<p>UC Berkeley. </p>
<p>Lol JK</p>
<p>Duke, Vandy, W&L</p>
<p>I'm conservative and going to NYU. I got lucky and was placed with a conservative roommate... NYU is considered incredibly liberal.</p>
<p>I think anywhere you want to go will be fine. There will be people who agree with you at any school. Don't base your decision solely on that - use other factors as well.</p>
<p>W&L is definitely conservative. Most Southern schools, except Guilford, tend to lean conservative.</p>
<p>Duke, Dartmouth, UVa--all really excellent (and hard to get into) schools where you could be comfortable as a conservative--or liberal. but they are not alone. The issue is that academe in general has become so out there that even traditional liberals or people with moderate and diverse views aren't always in step with it. In my experience the highy regarded mainstream schools that are often branded conservative on these boards are not so much conservative as moderate, with conservatives represented in larger numbers than at, say Wesleyan. In any case, any very large school will probably have the diversity of opinion needed for the OP to be confortable and find like minded peopl--as well as people to exchange ideas with people who have different points of view so that all concerned can expand their perspectives a bit.</p>
<p>I posted this elsewhere: if you're looking at top 20 universities, almost all come across as pretty liberal. I know not everybody uses Facebook, and of those who do, many don't post political identification, but unless there's some reason why significantly more of one group would do so over another, I think the schools' Facebook network profiles can be an okay indicator. I'm sure there are conservative niches at all of them, if your comfortable being part of a "niche" rather the dominant environment. Even Duke and Dartmouth are labeled as having at least 3 times the liberal presence than conservatives.</p>
<p>Brown 30% liberal 2% conservative
WashU 28% liberal 5% conservative
Northwestern 27% L 4% C
Yale 26% L 4& C
Emory 25% L 5% C
Columbia 24% 3% C
Stanford 24% L 3% C
UChicago 24% L 4% C
Rice 23% L 8% C
Harvard 22% L 3% C
Caltech 22% L 4% C
Cornell 22% L 6% C
Dartmouth 22% L 6% C
Penn 21% L 5% C
Princeton 21% L 6% C
Duke 21% L 7% C
Johns Hopkins 20% L 6% C
MIT 19% L 4% C</p>
<p>The only schools where there's real competition are Vanderbilt (17% liberal 14% conservative) and Notre Dame (15% L 15% C).</p>
<p>Dartmouth is definitely more liberal than it is conservative.</p>
<p>What about Sewanee, The University of the South?</p>
<p>Look for schools without hate speech rules, Women's Studies, Black studies...
Since most have these, it will be very hard.
Also look for schools that do not ban company products from campus because one of their business units in the third world supposedly have non-politically correct labor or enviromental practices.</p>
<p>If someone is a conservative, should they really need to pay $20k to $40k a year just to be lectured to by a liberal professor or grad student? In some humanities classes, unless you at least pretend to agree with the teacher, you won't be able to expect a decent grade. (So much for intellectual freedom.) </p>
<p>If you want ultra-conservative, look for dress codes.</p>
<p>Anyone have a list of supposed Liibertarian schools?</p>
<p>"Look for schools without women's studies, black studies"</p>
<p>As if a conservative by rule automatically considers women's studies and Af-Am studies to be useless...</p>
<p>Actually Bentley89, UC-Berkeley has one of the largest 'Young Republican' chapters in the country.</p>
<p>I know this is a page or so late, but what does Ron Paul have to do with the OP's political views?</p>
<p>Ron Paul is pro-life, while the op said they're pro-choice. That's a major no to supporting R.P. for most who are pro-choice...</p>
<p>True, Johnson181. I still don't know anything about Ron Paul (the coming presidential election is not big on my radar screen as of yet), but if he is pro-life I would not vote for him.</p>
<p>Every university has a college republicans and college democrats. It shouldnt be an important decision as they exist EVERYWHERE at top schools.</p>
<p>I don't want to throw the thread off track, but Johnson181, Ron Paul has A LOT in common with spideygirl's political views from what I can tell from what she has posted. Spideygirl, I know the future presedential election isn't of importance to you YET, but Ron Paul would be a great candidate for you to support. Although he is pro-life and describes himself as a "paleolibertarian." When I worked in Congress I got the chance to meet him several times and he is a great guy, and his nickname in Congress is "Dr. No" because he votes Nay on virtually every resolution because he says the Constitution doesn't give Congress the authority. Look at his Wikipedia page to get more information.</p>
<p>Sorry for the shameless promotion! I've been a proud Paul supporter even before he annouced his candidacy.</p>
<p>Schools like Bob Jones and Liberty U are creepy and I wouldn't touch those, even though they are "conservative." If you simply MUST go to a school where your political views are in the majority try Washington and Lee, which is actually a very good school, unlike many other more conservative colleges. But I second the idea that diversity will do no harm to your beliefs, whatever they may be.</p>
<p>Grove City</p>
<p>You shouldn't bother with college politics. I actually read in a book that very liberal colleges like Wesleyan actually make efforts to get more conservatives on campus. Just be yourself.</p>
<p>If you are 18 yrs old and have already made up your mind about government, religion, history, poly sci, econ, and philosophy dont even bother going to college. Why waste your money if you are going to ignore brilliant scholars that have spent the last 20-30 yrs dedicating their life to studying very specific topics. What do they know compared to the expertise of a teenager?!</p>
<p>Maybe you should enter college with a little more humility and realize your mom/preacher/Sean Hannity may not have all the answers and you have an unbelievable opportunity to learn for the sake of knowledge so you can become a better human being.</p>
<p>I'll paraphrase Jefferson, " A free society that is not educated will not remain free". </p>
<p>The height of arrogance and ignorance is a college student saying they have been discriminated against because they already know more than the professor. What a joke.</p>
<p>i'd be inclined to agree with the jist of what the above poster is saying (although in less sarcastic, bitter tones..)</p>
<p>i think its important to go to college with an open mind, even if you have already made up your mind; wehther its atheism or christianity, or conservative/liberal politics, free market/interventionist policies, one should always go and be ready to defend and acknowledge other view points..</p>
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<p>Would being the founder of the pro-life club at your high school help or hurt your chances at Amherst? Would that student be branded as intolerant by the adcom or is that the kind of free-thinking individual they are looking for?</p>