Visiting Gateshead and being there as a seminary girl are so totally different. one cannot get a good picture as a visitor.
there are no websites for the old seminary for sure. but there are many alumni over the US that you can hook up with.
I heard that last year there wsa not enough visa’s and they had to do a Gorel for all those who got in.. i’m not sure how that works.. but its good to do your homework beforehand.
Although Gateshead Old seminary does not offer voational courses, there are plenty of motivated girls who find free time to do courses. the seminary does not onject providing it does not take away from the seminary course.
The old seminary has a huge mix of girls. However, it is the more mature, independant thinker that gains the most from their program. There are a minority that leave after 1 year.. but they leave in the middle and do not receive the full length of the course, of which some of the best stuff is in the 3rd year. Their whole approach is done in a mature way. They don’t baby you. THere are very few rules… yet the place demands a certain respect without them having to enforce it.
The new seminary has a mix of girls too. It is fair to say that the foreign girls in the new sem definately need ‘checking into’ vs the foreign girls in the old sem. The ones in the old sem come because they have strong connections to the seminary, British ones, or their mom’s went there etc.. or a huge drive to become teachers etc.. in the new sem, the foreign girls are often dropouts that left the US etc once again, i’m sure there always exceptionss to everything.. but i know first hand that this is generally the case.
IF you state why Gateshead even hit your radar.. it may be easier to see which is better. Why not israel or other places in the US?