<p>How about Hamilton, Union, Bucknell, & Trinity?</p>
<p>Isnt Trinity affiliated?</p>
<p>I don't think so. Fairly preppy but not religious.</p>
<p>Bradeis, Allegheny, Syracuse</p>
<p>Also, American and GWU are both VERY liberal...</p>
<p>For the record, there are 28 Jesuit colleges in the USA, including GEORGETOWN, BC, Holy Cross, Fordham, Santa Clara, Fairfield, U of San Francisco, U of Seattle, Loyola (in MD, IL, LA, and CA), Creighton, U of Detroit-Mercy, Marquette, Xavier (OH and LA), Scranton, John Carroll (OH), Wheeling (WV), Canisius, LeMoyne, St. Louis, St. Joseph's (PA), and a few others. </p>
<p>Prominent Catholic colleges that are NOT Jesuit include NOTRE DAME, Villanova, Providence, DePaul, Manhattan, Iona, all the various St. John's, Niagara, & Seton Hall. Anybody who knows the Catholic higher education scene would tell you that the Jesuit ones are BY FAR the most openminded and intellectual, and therefore the ones about which Jewish and other non-Catholics should have the LEAST concern. Whatever the % of Jewish students at the Catholic colleges, you can safely assume that the % of Jewish faculty is probably 3, 4, or 5 times as high.</p>
<p>For those of you who like to mix your pop icons and your religious icons, there is a Catholic college in suburban Detroit called Madonna University (complete coincidence that the singer Madonna also happens to be from the Detroit burbs).</p>
<p>what about macalaster? someone mentioned that earlier... its fairly diverse in terms of religion if im not mistaken... also reed if you dont have a problem with being on the west coast?</p>
<p>I dont think he wants to go to MN or OR.</p>
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<p>I don't know about Trinity of Connecticut. Trinity of Texas used to be but severed their ties with Presbyterian Church of the USA. And it's just a few blocks from one of the largest synagogues in Texas, Temple Beth-El of San Antonio.</p>
<p>I would suggest lowering your need of a large Jewish environment, because it's not easy to find and all you do is put down schools which just keeps limiting your options. Be more open-minded, or enroll in Yeshiva University.</p>
<p>Not really. It's a major criteria for me as well. It isnt that difficult.</p>
<p>Trinity in Conn. isn't religious.</p>
<p>I think Harlem and jPoD are both right. Harlem is right in that you said you wanted a "decent" Jewish enrollment, which even CATHOLIC colleges would have (e.g., if Georgetown is 15% Jewish, that's about 1,000 Jewish students), yet you keep eliminating excellent options due to the "low" Jewish enrollment. JPod is right that it shouldn't be hard to meet the "decent" number criterion. Also, wouldn't there be a significant # of students who are of Jewish ancestry but are not practicing the religion and therefore might not identify themselves as Jewish on a college application?</p>
<p>collegehelp posted the top poli science schools on post 90 in this thread
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=2386735&highlight=political#post2386735%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=2386735&highlight=political#post2386735</a></p>
<p>You might want to think emory and i think you could get in especially if you apply ED.</p>
<p>I wouldn't mind Georgetown since it has a decent Jewish population. I just can't get in! It's tough and my stats don't cut it, unfortunately.</p>
<p>Union would be a nice safe match. My college counselor said Emory isn't a good fit for me. Would Lafayette be any good?</p>
<p>And by the way...the majority of top schools have high Jewish populations, so I'm not THAT worried. You guys just happen to be listing a lot of the exceptions...</p>
<p>Clark U in Worcester, MA might be just what you're after...small/medium-sized, high-quality, large Jewish enrollment, not overly tough to get into.</p>
<p>I was thinking Clark as a desperate safety. That's not a bad idea. Anything else?</p>
<p>Lafayette always seemed like a neat place to me--it's pretty and is not quite as tough to get into as some of the other LACs. Seems like everybody who's interested in Lafayette also takes a look at Lehigh, Bucknell, and Colgate. I think of those 4, Lafayette is the easiest to get into, so it might be your best bet for a match.</p>
<p>Lafayette...I'll look into it...</p>
<p>What about St. Lawrence? My sister says they have tight alums who provide lots of connections.</p>
<p>Also, what about Syracuse University. Too large?</p>