<p>Hello,
I'm an applicant of YU and want any feedback you can provide on:</p>
<p>*Student Life; Do boys ever see girls? Typical day schedule?
*Financial Aid; How generous are they on scholarship?
*Academics; Profs.?
*Acceptance; How high of SATs? GPA?
*Miscellaneous</p>
<p>...Another question, if I put my major down as Biology, does that hold significance in my acceptance? (is one major more competitive) and could I change my major to business easily?</p>
<p>===Bump===</p>
<p>i recommend collegeboard.com for SAT/GPA info.</p>
<p>Everybody who's Jewish gets into YU. I think they have an 85% acceptance rate or something like that. You can see the opposite sex but only outside of school and you'd better hide if you want to get closer than an arm's length to him/her. The school itself is pretty good but it can be pretty restricting if you're not religious enough.</p>
<p>I don't go there but this is pretty much what I've heard.</p>
<p>They have a 78% acceptance rate according to collegeboard.com.
Average SAT is 1174.</p>
<p>YU is a unique school -- its mission is specifically to be an Orthodox Jewish University and as such offers a dual curriculum -- students study both regular college subjects as well as Judaic studies. Students work very hard given the dual curriculum. Men and women colleges are on separate campuses, but there are extracurricular opportunities for socializing - but expect other students to have seeking future spouses, rather than casual dating, in mind. Someone should only consider going if one is comfortable with an Orthodox Jewish lifestyle, including traditional views on the interactions between men and women. Academically, it is a very good school.</p>
<p>Things may have changed from years ago, but the women's branch of the college was simply not on a par academically with the men's branch. It was so bad that I transferred out, in order to get not only my major but a decent college education. it was a "marriage mill" IMO with classes being taught at a high school and even sometimes grammar school level. There was ONE old classroom building and a dorm with four girls to each dorm room. Of course, things may have changed. If you are a male, that's a different situation.</p>
<p>MATH SUCKS
taught at a high school level.</p>
<p>The quality of a YU education is top-notch. Some of the most brilliant students in the world attend YU. Many would argue that being very successful at YU is just as big of an accomplishment as being very successful at a top 20 school.</p>
<p>Kafka...you are crazy....</p>
<p>YU has such a high admit rate because its applicants are so self-selected. Many who apply would not even consider a more secular school, and those whose statistics would make them competitive on paper may not be comfortable with the dual curriculum. You also have to have a significant fluency in Hebrew and familiarity with the religious texts before you arrive at YU. That cuts the applicant pool drastically.</p>
<p>is there anyone who is attending or has attended YU and can tell me how many hours each day were spent on homework? a average daily schedule perhaps? were you able to keep good grades while having a good social life (sports, dating, etc)?</p>