I would totally recommend Chochmas Lev! I have a good friend who went there and loved it! they had a long day of classes but very minimal H.W and testing! very hashkafa based and great girls, from all backgrounds go there! not as BYish as BJJ, BYA ect..
Seminar may be similar with fantastic teachers but there is work…h.w. tests ect. However the day is shorter and while some parents might be thrilled with a long day of classes to keep daughter away from “hanging out”, I can tell you that some girls get burnt out from whole day of classes and need more breaks! if a girl gets burnt out from classes that whole point of sem is counterproductive!
Shoshanim is a more out of town seminary…however as far as I recall my friends who attended did have alot of work to do outside of class…well guess long story short is that most seminaries today compete with eachother for the “TOP” name and they do that by increasing accademic levels!
but I think chochmas lev has a great balance and doesn’t increase workload like other sems do!