<p>Washington and Lee
Vanderbilt
Rice</p>
<p>@ Warbler, it has nothing to do with Sewanee being in a rural place.
Dartmouth, Middlebury, and Bucknell are all in notoriously rural areas. Yet they are great schools. I’m concerned with the fact that Sewanee isn’t academically acclaimed like the others.</p>
<p>I’m always discouaged when I read on CC “I’m liberal so I want a liberal campus” or “I’m conservative so I need a conservative school.” That’s about the same as saying “I’m a white, male, American so I’m looking for a school that won’t expose me to anything generated by individuals who aren’t white, aren’t male, or aren’t American.”</p>
<p>That’s true, gadad. Just for the hell of it, I enjoy suggesting Notre Dame and BYU to the libs, and Brown and Swarthmore for the conservatives.</p>
<p>gadad I wasn’t saying I am looking for a conservative campus, however i don’t seem to value diversity as much as you</p>
<p>I dont even understand those who ask for “conservative” campuses. What do they expect, Glenn Beck to be teaching classes? Or Adolph Hitler?</p>
<p>All campuses have solid liberal and conservative groups.</p>
<p>bzva74 why do you have to make the jump from conservatives to Hitler?</p>
<p>IF you have the credentials (TBD at this moment), I would “second” the recommendation of adding Rice to this list.</p>
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There is a difference between asking for colleges where one feels comfortable (where conservative views are accepted) and asking for a conservative school (where most/all others share your views). Just as a liberal student may not feel comfortable at Liberty, a conservative student may not feel comfortable at Hampshire. </p>
<p>The vast majority of colleges are liberal, often extremely so. Requesting schools where conservative viewpoints are not dismissed is not, I think, unreasonable. (I say that as a flaming liberal.)</p>
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It’s worth noting that Rice lacks “large Greek life.” It has neither frats nor sororities, having replaced them with the house/college system.</p>
<p>“It’s worth noting that Rice lacks “large Greek life.” It has neither frats nor sororities, having replaced them with the house/college system.” </p>
<p>I completely missed this requirement from the OP. My apologies. I was focusing on satisfying the academic portion of the OP’s criteria.</p>
<p>As a conservative, you give the impression that you are afraid of being taught by communists. As with your assumption, I will take the extreme and offer a smart@ss, sarcastic remark with Hitler.</p>
<p>Anyways, just because faculties are liberal doesn’t mean your education will be any worse or less balanced. As for campuses, I’ve heard of intolerant conservative campuses in the deep south, but I’m yet to hear of a campus explicitly intolerant of normal, conservative guys. You shouldn’t be concerned with politics IMO.</p>
<p>bzva74 I do not want to be taught with communists, but why would you assume i put liberals and communists in the same category?</p>
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<li>What’s wrong with being taught by a communist? Unless the course has anything to do with communism, you shouldn’t be worried. Even then, most professors have enough academic integrity that they wouldn’t let biases affect their teaching.</li>
<li>I assumed that you don’t understand the difference between liberals and communists, seeing as you seem to be deathly afraid of attending a university in which anything but you’re conservative opinion reigns supreme.</li>
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<p>Wake Forest is another school that would generally meet your criteria</p>
<p>yeah I agree with runners. Wake Forest meets every single one of your criteria.</p>
<p>Bowtie these two factors were exactly what I considered when I began looking at colleges for applications this year, so far most of the ones I have applied to have been mentioned but I’ll still give my imput. I’ve been pleased that there are many areas where you can get a great education while staying in the south and still enjoy an active greek life if that is something you are interested in. </p>
<p>In my opinion nothing is going to beat the atmosphere of W&L, the combination of southern greek social life and great academics puts it at the top of my list. </p>
<p>Richmond, UVA, and Vanderbilt are my top other choices, and after visiting Richmond and UVA they both seem very nice and right up your alley. </p>
<p>A few more to consider (although the academic prestige may not match that of others mentioned) would be TCU, South Carolina, Georgia and Elon. TCU is an underrated campus for greek life (has over 40% now I think) and Fort Worth is an absolutely great place to live for a few years. Loved the campuses and feel of South Carolina, Georgia, and Elon as well.</p>
<p>bzva74, you are the epitome of the annoying liberal. Every time someone makes a thread about how they are looking into a conservative school on CC, someone has to interject as to why someone would even be conservative. These people need to shut up, the OP isn’t asking others to evaluate their political beliefs. </p>
<p>“Oh we’re not intolerant of your political beliefs, but how can you possibly think/believe this and that or follow this or that senator or political commentator?”</p>
<p>This is EXACTLY why some conservative people opt for a conservative campus, because liberals who think they are so right and think they know more than they do harass the crap out of them.</p>
<p>THat’s a tricky assumption, schrizto. In fact, I am conservative myself. Intolerant conservatives who refuse to be around anyone except their own kind sicken me, however.
I’m not asking why he is conservative. Stop putting words in my mouth. This has nothing to do with politics. It has to do with priorities. And I am baffled that someone would put something as arbitrary as politics over academics.
Schrizto, I realize that your argument is void since I never once claimed that conservatives are wrong. I do think that many conservatives take the wrong route in college admissions. The happiest conservatives that I know ended up attending so-called “liberal” campuses.
Again, I am a conservative, but thanks for playing.</p>
<p>W&L is tricky. Keep in mind that the southern aristocrat frat boy mentality is very much prominent. I know a few kids there who claim to be tired of the frat scene. Also there is nothing- absolutely NOTHING- to do in Lexington. Washington and Lee is, in my opinion, a little small. Small college in a tiny town with a huge frat scene? That just screams “desperate to have fun” to me.</p>
<p>The OP showed no indication of being an intolerant conservative who refuses to be around anyone but his own kind. It’s not your place to comment on what the OP’s priorities are in a thread asking for college suggestions, especially since his request for what he wants in a college isn’t an unreasonable one and leaning conservative is just one of the criteria. It’s you who is making this thread into being about politics and priorities. Moreover, you’ve done little to contribute other than insult Sewanee and blanket-state liberals as communists and conservatives as Glenn Beck followers, so I’m going to leave it at that.</p>
<p>Schrizto, what are you talking about? One of your posts was a multi-paragraph butthurt, nerdraeg rant about politics and how conservatives are ostracized in the academic community.</p>
<p>Suck it up, if conservative/liberal is an important part of your college search, I would assert that you have a problem.
How do you quantify liberal vs conservative, anyways? Based on the number of kids in the Student Republicans club? It’s impossible. Just go to a school that you think is a good fit. If it is so repulsively liberal, you can transfer out. But I’d be hard-pressed to think of a school that’s “shove it in your face” liberal.</p>