Conservative Colleges

[Anonymous]

Anyone actually consider this for choosing a college??
WTF

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SMU and Pepperdine

Pepperdine is Christian but not Conservative - it’s in Malibu and the Student Body is all blonde and attractive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SMU and Pepperdine

Pepperdine is Christian but not Conservative - it’s in Malibu and the Student Body is all blonde and attractive.

um, are these things somehow mutually exlucsive?

[Anonymous]

Pepperdine is fantastic my daughter was accepted ea but she also got in Ed to NYU so it was difficult
I secretly hoped she would be deferred but did not happen
I cannot say eNough good about Pepperdine in my opinion better than these other schools

[Anonymous]

Google the schools that invited trump to speak at. Good indication.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tennessee
South Carolina
Rice
Baylor
Alabama
Shepherd
(I know these universities themselves aren’t necessarily conservative, but I know conservative-leaning kids who applied to/attend all of these)

Also:
Patrick Henry
Grove City
Liberty
Clearwater Christian

Please Rice is definitely not conservative. Don't spread completely wrong information.

[Anonymous]

North Park University
VMI
The Citadel
Miami of Ohio

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Colby

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Google the schools that invited trump to speak at. Good indication.

Trump is conservative? Try again.

[Anonymous]

Wash & lee
BC
Notre Dame
Wake
Davidson
UVA
UNC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In terms of "mainstream" colleges (e.g., not a Hillsdale or Grove City type place whose entire brand is being conservative):

Certain large publics in the South - Bama, Auburn, TAMU, Ole Miss, Clemson, USC, UTK come to mind.

Baylor
Southern Methodist
Notre Dame
Texas Christian
Washington & Lee
Wake Forest
Purdue
Pepperdine
USNA
Furman

Some of these range from pretty darn conservative (Baylor) to being pretty evenly split (UTK, USC, Notre Dame) but all of these to me are places where a conservative person could go and find like minded people and not feel like a fish out of water.

+1

+2. In general I think DMV kids prefer schools in the South over the Midwest but there are lots of schools in the Midwest that would fit what you are looking for.

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Anonymous wrote:The heading on this might be a bit misleading — there are colleges that are “conservative” (e.g., Liberty) and then there are colleges that aren’t “conservative” per se but are more more tolerant of a diversity of views. Unfortuntely,it’s a pretty short list.

The University of Chicago
The rest are mostly in the South — e.g., SMU, many Southern flagships

I also heard that Uchicago is more tolerant than other top universities but not sure what that is based on

They emphasize respect for the free speech and teach their students to not reflexively scream "harm!" if they hear a viewpoint they might disagree with. The administration appears to have some spine, compared to many other schools.

https://freeexpression.uchicago.edu/

In 2014, President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Eric Isaacs appointed a committee of University faculty to articulate “the University’s overarching commitment to free, robust, and uninhibited debate.” The resulting “Chicago Principles” have since been adopted by universities and colleges across the country.

https://provost.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/documents/reports/FOECommitteeReport.pdf

In a word, the University’s fundamental commitment is to the principle that debate or deliberation may not be suppressed because the ideas put forth are thought by some or even by most members of the University community to be offensive, unwise, immoral, or wrong-headed. It is for the individual members of the University community, not for the University as an institution, to make those judgments for themselves, and to act on those judgments not by seeking to suppress speech, but by openly and vigorously contesting the ideas that they oppose. Indeed, fostering the ability of members of the University community to engage in such debate and deliberation in an effective and responsible manner is an essential part of the University’s educational mission.

As a corollary to the University’s commitment to protect and promote free expression, members of the University community must also act in conformity with the principle of free expression. Although members of the University community are free to criticize and contest the views expressed on campus, and to criticize and contest speakers who are invited to express their views on campus, they may not obstruct or otherwise interfere with the freedom of others to express views they reject or even loathe. To this end, the University has a solemn responsibility not only to promote a lively and fearless freedom of debate and deliberation, but also to protect that freedom when others attempt to restrict it.

As Robert M. Hutchins observed, without a vibrant commitment to free and open inquiry, a university ceases to be a university. The University of Chicago’s long-standing commitment to this principle lies at the very core of our University’s greatness. That is our inheritance, and it is our promise to the future.

DP. I love this. Good for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Google the schools that invited trump to speak at. Good indication.

Is this what passes for a sentence among your crowd?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Google the schools that invited trump to speak at. Good indication.

Is this what passes for a sentence among your crowd?

NP here. Unclench, Granny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Google the schools that invited trump to speak at. Good indication.

Is this what passes for a sentence among your crowd?

NP here. Unclench, Granny.

At a minimum, you should have an education in basic rules of written English regardless of the political climate at your chosen college.