<p>I'm surprised UPenn hasn't got a nod. Very active LGBT community</p>
<p>Good point. Isn't Phili the city of brotherly love?</p>
<p>The vast majority of pretty much all of the elite colleges (some exceptions might be those with well known religious or conservative links, such as notre dame [which might have a great GLBT scene, I don't know - I just mention it because of the Catholic association]) are pretty open minded. I went to a school (Rice) in what might be considered the reddest of red states (Texas) and can't think of a single instance in four years in which I felt anything less than totally accepted. </p>
<p>One thing to think about though:</p>
<p>Though I felt totally accepted at my school, the dating scene wasn't that great - at 3000 students, that leaves a relatively small gay population unless you venture outside the student body (and Houston is huge, but not really a college town at all, and social life tends to be very centered on campus).</p>
<p>how are Brown and Vassar not on the top 10 gay friendly schools list!?!?!?</p>
<p>I heard UPenn was open to gays and that's good because I was looking at that school. And even if you find Catholic Jesuits, they may still be open to gays. But of course definitely not all religious schools will be.</p>
<p>Yeah, not only is UPenn very open, but we also have a vibrant gay community in center city to the east of campus. Our LGBT center (a very nice building with free printing btw) just celebrated its 25th birthday.</p>
<p>hm, come to Miami... tons of gay people here, especially on south beach</p>
<p>UCLA has a good article about choosing</a> LGBT-friendly colleges. Glancing over lists of colleges</a> with LGBT centers and colleges</a> with LGBT programs would also be helpful. </p>
<p>The</a> Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students would be another good starting point. It's sort of like a Princeton Review book for LGBT students. The top 20 colleges in its "ranking" were:</p>
<p>American University
Duke University
Indiana University
New York University
Oberlin College
Ohio State University
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton University
Stanford University
Tufts University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
University of Oregon
University of Pennsylvania
Univerity of Puget Sound
University of Southern California</p>
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<p>and maybe 10% of those girls are actually lesbian.</p>
<p>who cares if they are or are not? not me</p>
<p>^plus one.</p>
<p>burgler - I know about Miami. I live about 3 hours away, and alot of my friends are moving back there because of no jobs here. I'll check it out.</p>
<p>IBClass - I figured alot of the California schools would be good, I kinda want to get away from Florida and go over there.</p>
<p>As far as I can tell, it'd probably be easier to compile a list of colleges that AREN'T accepting of the gay community. Someone mentioned Jesuit schools, which are accepting of everyone and religiously affiliated. (Because the Jesuits rock.)</p>
<p>And, cliche as it sounds, all-girls schools like Smith and Bryn Mawr are great for lesbians. </p>
<p>So yeah. Probably easier to figure out where <em>not</em> to apply, haha.</p>