<p>ive heard that being jewish can help you out with admissions. IS THIS TRUE? after all, i am a minority...</p>
<p>No, I wish it did. We are actually a URM in college admissions, but URM in the country.</p>
<p>Might help at Notre Dame!</p>
<p>wait what is URM?</p>
<p>URM=Under Represented Minority - Meaning that a minority who is already well-represented in the particular college wouldn't be as sought after as a minority who isn't well-represented.</p>
<p>back in the day being jewish was a definite disadvantage. at least at the pretentious (damn selective) schools. </p>
<p>one year yale prided itself on having a graduating class of everyone above 6 feet. </p>
<p>times have changed, jews are on par with everyone else. and plus jewish parents are cool. i love the triangle cookies baby!</p>
<p>Jews, like Asians, are high achievers and are ORMs at top colleges. Could be an advantage in the deep South though.</p>
<p>No it should not help, but it does. A lot of the admissions and high ranking government positions in this country are controlled by jews.</p>
<p>"back in the day being jewish was a definite disadvantage. at least at the pretentious (damn selective) schools.</p>
<p>one year yale prided itself on having a graduating class of everyone above 6 feet.</p>
<p>times have changed, jews are on par with everyone else. and plus jewish parents are cool. i love the triangle cookies baby!"</p>
<p>Oh, and Sai, No, it isnt an advantage for us.</p>
<p>i love being a jew</p>
<p>I hear Vanderbildt is giving Jews preference these days...</p>
<p>Wouldnt help me...</p>
<p>yea, Jews are ORMs, this is not good for admissions</p>
<p>wOOt go jews :-D</p>
<p>It's possible that we have an advantage at some southern schools such as vanderbilt. Personally, that advantage isn't worth going some place where there aren't going to be any other jews.</p>
<p>this is why i got a 250 on my SAT II in hebrew. </p>
<p>nah i took my native language, latin!</p>
<p>I didnt. I would fail miserably. It's so hard to become fluent without immersion. I'm sure you do better and know more hebrew than I do, so go for it.</p>
<p>Haha thanks. I understand a lot of it, I just cant speak it particularly well. I read fine too. You seem pretty fluent to me.</p>
<p>how about being israeli, not just jewish-will that help?</p>
<p>Jews make up like 1-2% of the countries population and according to the hillel website all of the ivies and most other top schools (even georgetown) are more then 10% jewish, with some such as the university of pennsylvania about 30% Jewish. So yea diffinetely wont help you. Being Jewish would only hurt you at Bob Jones University, sorry if that ruins your dreams.</p>
<p>That's because alot of the jews from my school go to UPenn :P</p>