How liberal or conservative are the Virginia colleges?

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Anonymous wrote:Your kid, and you would never know.

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Anonymous wrote:Most schools are libby. If you don't pay attention to it and laugh at them than who cares? My conservative kid at UVA doesn't notice anything at all aside from laughing at the occasional lib emotionally howling for some random cause. Your kid will be fine.

Your kid is probably a lib now and too scared to tell you.

Something trigger you?

Who's kid became a lib?

Are you triggered by your kid becoming a lib?

Definitely not a lib. Why are you so interested in my kid's political views?

How do you know? Do you watch your kid vote?

We discuss current events and viewpoints is how I would know.

Probably telling you what you want to hear.

[Anonymous]

Let me share a little history. In the late 1970’s, Virginia Tech allowed visits by the opposite sex according to this approximate schedule:

Friday 5 pm to Midnight
Saturday Noon to Midnight
Sunday Noon to 5 pm
Tuesday 5 pm to 10 pm

One dorm had no visitation privileges whatsoever. We called it the vault.

Getting caught with a girl in your room at 10 minutes past midnight on Saturday night would land you in the same amount of trouble as discovery of drugs or a firearm.

Now this was an example of a conservative leaning school, at a time when virtually no other public university had such restrictions.

By contrast today, no public university could be said to lean conservative, with possible exception of some schools in Utah. They all lean liberal but to varying degrees.

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TX A&M is quite proud to be called conservative

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Big 3
UVA - woke central
VT - mixed bag, some wokeness but cadet corp help to moderate overall
W&M - more of a traditional southern university with some preferred pronouns seeping in.

Rest of the pack
GMU & VCU - woke central
JMU - mixed bag
Rest lean more conservative, especially those in southern and western VA.

My impression though is that W&M is more liberal than VT. Correct me if I'm wrong.

DP. I have a kid at VT so can only speak to that school - it’s very middle of the road politically, which we appreciate. There are groups for everyone, but you don’t see inane protesters disrupting life for everyone else. Very refreshing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Big 3
UVA - woke central
VT - mixed bag, some wokeness but cadet corp help to moderate overall
W&M - more of a traditional southern university with some preferred pronouns seeping in.

Rest of the pack
GMU & VCU - woke central
JMU - mixed bag
Rest lean more conservative, especially those in southern and western VA.

My impression though is that W&M is more liberal than VT. Correct me if I'm wrong.

DP. I have a kid at VT so can only speak to that school - it’s very middle of the road politically, which we appreciate. There are groups for everyone, but you don’t see inane protesters disrupting life for everyone else. Very refreshing.

Thanks for sharing.

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Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't Washington and Lee have a conservative student body? How about U Richmond? probably a mix there

Washington & Lee isn’t conservative. Not sure why you would think so.

Liberty is right or center. But it also isn’t a real university so.

If you think Liberty is the center, your views aren't reliable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Big 3
UVA - woke central
VT - mixed bag, some wokeness but cadet corp help to moderate overall
W&M - more of a traditional southern university with some preferred pronouns seeping in.

Rest of the pack
GMU & VCU - woke central
JMU - mixed bag
Rest lean more conservative, especially those in southern and western VA.

My impression though is that W&M is more liberal than VT. Correct me if I'm wrong.

DP. I have a kid at VT so can only speak to that school - it’s very middle of the road politically, which we appreciate. There are groups for everyone, but you don’t see inane protesters disrupting life for everyone else. Very refreshing.

Thanks for sharing.

UVA is similar. People protest but do it respectfully. Probably helps that most of the Deans live on the lawn with their families

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Anonymous wrote:Big 3
UVA - woke central
VT - mixed bag, some wokeness but cadet corp help to moderate overall
W&M - more of a traditional southern university with some preferred pronouns seeping in.

Rest of the pack
GMU & VCU - woke central
JMU - mixed bag
Rest lean more conservative, especially those in southern and western VA.

My impression though is that W&M is more liberal than VT. Correct me if I'm wrong.

DP. I have a kid at VT so can only speak to that school - it’s very middle of the road politically, which we appreciate. There are groups for everyone, but you don’t see inane protesters disrupting life for everyone else. Very refreshing.

There were Free Palestine protestors all over campus and downtown on 4/13 weekend.

Thanks for sharing.

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Anonymous wrote:Big 3
UVA - woke central
VT - mixed bag, some wokeness but cadet corp help to moderate overall
W&M - more of a traditional southern university with some preferred pronouns seeping in.

Rest of the pack
GMU & VCU - woke central
JMU - mixed bag
Rest lean more conservative, especially those in southern and western VA.

My impression though is that W&M is more liberal than VT. Correct me if I'm wrong.

DP. I have a kid at VT so can only speak to that school - it’s very middle of the road politically, which we appreciate. There are groups for everyone, but you don’t see inane protesters disrupting life for everyone else. Very refreshing.

There were Free Palestine protestors all over campus and downtown on 4/13 weekend.

Thanks for sharing.

That is one weekend and students weren't forced to move to hybrid education because they can't safely get to class. Protesting is very American, respectful protest is preferred... it's when we cross into blatant disruption of people's lives and safety where it becomes a problem. Both sides have a voice, that's the point. Last I checked, VT and UVA students were going to class.

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Anonymous wrote:I think CNU is center to conservative. Military background in history and administration, preppy, many students seem religious / Christian in comparison to NoVA and I’m not sure they have Hillel, just not as diverse as other schools.

CNU does have Hillel

IG: @CNU.Hillel

Having a Hillel does not mean there are any liberals at a school.

The PP was not sure if CNU had Hillel - I answered that question with a Yes.

CNU has some church-going students as well as some socially liberal students, based on the clubs on campus.

Read the campus newspaper to get one view into the campus culture.