Reply To: Finding the Right Seminary

Thanks smr, that was an excellent summation. Interestingly, what I have heard about BJJ and Hadar is more in line with what rebetzin posted. In any event, I think it seems clear that BJJ is bigger than many of the other seminaries discussed (aside from Bnos Chava) and probably less warm (that is not a knock at all — some people do not thrive in overly warm academic environments, while some do). BJJ has been described as the Harvard of seminaries, because of its strong academics. It is clearly a well-deserved reputation and I do not mean to invite debate on that. How would you compare Bnos Sara, Masores Rochel, and Machon Raaya to BJJ, in terms of academics?

And yes, we are having my daughter speak to girls in the various seminaries — those who graduated last year and/or those in the seminaries right now.