AgencyId=17207]Auburn[/url”>http://www.hillel.org/HillelApps/JLOC/Campus.aspx?AgencyId=17207]Auburn[/url</a>], as well as the website for [url=<a href="http://www.bama.ua.edu/~hillel/]UA’s">http://www.bama.ua.edu/~hillel/]UA’s</a> Hillel chapter](<a href=“http://www.hillel.org/HillelApps/JLOC/Campus.aspx?AgencyId=17808]Alabama[/url”>http://www.hillel.org/HillelApps/JLOC/Campus.aspx?AgencyId=17808). They’ve got some links and contacts that could give you a lot of information. Alabama looks like it would be more comfortable for you than Auburn - the Jewish population is larger (although it’s still relatively small) and they have a Jewish fraternity and sorority.</p>
<p>I’m Jewish and applied to Auburn… I know they do have a Hillel.</p>
<p>quaere, which frat is that? AEPi closed shop there years ago, and as far as I know, SAM has never existed there. I am assuming you mean ZBT, in which case I’d have to point out that for about five decades now they’ve been a non-sectarian, and in many chapters, Jews are thus the extreme minority there. I know that locally, the ZBT chapter is the only anti-semitic GLO on campus.</p>
<p>I was referring to ZBT, but I wasn’t aware that they’ve been non-sectarian for 50 years (!) - I was reposting info from the Hillel website. Thanks for the correction.</p>