<p>“KKarma there are no commandments regarding college applications.” </p>
<p>No, but there is something about ‘honor thy mother and thy father’. </p>
<p>(1) Every top school, with the exception of Notre Dame, is going to have a liberal faculty. Academia is, on the whole, anywhere from liberal to very liberal. Duke, Vanderbilt, UNC, etc. are all going to be more left than right. </p>
<p>(2) You can find conservative people at any college. </p>
<p>(3) Exposing yourself to a ‘liberal’ college could actually be good for you - you don’t go to college to have the same information hammered into you; you go to learn new things. </p>
<p>If your father is footing the bill, the least you can do is apply. If you don’t get in, then fine. If you do, then cross that bridge when you get there.</p>