Yiddle with a fiddle

Fair enough. Does the “seminary experience” differ in all of these places? If so, how?

Putting aside the phone call issue, so what type of girl does Bnos Sarah cater to? And how is that girl different from someone that would go to Mesores Rochel or BJJ?

So far I have heard that the most academically rigorous are BJJ, Machon Raaya and possibly Bnos Sarah. Someone told us that Mesores Rochel, while academic, was not quite as hard. I have heard Binas is a drop down academically (relative speaking) but all of this is hearsay. Would love to hear from parents who actually sent their daughters to these places. Yes, my daughter wants to be academically challenged.

Very nice, thanks

Okay, so back to the discussion. Any further experience/knowledge about:

Binas Bais Yaakov

Bnos Sarah

Machon Raaya

Mesoras Rochel

Am interested in general impressions, but also about the following:

1. What are the differences, as you perceive them, between the 4 seminaries listed?

2. Which are the most academically challenging and in what ways are they academically challenging?

3. Are the seminaries more text-based or more “outside of the sefer”? The girl in question has very strong teiching skills and is an abstract thinker and wantes to learn inside and not just be spoon-fed material. At the same time, serious and challenging machshava oriented classes would thrill her as well.

4. Some seminaries have the reputation of beign academic by giving a lot of work but much of that work is seen as busy work. What is the case with these seminaries?

5. What type of girl does each seminary attract?

6. How close of a relationship do the girls have with the teachers/hanhala (a) while they are in EY and (b) after they leave seminary? Saying a place is “warm”, is not too descriptive. I am interested in how that warmth manifests itself.

Thank you!

I’m also guessing that veltz was simply being sarcastically funny….In any event, I guess my specific questions would be:

1. What are the differences, as you perceive them, between the 4 seminaries listed?

2. Which are the most academically challenging and in what ways are they academically challenging?

3. Are the seminaries more text-based or more “outside of the sefer”? The girl in question has very strong teiching skills and is an abstract thinker and wantes to learn inside and not just be spoon-fed material. At the same time, serious and challenging machshava oriented classes would thrill her as well.

4. Some seminaries have the reputation of beign academic by giving a lot of work but much of that work is seen as busy work. What is the case with these seminaries?

5. What type of girl does each seminary attract?

6. How close of a relationship do the girls have with the teachers/hanhala (a) while they are in EY and (b) after they leave seminary? Saying a place is “warm”, is not too descriptive. I am interested in how that warmth manifests itself.

I think these are a good start.

Thanks!

Thanks, frumgirl93. We had heard that that was what Machon Raaya was like its first few years. I know it has grown substantially in the last couple of years and we had heard that it became far more “in-town” if you will. Do you know if that is the case? In other words, is there really much of a difference any longer between Machon Raaya and Bnos sarah or Mesoras Rochel?

Thanks M. The place sounds wonderful, but we are really looking at Bais Yaakov/chareidi seminaries. She is very much a Bais Yaakov girl and that is where she will feel most confortable and where her hashkafos are. But I very much appreciate the suggestion.