This is your second thread asking for names of top-tier colleges for conservatives. If you want to go to and be successful at an intellectually rigorous university, it will be necessary to explore your assumptions, interact with many different types of people, and expand on what you think you know. That holds true for all 18 year olds – conservative or liberal. Try to get comfortable with that and not worry so much about surrounding yourself with other people just like you.
I just noticed that my previous post may lead to misunderstandings. What I meant to say was that I am glad that ND still frowns upon sex out of marriage. However, its acceptance of homosexuality is directly against Catholic doctrine.
@Snowdog. Your advice is sound. I want to interact and discuss with people who have different opinions than mine, as I believe it will help me to grow intellectually. However, I don’t want to end up at a place where I will be isolated because of the fact that I am conservative.
@DominicBayer No one will bully you for being conservative. I’ve seen you post about this several times today. Don’t freak out lol. Just don’t impose your views on other people and you will be fine.
Notre Dame does not accept homosexuality but it recognizes homosexuals as people deserving treatment like everyone else. This is decidely and without question part of Catholic doctrine. Notre Dame does not officially support gay marriage, which is also consistent with church doctrine. So not that I am a theological scholar, but Notre Dame would be considered highly traditional and compliant insofar as sexuality is concerned.
The conservative Catholics I’ve known who sent their kids to BC were very unhappy with how liberal the school is. Generally speaking, the Jesuit schools tend to be among the most liberal and likely to challenge doctrine. Contrary to what was stated previously, Georgetown is still listed as a Catholic institution, and it is also Jesuit. Directly from the Gtown web site:
*Established in 1789, Georgetown is the nation’s oldest Catholic and Jesuit university. *
There are multiple other references to their Catholic Identity throughout the site, and the Jesuits still list Gtown as one of their schools. .
Notre Dame is much more conservative, but still considered edgy to some conservative Catholics. The best Catholic university that is recognized as truly adhering to doctrine is Catholic U in DC, but that’s not nearly as highly ranked as you are looking for. Other schools on the Newman list of colleges (those identified as adhering to the faith) are far lower-ranked.
You might try looking at registered organizations and clubs at schools that interest you. Even if a particular school is liberal-leaning, if there are multiple conservative student organizations on campus that should be an indicator you will not be isolated.
Use the SuperMatch tool on the left bar and go down to the Liberal-Conservative option to choose schools based on their political leaning. (http://www.thebestschools.org/rankings/20-best-conservative-colleges-america/) There is a list of some conservative schools but they are also Christian; I don’t know if that bothers you or not.
Pepperdine, Texas A&M, Hampden-Sydney, and Notre Dame were the first schools that popped up on SuperMatch.
Thanks for the advice @CaliCash.
Thanks for the advice, @InigoMontoya. I believe I will follow your advice. You’re right: the only Catholic school I’m considering is ND as my academic profile is way higher than those at most Catholic universities.
Thanks for the tip, @TheDidactic. I’ll try the tool out.
You can find a conservative group on just about any campus. Just realize that you will be interacting with students that have a wide cross section of views, and some students who see things quite differently from you might actually become close friends with you.
I think your more immediate concern might be the roommate you are matched with. Will you be able to tolerate behavior that you don’t necessarily approve of?
@MidwestDad3. Thanks for the advice. You make a very important point. Do you know if it is possible to establish a set of rules that both people have to obey (i.e. no sex in the room, no parties in the room, etc)?
Piggybacking off of @MidwestDad3, another idea is finding a nice home in the College Republicans club.
Only if they agree to it. And if they’re a bad roommate, they won’t. Sometimes you just have to suck it up. I don’t do drugs or drink but my roommate does. Whatevs, she can get herself in trouble. 
Youll have to set that up with your roommate. Its common to write an agreement with your Resident Assistant (RA) as well, but good luck getting that enforced… First college challenge, dealing with other people. Youll either have to tolerate the other person, or someone will be forced to move out.
I suppose you could say that for the Ivy leagues Princeton and Dartmouth are the most conservative, although that really isn’t saying very much because all the ivies are pretty liberal. Duke isn’t an Ivy, but it’s a top twenty school that might have more of the climate you’re looking for. Notre Dame is also pretty conservative. Wash U, Vanderbilt, and Emory are fairly conservative compared to their peers. Washington and Lee is a good option if you’re interested in a Liberal Arts school.
That would be an interesting option, @TheDidactic.
@phospholipase. @bodangles. This will probably be a difficult experience unless I get a good rommate. 
Also, keep in mind, just because you go to a conservative university, that doesn’t mean your roommate is going to be conservative or at least AS conservative (no lewd behavior). Unless you go to a place that strictly bans that type of behavior (Liberty University, Bob Jones, etc.)–but then again no behavior is completely erased from campus–you may have a hard time avoiding it.
Thanks for the tips, @Qwerty568. I’m not interested in going to college in the South, so I haven’t considered Duke or Emory. I don’t want to go to a Liberal Arts school either, so I won’t be considering Wash & Lee. However, I might considered Wash U, ND, and Vanderbilt.