Liberty, Regents College or George Mason? Which is most conservative?

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Anonymous wrote:When you call VMI and service academies conservative, what does that mean. Are people economicmically "conservative? A lot of professed Christians? One of the problems with discussions about conservativism (or liberalism) is that those terms can mean many different things. There seems to be a correlation in this country between religiousness, favoring low taxes and low public benefits, and (often hawkish defense policy), and vice versa for "liberals," but really hard to understand why these things should correlate. Bottom line as some of the posters point out, one really needs to define ones terms. In general smarter, more sophisticated people in this country tend towards traditionally liberal positions, but not always, of course.

ROMFLMAO. So utterly false.

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Anonymous wrote:If your son wants to study economics, then GMU. If politics, look at the Claremont Colleges, including Harvey Mudd and Pomona. Hillsdale if Catholic conservative. Yale is not conservative at all. Baylor Univ. in Texas and Pepperdine in Malibu (gorgeous campus) are more religiously conservative. Southern campuses may be more socially conservative, depending. A politically active conservative just picked Yale over UVA. I don't know anything about Emory or Henry (Patrick?). Avoid any campus where the faculty and students have taken over. If he is in xlnt physical shape and can endure being a rat, I would recommend VMI over all the others, especially if you are in-state.

The Claremont schools are left-liberal... Who you kidding

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Anonymous wrote:My DD wishes to attend a conservative school. It has been reported that these are the most conservative...is that true? What about Emory and Henry College?

We have visited Emory University (GA suburbs). I'd say much more liberal. Each freshman dorm has a theme and these center around climate change, social justice, et. Don't know about Henry College.

My son is a strong Libertarian and he's at GMU. Said it's a great school for people like him because the classes are 'neutral', i.e. you are not expected to regurgitate a teacher's viewpoint in order to get a good grade. His Econ prof was a strong Libertarian as well, and the kids loved how practical the course was - i.e. it made sense.

Liberty U. hands out a Constitution to each student. They are about Constitutional Conservatism, i.e. law. I personally think that is sound.

Libertarian as in Montana militias? Yikes!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your son wants to study economics, then GMU. If politics, look at the Claremont Colleges, including Harvey Mudd and Pomona. Hillsdale if Catholic conservative. Yale is not conservative at all. Baylor Univ. in Texas and Pepperdine in Malibu (gorgeous campus) are more religiously conservative. Southern campuses may be more socially conservative, depending. A politically active conservative just picked Yale over UVA. I don't know anything about Emory or Henry (Patrick?). Avoid any campus where the faculty and students have taken over. If he is in xlnt physical shape and can endure being a rat, I would recommend VMI over all the others, especially if you are in-state.

Harvey Mudd is about engineering not political science. They do not offer a degree in poli sci but students take their social sciences at one of the other Claremont schools.

You're right, I meant Claremont-McKenna.

Not. The student body voted 87percent for Obama in a two way straw...

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Among the 3 you listed, George Mason is an actual college, if that makes a difference.

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Anonymous wrote:Among the 3 you listed, George Mason is an actual college, if that makes a difference.

LOL! So true!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Among the 3 you listed, George Mason is an actual college, if that makes a difference.

LOL! So true!

I thought Mason was a commuter school way out in Fairfax - not a flame, seriously. And I have lived here for years...

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If your family subscribes to the conservative view that women should be submissive and do nothing but raise kids, why pay the money for college at all?

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I met people who had gone to Regents when I was working for Republicans in the GW Bush administration. Now, I am Republican, and conservative, and Catholic, and grew up going to Catholic school, and those people are Coo Coos from Coo-Coo Town with a capital "C". I would NOT recommend, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Among the 3 you listed, George Mason is an actual college, if that makes a difference.

LOL! So true!

I thought Mason was a commuter school way out in Fairfax - not a flame, seriously. And I have lived here for years...

Lived where?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Among the 3 you listed, George Mason is an actual college, if that makes a difference.

LOL! So true!

I thought Mason was a commuter school way out in Fairfax - not a flame, seriously. And I have lived here for years...

When I was getting my master's there, this was definitely true. When I took my son on a tour there last year, I did not recognize the place. SO many dorms, etc. It's really changed and those changes have been really positive!

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Anonymous wrote:If your family subscribes to the conservative view that women should be submissive and do nothing but raise kids, why pay the money for college at all?

I'm a conservative woman with an MS. I'm not really understanding what you are saying?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Among the 3 you listed, George Mason is an actual college, if that makes a difference.

LOL! So true!

I thought Mason was a commuter school way out in Fairfax - not a flame, seriously. And I have lived here for years...

You're mistaken. 75% of undergrads live on campus.

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Anonymous wrote:Among the 3 you listed, George Mason is an actual college, if that makes a difference.

it's a University with 33,000 students, 1/3 of which are Masters
or doctoral candidates

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Among the 3 you listed, George Mason is an actual college, if that makes a difference.

LOL! So true!

I thought Mason was a commuter school way out in Fairfax - not a flame, seriously. And I have lived here for years...

When I was getting my master's there, this was definitely true. When I took my son on a tour there last year, I did not recognize the place. SO many dorms, etc. It's really changed and those changes have been really positive![/quote]


We had the same reaction and we live in NoVA - never knew what was going on right in our own backyard. The legislature has been pumping money into GMU to build for the last 13 years. 75% of the freshmen live on campus, including DS. He complains being awakened by the construction sounds. But the good news is that everything is new. There's also such a demand for housing that triples have been turned into quads. I would try to avoid that if you can. In second, third and fourth years, kids can opt for subject matter suites. My DS's room next year has a private study area separate from the two beds and a private bathroom. The GMU hotel is also being converted to dorms this summer.