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I have very good knowledge of one Ivy, because I went there and my kids go there now. I have pretty good personal knowledge of several more, and honestly, they aren’t all that different from each other in many respects (including this one).</p>
<p>And contrary to myths promoted by some folks, they are generally pretty tolerant, live-and-let-live kinds of places. They include people with lots of views–and most people aren’t all that interested in your views. The exception, though, is that if you have views that seem intolerant, and if you want to broadcast those views. As I’ve said before, if (for example) you are strongly opposed to gay rights, you will face a lot of blowblack at Ivies, because there will be many openly gay students, and most of the students, gay and non-gay, will support gay rights. Abortion will be similar, but significantly less explosive, because there will be many more people with diffeent views about that. Gun control? Very few people will agree with you if you’re against it, but they won’t care very much. Same for most other issues. Most people won’t really care about your specific religious views at all.</p>