<p>Perhaps you should be looking at BA schools. The grades/SAT scores are not as important in many BFA programs when compared to the audition. So to maximize your academic achievement and have some more control over the tone of your environment, the BA may be the answer. I've heard that Muhlenburg is more moderate and they have good MT opportunities. </p>
<p>There are also a couple of books (available on Amazon) that might help you to identify conservative schools. "Choosing the Right College: 2008-2009: The Whole Truth about America's Top Schools" by John Zmirak (Editor) This book features some 134 private and public universities. Also, "All-American Colleges: Top Schools for Conservatives, Old-Fashioned Liberals, and People of Faith" by John Zmirak (Editor). According to Amazon, "while Choosing the Right College covers America’s elite private and public institutions, many of them hotbeds of politicized instruction and saddled with anemic curricula, in All-American Colleges ISI’s editorial team provides personal, in-depth profiles of forty highly recommended schools and programs." </p>
<p>Some web listings include the following ~</p>
<p>Young America's Foundation Top 10 Conservative Colleges: <a href="http://media.yaf.org/latest/2006_2007_top_ten.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://media.yaf.org/latest/2006_2007_top_ten.cfm</a></p>
<p>BoycottLiberalism.com also has a list: <a href="http://www.boycottliberalism.com/Conservative-colleges.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.boycottliberalism.com/Conservative-colleges.htm</a></p>
<p>Princeton Review list:
<a href="http://encarta.msn.com/college_article_ConservativeColleges/Top_10_Politically_Conservative_Colleges.html?GT1=4244%5B/url%5D">http://encarta.msn.com/college_article_ConservativeColleges/Top_10_Politically_Conservative_Colleges.html?GT1=4244</a></p>
<p>By determining schools that have a conservative leaning, then you could research theatre and MT specific opportunities. For example, BYU has already been mentioned but James Madison U is also on one list and both have notable MT programs. </p>
<p>It is important determine for yourself what your ultimate objectives are. If you are looking for BFA MT, then limitations on the types of programs (be it geographic or political) will perhaps impair your ability to be admitted to any. Widening your net (via BA programs, more moderate, or less academic) will enhance your chances of admission. If academic rigor and/or political leaning is your objective, then that should focus your application efforts perhaps in another direction.</p>