Universities in the Mid Atlantic with strong College Republicans chapters?

[Anonymous]

Looking for both public and private university options for DD (she is in 11th grade currently).

Any stand-out campuses where a Republican student would feel comfortable being herself?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Looking for both public and private university options for DD (she is in 11th grade currently).

Any stand-out campuses where a Republican student would feel comfortable being herself?

Private: W&L, Richmond, Bucknell, Wake

Every flagship state school in the Mid Atlantic will have plenty of Republicans and an active College Republicans chapter, even if the overall campus leans left. UVA, UMD, UNC, NCSt, VT, UDel - take your pick.

[Anonymous]

I think Catholic University is one of the Mid-Atlantic universities with the strongest right-wing student population?

[Anonymous]

College of the Holy Cross

Trinity College (Hartford, CT)

[Anonymous]

Davidson College and Elon University.

[Anonymous]

Does your daughter want to be a conspiracy-theory-formulating election observer who stands outside polling places making TikToks?

That's the only visible activity the College Republicans do at our local selective university.

It's very Boebert-esque.

Mentioning this because it's not enough to have a chapter, it matters what the chapter does.

Did you see this in the news?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/barron-trump-future-conservative-movement-100755167.html

I used to be a Republican.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does your daughter want to be a conspiracy-theory-formulating election observer who stands outside polling places making TikToks?

That's the only visible activity the College Republicans do at our local selective university.

It's very Boebert-esque.

Mentioning this because it's not enough to have a chapter, it matters what the chapter does.

Did you see this in the news?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/barron-trump-future-conservative-movement-100755167.html

I used to be a Republican.

Maybe she wants to be a new and better voice ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does your daughter want to be a conspiracy-theory-formulating election observer who stands outside polling places making TikToks?

That's the only visible activity the College Republicans do at our local selective university.

It's very Boebert-esque.

Mentioning this because it's not enough to have a chapter, it matters what the chapter does.

Did you see this in the news?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/barron-trump-future-conservative-movement-100755167.html

I used to be a Republican.

Maybe she wants to be a new and better voice ?

PP. Always possible.

[Anonymous]

Republican MAGA or Republican conventional conservative? These days you need to clarify. For example, my kid is at WM and although the campus leans left, College Republicans have a decent presence and are respected by the rest of the student body. And the WM protest movement is small, but College Republicans do protest and counter protest. But it’s class conservatism. MAGA not so much.

Don’t have a kid at UVA, but have to think it’s similar. Wake alum and know that classic conservatism is well represented but MAGA is not so much. (And heck,, another of my kids went to Oberlin. Would not recommend for a College Republican, because they would eyeroll their way through the strong trans rights, but they had a fairly active College Republicans chapter and they were respected by other students, because respecting others and their opinions is a core college value. MAGA was safe and could express values that ran counter to 95% of students. And we’re widely accepted in the City of Oberlin, where people called my kid a fa##ot in the grocery store. But they were definitely odd man out on a campus.

Most decent colleges have College Republicans and most kids will respect them. If they are classic conservatives. MAGA is a harder lift in the T50 and top LACs. You may want to think SEC or similar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does your daughter want to be a conspiracy-theory-formulating election observer who stands outside polling places making TikToks?

That's the only visible activity the College Republicans do at our local selective university.

It's very Boebert-esque.

Mentioning this because it's not enough to have a chapter, it matters what the chapter does.

Did you see this in the news?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/barron-trump-future-conservative-movement-100755167.html

I used to be a Republican.

I'm a Democrat, but this isn't what OP asked- she asked about colleges with strong Republican chapters for her DD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Republican MAGA or Republican conventional conservative? These days you need to clarify. For example, my kid is at WM and although the campus leans left, College Republicans have a decent presence and are respected by the rest of the student body. And the WM protest movement is small, but College Republicans do protest and counter protest. But it’s class conservatism. MAGA not so much.

Don’t have a kid at UVA, but have to think it’s similar. Wake alum and know that classic conservatism is well represented but MAGA is not so much. (And heck,, another of my kids went to Oberlin. Would not recommend for a College Republican, because they would eyeroll their way through the strong trans rights, but they had a fairly active College Republicans chapter and they were respected by other students, because respecting others and their opinions is a core college value. MAGA was safe and could express values that ran counter to 95% of students. And we’re widely accepted in the City of Oberlin, where people called my kid a fa##ot in the grocery store. But they were definitely odd man out on a campus.

Most decent colleges have College Republicans and most kids will respect them. If they are classic conservatives. MAGA is a harder lift in the T50 and top LACs. You may want to think SEC or similar.

The college republicans are not widely respected at W&M. Does your DC have Yik Yak?

[Anonymous]

Doesn’t the need to be around others with similar beliefs and background in order to feel comfortable go against current Republican ideology?

[Anonymous]

Holy Cross is not Republican centric. Among the top Catholic schools it would be Georgetown most liberal, Holy Cross middle of the road then Notre Dame more conservative.

[Anonymous]

Liberty U

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looking for both public and private university options for DD (she is in 11th grade currently).

Any stand-out campuses where a Republican student would feel comfortable being herself?

Private: W&L, Richmond, Bucknell, Wake

Every flagship state school in the Mid Atlantic will have plenty of Republicans and an active College Republicans chapter, even if the overall campus leans left. UVA, UMD, UNC, NCSt, VT, UDel - take your pick.

Thanks! OP here.

UVA is on her list. Also Tech.