<p>I know you said GW may be too "urban" but it meets so many of your requirements that I would give it another look.</p>
<p>Notre Dame comes to mind</p>
<p><em>edited</em>: scratch that. you don't want partyers.</p>
<p>First of all, I don't get why you don't like liberals. And, plus, these days, most poli sci and journalism majors are liberals. At least from what I've seen.</p>
<p>Northwestern-- I dunno</p>
<p>Harvard-- I dunno. It has liberal students, but it has a conservative history, so it might appeal to you. </p>
<p>Princeton-- You said you didn't want uber-partying, but the eating clubs are basically frats....partying, drinking frats. </p>
<p>Yale-- It's pretty damn liberal. </p>
<p>UPenn-- I dunno.</p>
<p>Duke-- Well, it's full of white conservatives.</p>
<p>Columbia-- Are you kidding? SOOOO LIBERAL! You'd hate it there. </p>
<p>Georgetown-- I dunno.</p>
<p>Stanford-- The West coast tends to be pretty liberal....</p>
<p>UNC-- no idea</p>
<p>Vanderbilt-- You'd feel right at home. </p>
<p>American-- You have American and Harvard on the same list? That's a little odd.</p>
<p>WUStL-- I dunno. </p>
<p>BROWN-- Full of "uber liberal" people, as you'd say. But, I think I'd feel right at home there.</p>
<p>arcticmonkey--It's not that I don't like liberals, but I am conservative, so I just don't want to go to a really liberal school. I don't think I would mind a liberal school, as long as there was a large conservative group that I could "relate" politically with. Second, I DO want partyers!! All the way!! But thanks for all the info. I will look into Notre Dame. Haha, also, I don't know anything about American, but I'm assuming it's not that good, haha. Anyways, what do you think about all the political science programs and journalistic opportunities at those schools, and do you think I stand ANY chance at ANY of them?</p>
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<p>BC would be the perfect fit here.</p>
<p>Emory????</p>
<p>Columbia is EXTREMELY liberal. :D</p>
<p>UT can't be liberal...it's in Texas!!! The most conservative state in the country!!!</p>
<p>oddly enough, austin is a pretty liberal city. Most colleges tend to be liberal, UNC, Utah, Purdue, and Michigan are all in conservative areas but are fairly liberal.</p>
<p>How is BC's political science program?</p>
<p>Michigan voted democrat pretty consistently....how is it conservative?</p>
<p>And NYS is, like extremely liberal. One mistake for the Republicans was having their convention in NYC. They're not going to get support from NYC cuz they have a LONG, PROUD history of voting liberal. And I know this cuz I lived there for 3 years. :D</p>
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<p>The democrat to conservative vote was 51 to 48. It was a pretty even split. And there are a lot of people who vote democrat who are not liberal. I was referring specifically to the southern/eastern parts of mi, which are very conservative. I live in a town, just five minutes from ann arbor and most of the kids in my school make gay and black jokes and are very close minded and most of them are spoiled as hell. Just because you claim to be a democrat doesn't mean you're liberal. I'd actually say most 'democrats' are not liberal.</p>
<p>Duke, Holy Cross, Northwestern</p>
<p>I would say Notre Dame, except it ISN'T urban and I hear it does have a good fencing team...</p>
<p>wow
I thought kids today tend to be liberal</p>
<p>the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which well known to be pretty damn liberal, has a very strong conservative/College Republican force on campus. It actually has the most seats on the student gov. right now. There is even a "conservative" paper. </p>
<p>Ann Arbor, while a liberal town (like Madison/Berkeley) still will have the pockets of wealth/rural students that may lead to a conservative body. However, I know enough rural/rich liberals to disprove myself!</p>
<p>I think Georgetown is perfect for you. It's ranked very highly, strong conservative presence (it IS a Catholic school, after all), DC is a metro stop away, heavy emphasis on sports, and how can you beat the poli sci/journalism opportunities of DC?</p>
<p>Btw as for your major I think you may be interested in Political Communications at GW at the School of Media and Public Affairs. Look into that, even if you aren't especially fond of the campus.</p>
<p>I agree with everyone who said USC. Is there a reason its not on your list because it seems to match all of your criteria. Top journalism program, Its in LA so tons of opportunity, It has a conservative feel (but is still very balanced from what I gather), the football is obviously great, and probably has more school spirit than anywhere else. It seems like a good match with your stats too! You should really consider it.</p>
<p>UPenn, USC, and Boston College sound like good choices. Also, how about U Maryland-College Park? Great campus, great sports, ranked quite high (about number 53 or so), in a small city just a couple of metro stops from Washington, DC. I've heard it called conservative, too.</p>
<p>Does it matter whether it's instate or out of state? How far away from home are you looking to be?</p>