<p>Opps, wait to elsijfdl: are you sure about that? I mean I know it's a Catholic school because I've already checked, but I'm still just wondering about how conservative they are.</p>
<p>Most Catholic colleges are not at all conservative. If you are looking for a truly Catholic college where most students/faculty actually are Catholic and practice what the church teaches, you might look at some of these schools:
Thomas Aquinas College (CA), University of Dallas, Christendom College (in VA), Thomas More College (NH).</p>
<p>Magdalen College (NH), and Ave Maria U. (FL) are also conservative, but I don't think they are accredited.</p>
<p>Franciscan U. of Steubenville (OH) is conservative, but if you're not "charismatic" in spirituality, it probably wouldn't be a good fit.</p>
<p>There are also two brand new Catholic colleges, JP II in San Diego (aiming to be a more of a tech school), and Southern Catholic (Atlanta area). I think they are fairly conservative, but I don't know much about them.</p>
<p>Notre Dame (considered conservative by most people) would be moderate to fairly liberal to conservative Catholics (IMO--I am VERY conservative).</p>
<p>All other Catholic colleges are liberal. Especially the Jesuit schools.</p>
<p>"Opps, wait to elsijfdl: are you sure about that? I mean I know it's a Catholic school because I've already checked, but I'm still just wondering about how conservative they are."</p>
<p>I'll put it this way, pretty much everyone i know who goes to DePaul is an atheistic vegan and/or just likes to get drunk at city bars with minimal intensity, as far as personal preferences are concerned.</p>
<p>Georgetown is so non-religious that people associated with other Jesuit colleges are pretty down on it for "acting secular." Similar to members of whatever ethnic group who get slammed by their own for acting like they are part of another ethnic group. Let's just say if Georgetown were a guy, he'd be dying his hair blond and wearing blue contacts in hopes that an Episcopal hottie would return his calls and invite him to her exclusive country club. "Oh, Ivy, I wish you'd lower yourself to call me back...my number is 1-800-turncoat."</p>
<p>Jesuit schools are indeed Catholic with Georgetown being the oldest and Holy Cross, Fordham and Boston College among the best known. Gtown and Holy Cross have long had liberal reputations.</p>
<p>Georgetown and BC are definitely considered liberal by CATHOLIC standards, but quite conservative by the standards of elite schools generally. My experience has been that HC students are more conservative since it is less racially and geographically diverse than the other two, and attracts fewer non-Catholics. That being said, the Jesuit tradition is strong on social justice issues, for sure, and these are fine places for many liberal-minded students. I guess my point is that there is "liberal" in the Catholic world, and "liberal" in the national, elite-college world, and these are different things.</p>
<p>off-topic: nor sure who said it, but there's no way the Bay Area is 10% Green party. More like 5, if that :-D. Okay, back to your regularly scheduled discussion :-p</p>
<p>I'm as Liberal as they get :) and my sons went to a Jestuit high school and we LOVED it. The Jesuits are great -- they are really into education and THINKING and DISCUSSING.</p>