Gay scene at LACs?

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<p>Hey, I'm a senior and of course, I'm going through the whole college admissions process. I wanted to know how accepting the colleges that I'm applying to are with the gay community. As well, as a gay male, where will it be difficult to find fellow gay students? </p>

<p>Note that I'm not necessarily looking for a extremely accepting artsy Grinnell, Sarah Lawrence school. Just a place that people will respect mt lifestyle.</p>

<p>Here is my list (in decreasing personal interest)</p>

<p>-Middlebury
-Colby
-Bates
-Hamilton
-Dickinson
-Vassar
-Franklin and Marshall
- Wheaton
-Gettysburg
-Muhlenberg
-SUNY Geneseo
- University of Rochester</p>

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<p>The one school that jumps out at me as not as accepting is Gettysburg. It had a pretty conservative study body. The school that jumps out at me as most accepting is Vassar. I am surprised to see Wesleyan missing from your list.</p>

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<p>Muhlenberg is very accepting of gays.</p>

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<p>More specifically, how about Colby and Middlebury</p>

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<p>Both are very preppie but you won't find a lot of real discrimination at either (nor at Bates - I go there so I can definitely verify that one) - there also probably won't be a huge gay scene like you might find at some of your more typical "alternative" schools. So no one's going to have a problem with it (or at least very, very few) but there won't be that many other LGBTQ people around. Just gotta find the right group to hang out with though.</p>

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<p>Wesleyan has a large gay population.</p>

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<p>Wesleyan was on my list, but I decided against it</p>

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<p>Get Wesleyan on there and get rid of Gettysburg and Rochester.</p>

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<p>too late... already sent SAT scores and common app....</p>

<p>my most serious schools are Colby, Middlebury, Vassar, Hamilton and Dickinson</p>

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<p>I'd choose Vassar or Middlebury in that case.</p>