more traditional schools -- not "woke" but not "fratty"?

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UF, FSU, UGA, Alabama, Auburn

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Anonymous wrote:Indiana
Vanderbilt
SMU

PP here— did not read the “not fratty” part. Yeah my list is not for you!

OP here- may see if she can come around on the fratty ones, just to widen the pool. It’s early days still…

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Anonymous wrote:Why are parents always so worried about their college kids being exposed to "woke" or "lefty" idealogy? If youre strong in your convictions it dont matter. Goodness, what shrinking violets we have.

We also have entire threads by parents worried “will my LGBTQ kid be happy in Texas?” or “will my Jewish kid be comfortable at a Catholic college?” and nobody says “suck it up, buttercup, if you’re strong you’ll be fine!”

You can’t compare what you have just compared.

These snowflakes who can’t handle people thinking differently are hilarious.

Stunning and hilarious lack of self awareness here. There is nothing the Left HATES more than people who think differently from them.

Plus the usual Lefty hypocrisy - “our political fears are legitimate, yours are baseless.” 🙄

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this isn't hard. mid-tier non-SEC state school.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are parents always so worried about their college kids being exposed to "woke" or "lefty" idealogy? If youre strong in your convictions it dont matter. Goodness, what shrinking violets we have.

Have you heard of space spaces or trigger warnings?

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely Hillsdale

Hillsdale is beyond traditional. It's a dry campus.

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Anonymous wrote:Michigan & Wisconsin are quite woke. Better to try U of Iowa, Iowa State, or Oklahoma.

Non-Jesuit Catholic schools would be good too (and I’m a BC grad).

You can find your own people at Michigan. There are all types. You don't have to join a frat/sorority and you don't have to be woke.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d like to meet op’s kid, it’s a rare person who dislikes woke people, wealthy people, and frat bros.

Common with middle class East Asian kids

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St John’s
U of Rochester
Indiana Wesleyan
Catholic University
Fordham

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Anonymous wrote:this isn't hard. mid-tier non-SEC state school.

Also no ACC, too fratty.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are parents always so worried about their college kids being exposed to "woke" or "lefty" idealogy? If youre strong in your convictions it dont matter. Goodness, what shrinking violets we have.

Uhh…for the same reason you wouldn’t want to send your kid to a school where the culture was dominated by the KKK. Campus woke culture is authoritarian, fanatical and repressive. Oh and the kids are utter morons. Why would you send your child to such an environment.

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Anonymous wrote:Definitely Hillsdale

Hillsdale is beyond traditional. It's a dry campus.

Lots of campuses are dry. But the town of Hillsdale isn’t dry & has bars.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s so telling when people use the word “woke.” I only hear that word on one channel and they’re usually saying something nonsensical. Tell me who you are without telling me. Lol

Thanks for proving our point. Only one network uses “woke” because all the others ARE woke.

People get exposed to Leftist ideas in nearly every TV show & every movie. On all the “Law & Order” shows 99% of murderers are rich white guys, every non-Muslim religious person is a deranged zealot, every veteran is psycho, & white supremacists are all over NYC.

All the late-night talk shows & SNL have been obsessed with bashing Trump & Republicans for going on 8 years. We get it Kimmel/Fallon/Meyers/Colbert, you don’t like Trump. We heard you the first 1000 times.

So every conservative hears Leftist ideas almost non-stop in the media. But people have to go out of their way to hear non-Leftist views. There are still millions of Americans who think Biden has the southern border locked down because their news sources tell them that. Just tap into any political discussion on DCUM if you doubt this.

All we are saying is that it would be nice if colleges lived up to the ideal of at least acknowledging there are 2 sides of issues.

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Rubbing elbows with ‘snobby rich kids’ is one of the most important value adds of a great education. Schools don’t open doors just because of their name on your resume, it’s the people you meet that go on to be senators and run companies. As for the not woke consideration, that’s valid. Check of FIRE - they list the best and worst schools for free speech, and it’s a good parallel to how ‘woke’ they are. Chicago has historically done very well; so has Claremont McKenna in recent years.

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Anonymous wrote:Rubbing elbows with ‘snobby rich kids’ is one of the most important value adds of a great education. Schools don’t open doors just because of their name on your resume, it’s the people you meet that go on to be senators and run companies. As for the not woke consideration, that’s valid. Check of FIRE - they list the best and worst schools for free speech, and it’s a good parallel to how ‘woke’ they are. Chicago has historically done very well; so has Claremont McKenna in recent years.

The truly wealthy, who will go on to be future politicians and business leaders, do not associate with those outside their socioeconomic class. This is true whether you send your kids to college with them or not. So no, not really a value add.