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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Amherst is liberal -- perhaps very liberal.  I think a student survey reported 94% of students supported Biden. W&L might have been the reverse. For a student interested in a political career, presumably with a genuine interest in politics, the differing environments on should be a very important factor.

Are you asking which she should apply to early decision next year? I can't imagine why, in January, you'd want a head-to-head decision between these two schools. Academically, any selective school should clear the bar on English, History, and Economics.[/quote]
No liberal arts college is actually that conservative (unless it’s hillsdale). CMC and W&L are always brought up as super conservatives but it’s mostly because lac students are intolerant. For example, only 21% of CMC is conservative, but it’s branded as some trump factory. When liberals run a university, they try their hardest to stamp out minority voices; when conservatives run a university, they try to actually give any student who wants to speak a voice. Also, notice how rabid more conservative institutions are about alumni groups and resources; conservative alumni are much more giving and supportive of the college.[/quote]

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