Prospective Students

1. Students must reach out to Brandeis MINIMUM two full weeks before intending to visit. This can be done by filling out this form Shabbat Visit to Brandeis Admissions Form . This form MUST be filled out for safety purposes and so that the Brandeis Admissions department has a record of who is visiting.

2. Students interested in coming for Shabbat must email hillel@brandeis.edu themselves in order to have meals organized for themselves. Hillel closes meal sign-ups on Tuesday night and therefore visitors must email by Tuesday (the latest) of the week they are interested in coming.  

3. Students will be contacted by Shoshana Solomon once the  Shabbat Visit to Brandeis Admissions Form is filled out. She will make sure that sleeping arrangements are made. If there is a student who wants to make their own sleeping arrangements, that is perfectly fine, however, the Shabbat Visit to Brandeis Admissions Form  must still be filled out and I must be notified of where/who they are staying with.

4. Any student wishing to come to Brandeis for a Shabbat MUST be responsive via email with a 24 hour turnaround. If students are not responding to being contacted after submitting a form, she will assume they are not coming and arrangements will not be made. 

We are very excited to have you visit Brandeis for Shabbat! BOO hopes to give every student interested in visiting Brandeis a great experience, and in order to do that, proper communication and arrangements must be made well in advance. Shabbat visits are run completely by volunteers in the BOO community, and BOO must ensure that hosts, Hillel, and the University are given notice of visitors and are prepared to host any future students. Please email daphnesolomon@brandeis.edu if you have any questions about any off this. 

Founded in 1948 by the American Jewish communtiy, Brandeis University is a top tier research university with a liberal arts feel. Brandeis has over 40 majors and 50 minors in a range of fields, including sciences, social sciences, humanities and creative arts. Brandeis is an academically rigorous university with a caring and collaborative atmosphere. Many students participate in research in the dozens of reasearch centers on campus, while also taking leadership roles in the over 200 on campus clubs.

Located in Waltham, Massachussets, Brandeis is about a 20 minute drive from downtown Boston. Brandeis provides free shuttles into Waltham, Boston and Cambridge, giving students the opportunity to explore the area surrounding the campus.

Most students live on campus for their entire Brandeis experience, and this is mostly because of the community here. The Brandeis community is a very close, tight-knit community, so there is next to no reason to live any further than you need to. Brandeis has two kosher dining options, with one dining hall serving a full kosher buffet for 3 meals a day, in addition to a deli. The on campus convenience store also has a bunch of snacks, sandwiches, deli and much more. This is all in addition to a local kosher market and many kosher restaurants in the area.