<p>the stereotypes you bring up, as mentioned by kwu, apply to very few of the students at LACs. yes, some like Oberlin have mostly liberal student bodies, and maybe the percentage of pot smokers is slightly higher. however, most of the students aren’t “uber-liberal” and in fact, many students are quite mainstream. have you visited some of these schools? I’d urge you to check out a school like Swarthmore, or Oberlin, or Wesleyan, or Bowdoin, etc. and see what they’re like and if you can tell the difference. most student bodies at the top LACs tend to overlap, with that 10% that doesn’t overlap representing the “reputation”</p>
<p>note - pretty much every elite new england LAC will have a majority-liberal student body. not crazy liberal, but liberal.</p>