<p>I haven’t found East Coast LAC’s to be conservative or overly fratty. S’s school banned frats in 1962. Most lean left.</p>
<p>DS is in grad school with kids from Elon and Sewanee. They had never been out of the South before. They get along famously along with a kid from Transylvania and a bunch of kids from Ohio and a large contingent from overseas. He is generally credited with having the best overall education from Williams, but they are all succeeding equally in the program because they all have amazing and different strengths.</p>
<p>My BFf’s son graduated from Davidson which he really liked. However, he did feel that the religious component did make life a lot different there. 50% of the kids went to Church on Sunday, and a fair number went everyday. I am not saying that this is a negative factor, but it does change the environment. My Jewish-atheist son would not choose that environment. It could be his loss, but there it is.</p>
<p>It’s okay for LAC’s to have their own flavor.</p>
<p>I would hope that if DS had found himself at Davidson he would have found a way to make it work.</p>
<p>His friend from Transy is a very conservative Christian, and they go to the theater together. I think DS’s greatest discomfort came from the fact that this friend did not know the names of the Beatles or any Beatles songs. OTOH, he speaks French perfectly and accompanied DS on a trip to Paris.</p>