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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wesleyan is very progressive-liberal. You really have to want this kind of intolerance-in-the-name-of-tolerance mindset to be happy there.

I have noticed among my kids' peers, there has been a dramatic decline of interest in the LACs among boys and even many girls who just want a non-political environment to study and have fun for four years. It's unfortunate but the schools have themselves to blame. [/quote]

I think just the opposite: you "have to want this kind of intolerance-in-the-name-of-tolerance" to cross schools like Wesleyan off your list out of fear of them. It's a complete fantasy, so only people who really want to believe in it will find it a problem. [/quote]

I went to Brown in the 1990s and even back then we made fun of Wesleyan for being so open minded that their brains fell out. The 1990s were a relaxed decade in contrast to today's world but there was still a hard-core intolerant left, mostly butts of campus jokes among us regular liberals. Wesleyan seemed to have a stronger political correct and activist vibe compared to even Brown, and plenty of kids interested in Wesleyan were also interested in schools like Hampshire or Oberlin rather than Bowdoin or Amherst, which were preppier. I don't think most Wesleyan students were like the cliched stereotypes but stereotypes exist for a reason. [/quote]

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