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Shavouah Tov,
I just have a question for seminaries!
Does anyone know a seminary that is a very frum environment in jerusalem, that is warm and loving (both the girls and the staff), with more out of towny girls who are all growth oriented, with learning that is a balance between hashkafa and textual, that is loving of all jews (yeshivish, chasidish ect…) and very strong in yidishkeit?
i don’t mind academic places, like tests, or a bias yakovy dress code
please have suggested, michlala, darchei bina, machon raya and binas and i don’t know anything about these seminaries!
does anyone have any suggestions or comments about the aforementioned mentioned seminaries?
From what you are describing, Darchei Binah fits the bill in many ways. I’m not sure if the girls are out-of-towny or not. Michlalah doesn’t sound like it’s for you from what you are describing. I know very little about Binas, and only a teeny bit about Machon Raya. The teeny bit I know about Machon Raya is from years ago, so things can change. It was academic, which I would guess hasn’t changed.
What about Bnos Sara? it is extremely out-of-town. meaning out-of-town-BY. The school is really warm, and the girls are very sweet, aidel, great middos, tznius, not at all jappy, very Frum, out of town Yeshivish. It’s on Neve campus which is a great experience and a really nice campus. They get the best girls in terms of middos. The girls are definitly growth-oriented. The learning is both hashkafic and textual. There is work, but not too much pressure. There are several papers during the year, so the girls work hard on those, but other than that, there is not too much work. If warmth, good middos, and out-of-townish are important to you, it is one of the top schools in those areas.
You might want to look into Bnos Avigail. All I know about is from the website, and you can check that out yourself.
Binas and Machon Raaya may be for you – I just don’t know enough about them.
From what I have heard, Meohr is a great school, but for a very different type of girl than Bnos Sara. It is for girls who didn’t quite fit in to the Bais Yaakov system, whereas B’nos Sara is for really good out-of-town Bais Yaakov girls.
My information on Meohr is a few years old, but I doubt that has changed.
Word of advice: when applying to seminary, make sure to apply to at least 3 seminaries. It can be very hard to get in even if you are the best girl in the world, and you can’t count on getting into your first choice or even your first two choices.
Some schools are harder to get into than others, but most schools are at least somewhat difficult to get into – there are tons of girls applying to most schools and they can’t accept everyone.
It’s also a good idea to be in touch with your school about which seminaries you are applying to. Many schools have someone in the school whose job it is to deal with it. Some high schools are in touch with the seminaries and know beforehand who is getting in, and sometimes the decision is actually made by the high school. If that is the case, they may not tell you, so it is a good idea to be in touch with them just in case they are the ones responsible for the decision.
I would imagine that this is less likely to be the case in out-of-town schools, but you never know.
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