Can anyone suggest schools where Republicans are welcome?
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+1 The videos would be funny if the truth wasn't so sad. The only DEM doctors I know work in clinics |
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Can we just try to answer OP's question:
Hillsdale Claremont-McKenna Pomona (sometimes) Definitely no to USC (a PP suggested it - bizarre that they would suggest it) Pepperdine Baylor UVA George Mason Don't know about Va. Tech. Christoper Newport? U of Chicago Westmont Otterbein (maybe) Brigham Young (and yes they take non-Mormons but currently only 3% so you have to have a perfect appliation and "in" with one of the Twelve Apostles |
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| OH,yes, the Bob Jones recommendations were correct. If I think of any others, I'll post back. |
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And of course all of the military academies.
And, by the way, ALL of my doctors are conservatives. They love to shut the door and complain about everything from Hilary to tort reform to Hilarycare, obamacare and how they can't retire because they are being bleeded out by Obamacare on one side and insurance companies on the other. |
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U of Chicago is famous for its conservative graduate school of economics. But the other departments, not so conservative. |
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I'd try a liberal arts school in the Northeast. It's a great opportunity to challenge your son to think of things from different perspectives. There are still Republicans there but you will get lively debates with really smart kids. Large schools with large classes won't allow as much participation and therefore it isn't always as easy to refine problem solving and critical thinking skills.
A child who is a Republican now is likely to change as they get out into the world anyway so I wouldn't get too upset if they get to college and realize that they want to make up their own minds about politics. Just as a fact, the Republican party is kind of dying off so it is helpful to understand the issues from a more up to date perspective. Doesn't mean they have to be Democrats of course but to stick to the Republican platform can be seen as sexist, racist, classist. . . . Hard to make friends these days if you associate yourself with Republicans - even if you don't believe in everything they profess. |
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| George Mason U is a highly respected libertarian-leaning economics program. It is ranked by US News as top 10 in the nation, ahead of Va Tech and UVa,. |
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It's going to be hard to find colleges that both have conservative students and conservative professors. At "upper tier" universities, the professors are almost all going to lean left, regardless of the student body. Intellectuals tend to be left-wing, and at "prestigious" universities, you'll be hard-pressed to find a professor (especially in the liberal arts) who votes Republican.
If your son doesn't mind having left-wing professors, though, upper-tier universities still have a lot wealthy, privileged and socially elite students, who tend to lean Republican. If you're looking at Ivies, Dartmouth has the most conservative student body, followed by UPenn, Cornell, and Yale. Duke and Vanderbilt are also solidly conservative. Stanford is an anomaly here: students are all over the political spectrum, but many professors are famously conservative. Also, their huge rivalry with UC Berkeley helps drive a lot of "dirty liberal hippie" jokes. If you're looking at less selective schools, you'll have more options. BYU is verrrry conservative, both politically and socially (no party scene, no drinking). Almost all major colleges in the South should be fine for your son, except maybe UT Austin. TCU and Baylor are both great GOP-loving private schools, and Ole Miss would be a good Republican choice among flagship state schools. If your son isn't majoring in something like Political Science or Sociology, politics obviously won't come up as much in class, but it still might. My Physics professor openly scorned at Republicans who deny Global Warming. Any hard science majors, especially biology, will likely explore environmentalist themes in class. Your safest bets in apolitical class material are probably Engineering. Undergrad business schools also tend to be a safe haven for Republicans, even at otherwise liberal schools. Another good way to identify conservative schools is by the prevalence of Greek life. If you don't want your son to get involved in frat life that's understandable... but where there are frat boys, there are Republicans. Generally, the bigger the Greek life scene is at a college, the more likely it is to have right wing students--just browse frat life websites like TFM and you'll see them ripe with support for the GOP. The easiest way to check how active a college's Greek scene would be through websites like CollegeProwler. Anyway, all this is coming from a college sophomore who grew up in a very left-wing household. My mom is a very strong environmentalist and feminist, and I was raised to think critically about a lot of things from an early age. I ended up choosing a relatively conservative college (at least for me!) because I wanted to be surrounded by a diverse array of political viewpoints and engage in challenging discourse. Still, there are a lot of times I wish I was in a political comfort zone. If your son feels the same way I do, a more liberal university might not be so bad. If he dislikes debate and political talk, though, an overwhelmingly left-leaning environment could feel alienating and uncomfortable. Be sure to talk to him about what he wants from his education! Good luck 
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| PP - thanks for your thoughtful response. I'd be interested in what you think of affirmative action? |
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Affirmative action for conservative students at liberal arts schools? Hmmm, it might work. Otherwise - this is your thanks to PP who clearly took some time to respond to you? Take your beefs with affirmative action over to the Political Forum. |
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Just go to school, any school, please.
Republicans have been the dumbest people I've met. There's a bar in PG county where I take my out of country friends to see Reps.A fun night guaranteed-the Reps there mix up the countries, languages and continents for starters. They do try hard to look smart, God Bless them. |
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| the persecution complex of conservatives is hilarious. |
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U.S. News ranks GMU at #139, UVA at #24, and VT at #72. |
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| It really just depends on the program. I went to a fairly liberal school, but my degree was in accounting and my professors' political compasses gravitated towards the center. |