How liberal/conservative are the students at these colleges?

College Search & Selection
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<p>So I'd consider myself pretty liberal. I don't need the whole student body to be extremely liberal, but I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable at a school where the majority of students are really conservative (and "anti-liberal", if you know what I mean). </p>

<p>I applied to the following colleges:
-Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (accepted)
-Rutgers (accepted)
-WUSTL
-Pomona
-MIT
-Caltech
-Carnegie Mellon
-USC
-Lehigh
-RPI
-Case Western Reserve University</p>

<p>How liberal/conservative/open-minded/close-minded are the students at these colleges?</p>

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<p>Pomona is fairly liberal, as well as open minded. The one negative thing about it that I’ve heard is that the Pomona kids tend to be a bit snooty about how they’re “the smartest” out of all the five Claremont Colleges.</p>

<p>xD</p>

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<p>I’ve been looking into Rose-Hulman. It has a reputation for being extremely conservative, though I don’t know just how true that is.</p>

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<p>USC used to be pretty conservative, but I now I’ve heard it is slightly liberal.</p>

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<p>WUSTL is liberal.</p>

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<p>When I was at Lehigh, it seemed fairly moderate, leaning to the left a little.</p>

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<p>I’ve heard Pomona is very liberal, but not as much as Pitzer, one of the other Claremont Colleges. I’ve been to Rose and it is pretty conservative for sure.</p>

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<p>Rutgers is pretty liberal.</p>

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<p>Using the political spectrum (-5=conservative, 0=neutral, 5=liberal):</p>

<p>R-H: Probably a -2 or -3
Rutgers: A solid 3
WUSTL: Also a solid 3
Pomona: 3 or 4
MIT: 3…though many students are probably apolitical here
Caltech: 3 or 4
USC: conservative by California standards…I’ll say 1
Lehigh: -2…it’s about as conservative as the East Coast can get
RPI: Dunno…I’d guess around 0
Case Western: See RPI</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone for the replies!</p>