<p>@cltdad: I didn’t know about the economists, thanks for letting me know! Unfortunately, they’re most certainly not the admissions people… in fact, nobody really knows who’s reading it, which is why politics is such a tricky subject. I guess the colleges that I like most are not the most liberal schools, but who knows what it’ll come down to ultimately.</p>
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<p>Mankiw teaches one of the most popular classes at Harvard (EC10) and it wouldn’t be so popular if your fear at liberal vs. conservative admissions officers held water.</p>
<p>UCB, seriously. What a liberal rant. Sounds like it’s coming from Berkeley… My gawd, “social conservatism tends to have compatibility issues?” Wow, what a blanket statement. Social liberals, of course, get along with everyone… That’s why you see peaceful Tea Party events and unruly Occupy gatherings? Hmmm… Guessing you are either a professional student or have never left the campus environment (i.e. a tenured professor). </p>
<p>As for whether campuses are dominated by liberals, pleeeeease! What, 93% of faculty donations from the Ivies went to Obama (guessing any donations from Berkeley would be 100%, or darn close to it, for Obama). Talk about blinded…</p>
<p>Another blanket statement, “some academic subjects may be difficult for social conservatives to study.” What? Biology? That must mean there are no Socially Conservative or, by your implication, Christian, Doctors? Did they not have to study biology? </p>
<p>Just for clarification, here’s a little study out of the liberal bastion of Princeton asking people to define themselves:</p>
<p>PRINCETON, NJ – Thus far in 2009, 40% of Americans interviewed in national Gallup Poll surveys describe their political views as conservative, 35% as moderate, and 21% as liberal. This represents a slight increase for conservatism in the U.S. since 2008, returning it to a level last seen in 2004. The 21% calling themselves liberal is in line with findings throughout this decade, but is up from the 1990s.</p>
<p>Time to step foot off of the campus and into the real world UCB!</p>
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<p>Christian does not necessarily mean socially conservative, nor vice-versa.</p>
<p>UCBalum, perhaps you forgot what you had written with regards to closely relating “social conservative” with “Christian”. To refresh your memory, you stated “some academic subjects may be difficult for social conservatives to study. For example, can a social conservative comfortably study biology where evolution is a major aspect?” Hmmm…and which “socially conservative” group refutes “macro evolution”? Waiting…</p>