<p>Hi, I'm an extremely liberal student from NYC and I'm currently looking at schools. I was wondering, which of these schools are liberal or accepting of liberal students? The schools being Kenyon, Denison, Ohio Wesleyan, Occidental, and Pitzer. Thank you</p>
<p>Kenyon def</p>
<p>I can vouch for Occidental and Pitzer. Don’t know Ohio Wesleyan myself, but this is from the Wikipedia article:
</p>
<p>In general, you can assume that well-known schools are liberal unless they have a reputation for conservatism.</p>
<p>Ikessler:</p>
<p>How about Reed in Portland.</p>
<p>However, I would urge you NOT to select a school just because it is liberal.</p>
<p>Why go to a school where everyone thinks the same as you, and follows the politically correct line?</p>
<p>You may be surprised to learn this, but you may not always be a liberal.</p>
<p>Political views change as you get older.</p>
<p>For example, Hillary Clinton was a Goldwater Girl.</p>
<p>George McGovern was a republican, and a bomber pilot in WW II.</p>
<p>Reagan was a liberal, and a union leader of the Hollywood actor’s union, a very liberal group.</p>
<p>My own father was head of the democratic party in my home town for 20 years, but by the time he died, he had become a republican.</p>
<p>I was a liberal until age 23. Then I became a republican. But there have been some democrats I have liked, such as Paul Tsongas and Bill Bradley.</p>
<p>Neither side has a monopoly on truth.</p>
<p>I would submit to you that if you are 18 years old, and are already declaring yourself to be a big liberal, or a big conservative, that you are making an uninformed decision, giving your young age.</p>
<p>Don’t go to college, or out into the work world, with preconceived notions.</p>
<p>And don’t go with your mind set in stone before you get there.</p>
<p>And don’t go to a school because it fits in with your preconceived notions, that you may have arrived at prematurely. </p>
<p>Most colleges are pretty liberal in any event.</p>
<p>^ agreed. Find a school that fits YOU before you get down to the knit picky stuff.</p>
<p>I would say that you can probably assume a college is fairly liberal unless there’s some reason it wouldn’t be (usually religious). College campuses are some of the most liberal places in the country and most college students are pretty liberal, sometimes very ignorantly so. I consider myself rather liberal, but sometimes people just boil it all down to one party vs. another…they act as though conservatives are ridiculously stupid and there is no logical reason why they even exist, which I find problematic. Their blind faith in the Democratic Party feels more like the pride one would have for a sports team than an informed choice you make based on your personal opinions.</p>
<p>You also have to realize that you’re going to be off to college soon and you’re most likely going to change your opinions about lots of things. I’m not saying you’re going to become conservative, but your self-concept will (hopefully) change, develop, and grow a lot through your four years. What’s important to you now may not be then, and other things will concern you that don’t right now. It may seem like you have it all figured out now, but if I’ve learned one thing in college, it is how much I don’t know and how many more opinions and viewpoints there really are in the world. So maybe right now choosing a school because it is liberal might seem important, but you may look back and wish you had chosen a school based on other factors that will most likely stay somewhat static throughout your college career (quality of education, cost, how much you actually like that school, etc). I’m sure those things are also important to you, but I think you may want to focus on those, since I’m 100% sure you will find like-minded liberal people at any school you choose.</p>
<p>Guys, these are just a few of the schools im looking at, i was simply seeking some info. I’m not looking for your condescending advice on political beliefs. I’m a libertarian socialist with highly resolved beliefs. I simply asked the political leanings of the college populations, which conveniently the last three of you have neglected to address at all. So please don’t try to lecture me or nay say my current beliefs, I want to explore and expand in college but I also want to feel comfortable. Please just post the information on the schools, thank you</p>
<p>Sorry, you did post some information, and thank you for the info on reed and general info as well. Other schools I’m looking at besides the ones I mentioned are Vassar, Connecticut C, Skidmore, Oberlin, Reed, Sarah Lawrence, Hampshire, Goucher, Bard, SUNY New Paltz and Bennington. Hopefully this will give more of a feel for the type of person I am and what I’m looking for</p>
<p>I’ll trade places with you. I am at a very liberal school. I am politically and financially pretty liberal, but I live conservatively and I have some social conservative inklings. I would prefer people to have a nicely trimmed haircut, a shaved face, wake up at 6:00 am, and be obedient. If you like the opposite, look into any large Midwestern public school, where I won’t be next year.</p>
<p>I was about to post a longer list, but you have most of my suggestions on there. Grinnell, Macalaster, Colby, Wesleyan, Bates, Bowdoin, New College of Florida, Marlboro, Warren Wilson, Eugene Lang, Antioch, Beloit are some other starting points. The Ivy Leagues as well if you’re way more motivated than me. The Woman’s schools, if, ya know, you’re a woman.</p>
<p>By the way, some people’s beliefs emerge even stronger out of college; my parents seem to get more liberal every year. Which is great. :)</p>
<p>And yeah, what other people said: I’m very liberal as well, and the schools I gravitated towards simply happened to be liberal. Look at the style of the school, and the philosophy of the students will usually also be attractive.</p>
<p>thank you for your suggestions, i still however need more info on ohio wesleyan and denison.</p>
<p>Eh, I actually read that wrong, I thought you were looking for suggestions for schools. In an effort to not be completely unhelpful, I’ll suggest looking at u n i g o, c o l l e g e p r o w l e r and students.review (Especially students.review but I can’t post direct links here, or even spell out the words in full without them being censored). Usually the reviews there end up giving you a pretty good idea of the political temperament.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Anti-beards? Waking up in the dark? Obedience? Haha.</p>
<p>^ (going off of what above poster said about quote)</p>
<p>lolwhat? So you wanna go back to the 50s then?</p>
<p>yeah, i agree sunsloth, i definitely don’t like any of those traits either</p>
<p>thanks for your feedback sunsloth</p>
<p>University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>UC Berkeley</p>
<p>Tufts</p>
<p>@ ikessler - I’m English so I don’t know anything colleges here, but unless you go to an airforce academy or an Alabama bible school, higher education will always have room for lefties.</p>
<p>(Hah I’m left-handed…)</p>