will everyone hate me at Oxy?

laurenjo
Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:59:41 +0000

Hello, I’m an incoming senior considering Occidental as one of my colleges to apply to in the spring. I love everything about it so far, except for the seemingly very liberal attitude of the students. I’m from Texas and was raised christian and conservative so clearly this may not seem like a great fit for me. I’m more politically conservative than anything, other than that I’m actually pretty socially liberal. I’m not a prude and I’m definitely for same sex marriage and stuff like that.
I watched a video of Oxy students watching the Presidential election and they collectively cheered when Obama was reelected. Nothing against Obama, but would not being on the same political scale as the rest of the students really make me feel like an outcast? It’s really only that I’m fiscally conservative, but other than that I wouldn’t really describe myself as super conservative. Basically I’m not some bigot, mormon, or bible banger, but I vote republican. Thanks!