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So before all the Seminary threads start again, I was interested in finding out anything anyone knows about Afikei. I had glanced over previous threads but hadn’t seen many about Afikei. Does anyone know what type of girls go there? What the classes are like. Pretty much pros and cons in general about the school. Thank you in advance! 🙂
Hi so I did not actually go there, but do know quite a bit about it! I’m not sure if me answering your questions would work, because we each have different perceptions of what these terms are. It is not considered a Bais Yaakov seminary, so there are factors that come along with that good and bad. I actually stayed with one of their madrichot and she is incredible!!! I don’t know for sure if she is going back, but if she is that would be an awesome plus!!!
So I know from what I saw and from the girls I knew that went the year I did, that there are some great girls! There are also girls that come from homes where it is ok to do things that you may never think to have wanted your daughter involved with. Then of course there are those few more rebellious girls as well… I’m being a little blunt and laying it out this way just because you asked this way. I don’t mean to offend anyone, and I’m sure it is a great place for certain girls! It really depends what a girl wants and what type of girls she wants to spend her year with… hope that helped a little bit, I just don’t want to say that much more for I don’t know you or the other people who may be reading this… Do you have someone you know going? thinking of applying?
My daughter went to Afikei, and loved is so much she went back for Shana Beis. While the girls do not necessarily come from BY’s (although my daughter did), they are all looking for personal growth. The faculty is amazing. There were 1 or 2 rebels in my daughter’s aleph year, but you can find that almost anywhere. The reason my daughter picked Afikei was because its less text oriented then the BJJ type schools, and very hashkafa oriented, with lots of chance for discussions. To this day, my daughter is very close with some of her teachers, and she was there 5 years ago.
So I think most of what you said is correct, although most seminaries do not stay the same over such a span so it is still worth it to check out even what you hear
Afikei is closing down at the end of this year…
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