<p>I'll second BU where i'll be attending :)
We have the most gorgeous Hillel in the world. It's beyond words. Kosher meal plan, services, social events, etc. Also, my family knows the new director of education at the Hillel. He was the director at their Chabad in Boca Raton. Also, 15% of the students are Jewish.</p>
<p>what is, as you called it, the 'program' that you want?</p>
<p>If credentials are a problem, try DePaul. :)</p>
<p>I don't know how the school's Jewish population is, but the city as a whole is very Jewish, so you wouldn't have a terribly hard time finding what you want.</p>
<p>Depaul doesnt even have a report on Hillel's website. Plus it's a Roman Catholic school. That would be an awful choice.</p>
<p>UMD's Hillel site: <a href="http://www.marylandhillel.org/site/pp.asp?c=evKSLdMYIvG&b=217802%5B/url%5D">http://www.marylandhillel.org/site/pp.asp?c=evKSLdMYIvG&b=217802</a></p>
<p>There is a very lively Jewish community at UMD, including Orthodox.</p>
<p>Definitely BU and the NY schools. </p>
<p>We have a large Orthodox community here in S. Fla., but I don't know if FAU, FIU or UM would be interesting to you. I really don't think the other FL schools would have the community resources you are looking for.</p>
<p>There is also a large community in LA. UCLA is not too far from it.</p>
<p>I just checked and my school (USC) offers meal plans with kosher dining, however, it does have the same cost issue...</p>
<p>For the record, so everyone understands what OP wants: Jewish doesn't necessarily = Modern Orthodox. Modern Orthodox Jews are highly observant but -- ummm -- modern. In other words, they wear regular clothes like the rest of us (maybe more modest) but don't wear the black-hat-long-black-coat garb that we typically associate with "Orthodox." Basically, they are Jews who are very observant -- time off for major -- even minor -- Jewish holidays, Sabbath-observant, only will date other Modern Orthodox. In college, they major in anything any of us might major in -- econ, math, engineering, history, English. But their religion is a very important part of who they are.</p>
<p>Have you looked at the NYS schools? I have a few Modern Orthodox friends who did Binghamton. And you know, once you find a few schools that look right, you can contact the Hillel on campus and speak to the rabbi there. I'm sure they'll all tell you it's perfect for you, but you'll have to read between the lines yourself. Visit on the Sabbath to see if it really suits you.</p>
<p>I cant believe how many posts I'm getting, thank you so mich. Alright, huskem, when I was talking about the "program" that I want, what I meant was taht I want to have the smallest classes as possible(which NYU for eexample definitely does not fit the mold). The schools that I've seen broughht up are DePaul, Boston University, UCLA, U. of Miami and U. of Maryland. UCLA and Boston U. have the prestige I'm looking for, and UCLA is closer to my price bracket than say NYU. I have been looking into the honors program at U. of Maryland, but I dont know how much financial aid they give out. Even thugh DePaul is Roman Catholic, it is very possible that there is a thriving Jewish population(Emory, with 2,000 Jews, is religously affiliated). However, if there are Jews there, they most probably aren't religous. Besides, I don't think it fits my criteria. U. of Miami is a pretty decent option, and I am also looking into their honors program. Thanks so much guys, can't wait to hear more from you all soon!!!</p>
<p>you may want to look at Syracuse, Emory, Brandeis, Vanderbuilt ( just built an amazing new hillel and has large jewish population) Boston University, Nyu,Miami, Maryland, Even though BC is catolic university has great Hillel, about 1000 jewish students and part of the larger jewish community of Boston.</p>
<p>SUNY Binghamton offers a Kosher dining hall.</p>
<p>You might also check out Tulane, American and George Washington. They have large Jewish populations and may have a sizeable number of modern orthodox. My son's cousin goes to a religious private school near Boston and in recent years the University of Maryland (in addition to Yeshiva) has been the most popular college to attend.</p>
<p>You might also want to check out Muhlenberg. Here's a link to their FAQs regarding the Jewish population:
<a href="http://www.muhlenberg.edu/hillel/faq.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.muhlenberg.edu/hillel/faq.htm</a>
Kosher meals are available. Hillel has a kosher kitchen but no meal plan.</p>
<p>No one has ever accused BU of having small classes.</p>
<p>If money is an issue, you might want to check out Queens College (CUNY), Touro, Hofstra, Sunys, at least as safety possibilities. I don't know about the meals, but they all have a sizable Jewish population. I don't believe CUNY has dorms and not sure about Touro.</p>
<p>In MD check out Towson. I am pretty sure that they have a Kosher kitchen.</p>
<p>No reason to go to BC when you can go to BU with everything the OP wants. Also, I dont believe Emory is affiliated.</p>
<p>Oh and my orthodox cousin is going to Queens next year.</p>
<p>Wow, I have even more options! As of right now, I can remember posts about NYU, Miami, Maryland, BC, BU, CUNY, Binghamton, UCLA, Touro, Hofstra, Vandy, Emory, GWU, Tulane, AU. Just so you guys know, I'd realy like to find a school that is fitting my SAT(approximately 1390 in the 75th %).
I believe Muhlenberg, which someone mentioned, is the first liberal arts college on the list with a very large Jewish population, though I don't know about how many are Modern-Orthodox. The schools that I see on this particular list that are matches (academically, not socially) are:
NYU
Miami
Tulane
GWU
UCLA
Maryland-College Park
BC
BU</p>
<p>Reaches:
Vandy
Emory</p>
<p>Safeties:
Binghamton
CUNY
Touro
Hofstra
AU
Muhlenberg</p>
<p>Correct me if I'm wrong on these rankings
I know its difficult to judge me as an applicant based only on my SAT, but for the sake of brevity, lets just use that. </p>
<p>Can't wait to hear from you all!</p>
<p>My son just went through the search and here's a summary of what we found:</p>
<p>--Don't trust everything on hillel.org
--The following schools DO NOT have Kosher dining plans: Tufts, George Washington, Emory, U of Miami, Lehigh
--The following schools DO have Kosher dining plans and decent-sized Modern Orthodox communities: Johns Hopkins, U of Maryland, U of Michigan, BU, NYU, Brandeis, all of the Ivy's, Wash U in St. Louis, Northwestern, NYU
--Size of Jewish popn. does not indicate the degree of observance - you need to visit or contact the Hillel rabbi and investigate for yourself.
--A good question is whether they have a daily minyan.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>nervousmommy, this is exactly the kind of info I'm looking for. I can now cross off Tufts, George Washington, Emory, U of Miami, and Lehigh from my list(thoughI'm so sad to see Emory go :( ). As for the schools with Jewish populations, Johns Hopkins is too serious(at least according to my understanding), all of the Ivy's, Wash U in St. Louis, and Northwestern are most probably out of my reach, NYU is WAY to expensive(worst financial aid I've ever seen), which leaves me with U of Maryland, Brandeis, U of Michigan, and BU(though I'm not too ot on these schools). Thanks for the advice! I just got to stop procrastinating and start E-Mailing these Rabbis(I just E-Mailed the Rabbi from Bard).</p>
<p>My D is applying to Bard, too. They have this great option for a one-day application process. I really didn't research the Hillel there yet, thought we'd check it when we go for the interview.</p>
<p>Bard's Jewish population is around 10%. That one-day app process seems amazing!
I believe Wesleyan University has a Kosher meal plan but I don't know about its Modern Orthodox population.</p>