Am I the only one to mention Clark?
Mount Holyoke-it has gotten more selective but definitely very very liberal.
@Lindagaf - No, I mentioned Clark in #20 and the poster after me named it, too!
Wait a sec, what kind of “very politically involved?” You mean founded a hs club to have fiery discussions and that’s pretty much it? Or goes to rallies and makes noise (not a bad thing, you know I love a good protest.) Or actually out and about, working in politics/campaigns, for an adult-run advocacy group, putting her energies where her mouth is, so to say?
What specific interest does she have: peers who agree, joining a club on campus, or actually working in local civic affairs?
The answers to all that might form the tip that might help a kid with borderline stats. Or not. (And are her stats/rigor good in the humanities?)
Also, some of those colleges mentioned may encourage voicing opinions, but is she looking for a local community to engage in- and a student community that does this? Eg, there’s need around Skidmore, but ten years ago, we couldn’t find anyone to explain local engagement opps to us.
My kiddos didn’t have top stats.
I echo –
Earlham
Hampshire
Bennington
Bard
Beloit (I understand one of the Parkland survivors went to this school)
Knox
Smith might require scores that are too high
Clark
UVM
New College of Florida
Hendrix
Guilford
Goucher
Add: Southwestern U in Texas
Green Mountain
Marlboro
Wooster
Drew
Involvement in national, adult organization, with roles both at the local and national level.
Southwestern in Texas?
It’s on the above list.
Sorry, I meant, what about Southwestern? I don’t see it as politically liberal/involved, that’s why.
Beloit College. Have sophomore student there, LGBTQ, very liberal. Is extremely happy at that college. They had a disappointing enrollment for the class of 2022 so probably would pull up the chance of admission for 2023.
47 (that's why I'm asking/ am wondering!)
Mills in Oakland is great for this student.
Have a progressive activist of my own here, who is regularly dismayed that even his fellow classmates in the Young Dem club at school are not nearly involved enough. I’ve only seen it mentioned once here, but want to second Eckerd. One thing we heard over and over on our visit there was that they attract students with an “I want to change the world” mentality. We were impressed. It easily made his list after our visit.
I’d also recommend going a bit further south and checking out New College of FL in Sarasota. Too small to my DS, but definitely progressive!
Will “3rd” Eckerd. Very politically active on a local, national and global scale. Reflective service learning, well known for creative writing, (writers in Paradise winter term), just started a new speakers events, (eckerd.edu/news/events/), (eckerd.edu/academics/speaker-series//, a new BFA in writing, (eckerd.edu/creative-writing/why-creative-writing-at-eckerd/), great IR dept. with a diplomat in residence-study at UN and the Hague, (eckerd.edu/irga/why-irga-at-eckerd/), Peace Corps prep program.
Would also suggest University of San Francisco. Very politically active, great programs politics, public service and community engagement, peace and justice, gender and sexualities studies, performing arts and social justice. I don’t know anything about their writing or rhetoric programs.
New College is also a great place but the student’s stats are on the low side for admission.
My Eckerd grad will give his nod to Eckerd, but my guy is not at all politically minded. His plans to change the world are through changing people. He’s super green, lives that way, teaches that way, and has opted to start permaculture farming here on our farm (already leading community classes about it at the local community center). In his spare time (and to get more income) he’s working as a recreational assistant therapist at a retirement home - helping people there too - and volunteering at church with their youth and young adults.
He feels he makes more of an impact by changing people rather than trying to force change through politics.
@MYOS1634 I am also confused by Southwestern University. Although it does skew liberal on Niche, we did not get the vibe that Southwestern was a politically active campus. It was one of the only tours that actually went into the chapel and the student talked about religious events and the significance of the chapel to the campus. In contrast at Trinity Univerity, which ranks liberal but more conservative than Southwestern on Niche, the Admissions reps all had the rainbow pins/stickers denoting the support of the LGBTQ community and they just pointed out their chapel to tell us they were founded but no longer associated with the Presbyterian Church.
@Dustyfeathers Would you enlighten us on Southwestern’s political activism? My DD has actually been accepted there and if the campus is truly liberal and active in the political scene then it would make a difference n her consideration - a positive one 
NCF would be a reach. If she can get a better test score and write a really, really good essay and show some sort of strong academic passion it might work out.
Also there is a Parkland survivor at New College too. Very politically active.
Guilford, Earlham, Bard.
thank you for the suggestions!
can you think of public universities that are more political or have known liberal groups?
UW-Madison.