<p>With Dartmouth being an Ivy League school, is it fair to make the assumption that it is a hotbed of left-wingers and liberals? I've also heard that, of the Ivies, Dartmouth has the largest conservative student body in proportion to the overall student body. </p>
<p>So, to you current students or Dartmouth knowledgeables, what is the general political atmosphere like on campus? Also, are there organizations like C Republicans or Democrats?</p>
<p>I’m extremely conservative, and I can say with confidence that the College Republicans are a vocal minority. We have a presence on campus, but we’re certainly a minority.</p>
<p>Good to hear it, so am I 
So how much persecution would students like us usually experience because of our minority status?</p>
<p>You seem to have bought into the pundits who have deemed the conservative at an Ivy League campus something akin to the spotted owl or the fur seal. That’s baloney – total crap. These schools are excellent because they invite the whole spectrum of political thought and discourse. Feel 100% confident to apply and attend to any of these schools. Be ready to have your beliefs challenged, to be enlightened and to enlighten others. Hopefully, you’ll learn the insights of many others’ thinking and belief system.</p>
<p>But if you just want to arrive and put on your boxing gloves, go somewhere else. If you’re serious about serious polictical discourse, then I encourage you to apply.</p>
<p>Thanks T26E4. Civil debate was one of my interests in applying. I have a passion for debate, but of course I will adhere to civility. A diverse political climate is needed, I was just worried that liberals might be completely dominant over conservatives.</p>
<p>^ Cool. My rub with all the Foxnews-talk about “liberal dominance” at Ivies is that 1) easy to generalize and panders to the lowest denominators, 2) is a disservice to the actual high-level intercourse that happens with the fantastically smart and devoted people from different political perspectives and 3) falsely paints any idea from these top level schools as having been baked in some Liberal oven.</p>
<p>Good luck to you .</p>