Can a conservative make it at MHC?

frazzledmaybe
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:09:14 +0000

You’d probably have to be prepared for many passionate debates if you’re very vocal about your political stances. That would be true for most liberal arts colleges though. I can see that you’re looking at FDU, Fordham, and FIT also, and I can tell you that it would be true at any of those institutions too (I’m from NY).

I think a lot of students welcome that debate though. I know that I don’t want people to just blindly agree with me and love a healthy debate. The issue would be that if you’re the type of person who can’t deal with most people disagreeing with you, you probably won’t be happy amongst a mainly liberal population. However, there is an active Republican Club, and I’ve spoken to several conservative-leaning students, and they seem happy with MHC.

So, to sum it up, you wouldn’t be completely alone, and you could be happy and social, but there’s no doubt that you’d be in the minority.