Ner Yisrael Mechina?

amother

↑ DarkYellow ↓

Yesterday at 8:16 pm

amother Brown wrote:

How different is it from ner? Isn't that where most boys go from nursery to 8?

Its very very different from Ner. Basically because of hte boys who end up going to each.
Boys going to Ner are more serious, more into their learning in general. Most of the boys staying in TA for high school are less serious about their learning and quite a proportion of them are struggling in some way. Yiddishkeit wise I mean. A number of them will eventually end up in Waterbury or similar places. THe REbbeim at TA are really amazing and work really hard to try to reach the boys, and yes some amazing boys come out of there. But it really is very very differnt to Ner.
Ner is a mechina l'yeshiva. TA really is more of a community high school.
From nursery through 8th grade at TA is very differnt to the high school. still the same great school wtih great rebbeim, but the boys who stay for high school is what makes it different.
Until high shcool there is a wider mix of boys in the school from a wider mix of families. for high school its mostly only more modern guys who stay, no yeshivsih boys etc.

↑ Hashem_Yaazor

Yesterday at 8:29 pm

amother DarkYellow wrote:

So the fact that Mekor Chaim (?) opened up a few years ago didn't change the demographics at all? Just curious (would never compare to Ner, just wondering if it's any different than it was 10 years ago)

amother

↑ DarkYellow ↓

Yesterday at 8:43 pm

Hashem_Yaazor wrote:

Not really. Only a handful of boys go from TA to Mekor Chaim usually. I believe the majority of MC's boys come from Ohr chadash

amother

↑ DarkYellow

Yesterday at 8:47 pm

To clarify, if a boy is in TA high school it doesnt mean he's going off the derech chas vshalom! But it usually means that his main interest in life currently, is not gemara. And a lot of them talk to girls which is not the case in ner yisroel. By the end of 4years at TA high school a lot of boys are doing great, going to yeshivas in isreael, like Toras chaim, mercaz, ToMo, Bais. Also going to OJ, TJ, Fishers, Aish. Not bashing TA at all, just its MOSTLY a different type of guy going there than to Ner yisroel .

amother

Opal

Yesterday at 9:08 pm

My son is in 12th grade in Ner. I thought the grades were bigger, like closer to 75 boys?

My son had a late faher, like close to Purim. Boys got acceptances before he even had his faher. But he had his faher on a Thursday and Sunday afternoon we got the acceptance email.

amother

Mayflower

Yesterday at 9:56 pm

So you mentioned the wait to find out if accepted. I think ...and maybe others can chime in.. But I think you can have your son's Rebbe call and get a feel for if he will be accepted after the faher. And of course also say nice things about you son.