At the Ohr L'Golah kiruv training program at Ohr Somayach the following is given as the #1 priority: Get them to quit college and stay at Ohr Somayach.
That's #1. Keeping mitzvos or thinking about Ha-Shem is not #1. That tells you something about the state of yeshivist ideology, it's negative and controlling. They don't seek to inspire students but to lock them in a room. The #2 priority is to cut them off from their friends.
So know that Ohr Somayach is only for people who want to be hardcore yeshivist/pilpulist. If you think that you can function as a Jew that way, then maybe it's for you. But if you don't have any such notions, and you are new to Judaism, be wary of that place.
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