Brandeis University Top Questions

Brandeis allows students to be creative and take classes that they are interested in, not ones that they have to take for their major. At Brandeis, I am a part of a caring and exciting community filled with passionate and creative students just like me. I started at Brandeis during the spring semester of 2014, and during my semester off, I was able to explore what interests me, instead of doing classwork all the time.

It is great for academically driven students.

Brandeis is smaller, in terms of student body and campus size, than other schools I considered. More attention is focused on the undergraduate program here than at most other schools. Additionally, there is a much greater emphasis on social justice and change here than at any other school I thought about. Finally, Brandeis works to make every student comfortable, especially in relation to religion and sexual orientation.

Brandeis stood out to me because of it's reputation for the sciences, which is my concentration. However, they also have an outstanding arts program which I picked up as a hobby. It's amazing to see so much going on during the Bernstein Art festival at the end of the year. For someone without a past interest in arts, this school really opened me up to the opportunities. Addiontionally, I've become more culutured after learned about people's different religions and customs that only such an active school could bring out.

It is academically focused and Jewish. It is near Boston, but not in it. It is medium sized so it is not overwhelmingly large but it is not so small that you know every single person.

Brandeis University demonstrates its strength in the physical, natural, and social sciences. It feeds my once insatiable passion for science. My hands are finally able to plunge into action with the rare excitement of experiential learning. Words of renowned faculty members ring in my ears as my mind willingly sends ideas and facts running through each and every nerve in my body. It is affable and ingenious; social and academic; flexible and strong. The paradoxes are enticingly unique in this small liberal arts school.

The story goes that prior to the establishment of Brandeis University in 1948, only a small percentage of minorities were admitted into prestigious universities. A courageous group of individuals founded Brandeis so that all qualified individuals could obtain an education. The university promotes social justice and academic excellence and was fittingly named in honor of Justice Brandeis. It continues to promote the philosophy of inclusion rather than exclusion that is an underlying theme in all aspects of college life. Brandeis has also earned the reputation of successfully preparing students for graduate school and professional careers.

Brandeis's commitment to social justice is extraordinary. People here genuinely care about making the world a better place, finding solutions to world conflicts, and make people happier.

It has a large Jewish community for a small school.

It has a high incidence of depression, alienated students, and little social activities.