Schools with active Hillel (Jewish organization)?

<p>Since I come from a very jewish background (not so much religiously as culturally), I thought it'd be important for me to look at universities (see my stats here <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1169303-what-colleges-can-i-get-into-hyps.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1169303-what-colleges-can-i-get-into-hyps.html&lt;/a&gt;) that had an active jewish population. im guessing that if a specific university hillel has a website means that it exsists, but it's a little tough to find out if they're actually active. hillel has its own website but i have a feeling that their data is a bit inaccurate for some reason.</p>

<p>anyway, just wondering if anyone knew of any colleges that i could get into based on my stats that have an active hillel/jewish population.</p>

<p>Have you thought about Brandeis? [Brandeis</a> University](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu%5DBrandeis”>http://www.brandeis.edu) ?</p>

<p>University of Alabama. I’m not kidding, seriously. And obviously Yeshiva University. I suggest checking out the “Colleges for the Jewish B student” thread though(:</p>

<p>Being Jewish myself I’m familiar with Hillel’s.
I know schools that have a lot of jews are Brandeis, but it’s a very small school.
You have 2350 and very nice EC’s.
Try UVA. They have a high jewish population for students.</p>

<p>Message me if you want more info or have any other q’s</p>

<p>Sorry, didn’t bother to check OP’s stats, guess my contributions were somewhat pointless.</p>

<p>Syracuse University (NY)</p>

<p>Do post your question on the Jewish B student thread in the Parent’s Forum. Many of the parents also have A students and should be able to give you some great suggestions.</p>

<p>Check out the Hillel website (it ends in .org). They have a college search based upon percentages of Jewish students. You have wonderful stats and are competitive for all the top schools. </p>

<p>Colleges with the percentage of Jewish kids in the 26-50% are:</p>

<p>Barnard College
Binghamton University
Brandeis University
George Washington University
Goucher College
Muhlenberg College
New York University
Oberlin College
Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Sarah Lawrence College
Tulane University
University at Albany
University of Hartford
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University </p>

<p>Colleges that have a Jewish percentage of 11-25% are:</p>

<p>Adelphi University
American University
Amherst College
Bard College
Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Center
Boston University
Brown University
Bryn Mawr College
California State University, Northridge
Carnegie Mellon University
Claremont Colleges
Claremont McKenna College
Clark University
Colgate University
Columbia University
Cornell University
CUNY, Baruch College
CUNY, Brooklyn College
CUNY, City College
Earlham College
Emory University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida International University
Franklin & Marshall College
Georgetown University
Hampshire College
Harvard University
Haverford College
Hofstra University
Indiana University
Ithaca College
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
Lynn University
Manhattanville College
McGeorge School of Law- University of the Pacific
McGill University
Middlebury College
Mitchell College
New College of Florida
Northwestern University
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Pitzer College
Pomona College
Princeton University
Queens College
Queensborough Community College
Rhode Island School of Design
Rowan University
Scripps College
Skidmore College
Stanford University
Stony Brook University
SUNY College at Oneonta
SUNY College at Oswego
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Trinity College
Tufts University
UC Hastings College of Law
Union College
University at Buffalo
University of California, Davis
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Central Florida
University of Chicago
University of Florida
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Miami
University of Michigan
University of Rochester
University of Vermont
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Vassar College
Washington University
Wesleyan University</p>

<p>Any top college is going to have a ton of jewish students. every top 20 school(minus notre dame) is around 10% jewish or higher(up to Harvard/Penn/Columbia which are 25-30 percent)</p>

<p>Agree - pretty much ANY top 20 school or Ivy will have a very active Hillel. In particular Penn, Columbia, Yale, and Emory are schools that come to mind. But you’ll have a very strong jewish community at Williams, Vandy, or Duke for example, even if they might not be as large as Penn’s.</p>

<p>"University of Michigan Hillel was the 3rd Hillel Foundation in North America, established in 1926. Hillel was housed at two different locations at the University before moving into a house at 1429 Hill Street in 1942. The house was replaced by a large building in 1951 and that building in turn was replaced by the present Mandell Berman Center in 1988. </p>

<p>U-M Hillel’s history matches the remarkable changes in the University and the often turbulent times of the nation during its almost 8 decades on campus. From its earliest days Hillel played a significant role in campus life, serving not only the religious needs of the campus Jewish community but also providing a center for social, political and artistic expression. In 1937, The Hillel Players produced the first play by an undergraduate by the name of Arthur Miller. During the Viet Nam War years Hillel was the locus of much of the campus debate and political action. In the 1980s Hillel began to play a major role in the intellectual and cultural life of the University with the launching of programs like Consider Magazine, Residence Hall Repertory theater company and the Golden Apple Award.
Today the University of Michigan is widely regarded as one of the best schools in the country for Jewish students and Hillel has played a major role in the development. The 2009 Fiske Guide to American Colleges cites the quality of Jewish life as a significant factor in the life of the campus at only two schools. One of them is the University of Michigan."</p>

<p>[University</a> of Michigan Hillel](<a href=“http://www.umhillel.org/]University”>http://www.umhillel.org/)</p>

<p>OP, there are a ton of threads from the past on this very subject. A few:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/931514-colleges-jewish-b-student.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/931514-colleges-jewish-b-student.html&lt;/a&gt; (you’re no B student, but there are resources in this very lengthy thread)</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/417226-jewish-life-some-lacs.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/417226-jewish-life-some-lacs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/171462-jewish-life-campus-help.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/171462-jewish-life-campus-help.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/783395-hillel-house-tour-reports.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/783395-hillel-house-tour-reports.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Also [Reform</a> Judaism Magazine - 5th Annual <i>RJ</i> Guide to College Life](<a href=“http://reformjudaismmag.org/fall_2010/collegeguide/]Reform”>http://reformjudaismmag.org/fall_2010/collegeguide/) Look for the “The Top 60 Schools Jews Choose”</p>

<p>Some of the threads are older, but they’ll give you ideas about what to look for.</p>

<p>wow thanks so much for all the info you guys!! super helpful. </p>

<p>also, seiclan, where did you find those percentages?</p>

<p>I copied them off of the Hillel website.</p>