LACs that aren’t super liberal or preppy

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Anonymous wrote:The trio of Minnesota LACs seemed very balanced to us: St. Plaf, Macalester amd Carelton. With those stats, St. Olaf might be a nice fit.

Did you read the OP? Carleton and Mac???

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Anonymous wrote:Claremont-McKenna, Davidson, Holy Cross, Colgate

Colgate is super lax bro-y.

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Does she not like Oberlin?

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Anonymous wrote:Christopher Newport University in Newport News.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Top 50 LACs that I would say are middle of the road:

Claremont McKenna
Washington & Lee (more conservative)
Davidson
U of Richmond
Bucknell
Colgate
Harvey Mudd
College of the Holy Cross
DePauw
Sewanee

Lafayette
Lehigh (small Uni)
Hamilton
Wake Forest (small Uni)

Wake is very southern preppy/cliquey.

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Anonymous wrote:Denison is extremely liberal, so not that.

Possibly Lake Forest.
Certainly Claremont McKenna.
University of Dayton isn’t technically a LAC abut has that feel.

Lake Forest is a terrible school though. Don’t go there.

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Since she’s only been a student since the pandemic, does she feel certain the vibe will be the same once she’s actually on campus?

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Anonymous wrote:It might be helpful to share where she attends school now.

I don’t want to give the exact school, but it’s one of Oberlin/Pitzer/Skidmore/Occidental (since they’re all relatively equal).

It makes a difference though. It would be easy to find a school less liberal than Oberlin but there are fewer choices with some of the others.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The trio of Minnesota LACs seemed very balanced to us: St. Plaf, Macalester amd Carelton. With those stats, St. Olaf might be a nice fit.

Hahahahahahahahahaha no. Not Macalester and Carleton. I went to Mac and my dd goes to Carleton. They are as SJW as a school can come. St. Olaf slightly less so but still very SJW

Agree. I went to Carleton and it's almost Oberlin level SJW.

As another Carleton alum, I agree, but it does depend on your major. If you stick to science, it's not quite as crazy. This is probably true of most LACs.

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Anonymous wrote:DD is in her first year at a LAC that is known for its progressive politics. She hates the culture of everyone obsessed with social justice, and expecting else to be. But she’s not necessarily conservative. What are good schools to look into? She’s at a school ranked between 25-50 in USNews with a 3.4. She had a 3.7 in high school with a 31 act score.

If she doesn’t like social justice, skip all the Christian schools.

Jesus was kind of the ultimate social justice warrior and you’ll get that from reading His teachings esp at Jesuit schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Denison is extremely liberal, so not that.

Possibly Lake Forest.
Certainly Claremont McKenna.
University of Dayton isn’t technically a LAC abut has that feel.

Actually, the student body is very very mixed. About 30% liberal, 30% conservative, 30% middle of the road.

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There's always Liberty.

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NP. OP asked a very reasonable question. Some people who responded are mean and do not accept anything different from their own political views.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. OP asked a very reasonable question. Some people who responded are mean and do not accept anything different from their own political views.

What are you talking about? I don’t see any mean replies.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, what are her interests? I like the Jesuit universities and colleges.

Catholic schools. They are into service projects, not protests. St Louis university, Marquette, Villanova, Dusquesne are good and not that preppy either.

This is good advice. Although many conservatives find the Jesuits too liberal, in practice there are a lot of conservatives who attend these schools for a religious education. PP is right on in that service projects and not performative protests are emphasized.