<p>My impression of the Jewish environment at just about all of the colleges mentioned on this thread is that, if you’re Jewish but not particularly observant, being an Jew is a total non-issue. These campuses are filled with intelligent, sophisticated students, and there is minimal (if any) prejudice.</p>
<p>If you’re a Jew and fairly observant or culturally attuned, the campus and Hillel is what you make of it. You can get involved as much as you want, become a leader in Hillel on campus if you want, participate in the services if you want. For someone in this category, it is probably a good idea to meet the Hillel leaders and the appropriate rabbi.</p>
<p>As someone on this thread pointed out, the Jewish population at Dartmouth is “only” 10% of its undergrads, while the Jewish population at UPenn is 30%. I don’t know why the difference, but those differences might make someone favor one school over the other.</p>
<p>But none of this deals with “Isolation” on rural college campuses, does it. Sorry, OP; we’ve hijacked your thread!!</p>