Starting at Brooklyn College:

Brooklyn College generally requires the SAT. There is an easy way around the SAT: Enter as a transfer student. Minimum requirements to be a transfer student: GED, 25 credits, and one class in English and one in math. (The remainder 25 can be yeshiva credits.) To fulfill this requirement, you can take these classes at a different college.

 

Using Yeshiva credits for college:

Most colleges will accept a certain amount of yeshiva credits – thereby fulfilling the requirements for electives.  Brooklyn college accepts a maximum of 30 credits.  By contrast, Touro accepts a maximum of 48 credits. (They accept 12 credits per year of yeshiva, therefore to reach the maximum of 48 credits, you would have to do 4 years of yeshiva. )

 

To transfer credits, you will need a yeshiva transcript, which can be obtained from each yeshiva. See here.

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For more information about general admission to Brooklyn College, see here:  http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/prospective_students.php

 

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The question often arises, Brooklyn College vs Touro? Below are some summary points, although of course every situation is different and you should discuss this with your mentor/guide.

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[Possible] Touro advantages:

• Jewish environment

• Caters and understands the yeshiva background.

• Single-gender option

• More flexible and less time intensive.

• Yom Tov

• Can start without GED

• Many locations

 

[Possible] Brooklyn College Advantages:

• College environment [campus, clubs, extracurricular activities etc]

• Many Jewish students (30%; many frum), an active Hillel

• Kosher Pizza and fleishig restaurant on campus

• More intense - higher demanding in education / better education

• Reputation – ranking