<p>I know this might be a really dumb question but if anyone could possibly help me out with this it would be great. Can anyone use the usnews top 50 list and tell me school by school on a scale from say 1 to 5 with 5 being the most liberal and 1 being die-hard conservative. understand that most universities are very liberal but I would just like to know what you guys thought and it would be really beneficial for my college search.</p>
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<p>Not really, but I’d recommend that you not try to choose colleges with the hope that they’ll reaffirm the opinions and attitudes that you currently hold. If your goal is to stay firmly planted where you are, then you’d be better off skipping college and saving all the money and effort.</p>
<p>pnthrs11, why do you ask? Is it possible that gadad hit the nail on the head? I hope not.</p>
<p>Are you at all interested in open debate and respect for all points of view or just finding a leftist or conservative place to confirm that you have already found the truth?</p>
<p>If you want a lefty stronghold, try Wesleyan. A young woman I know graduated recently. She chose it because she’s an extreme leftist - she thinks that Fidel Castro is a really cool guy - and she wanted people who are just like her. So much for diversity.</p>
<p>Or you could try Pomona. I was assured by a Pomona student that China would surpass the United States in twenty years. This was not just her hope and an opinion, but presented as fact.</p>
<p>If you want to find a conservative campus you could look in the PR book.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in a school with many different political viewpoints, I would suggest Claremont McKenna. It’s known for being politically balanced. 1/3 of the student body identify themselves as conservatives, another 1/3 as liberal and the other 1/3 as neutral/moderate. </p>
<p>If extremely liberal, go with Pomona. It’s so liberal that my friend who goes there (she is moderately liberal) complains about its overwhelming PC-ness. I actually love Pomona partly because of it… but then that’s just me. :P</p>
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<p>I don’t agree with this statement at all. If you were a Catholic, would you attend a Methodist church because they held a different opinion than you? Some of us are very political active from a young age. This means that by the time we reach our freshman year of college, we are quite set in our beliefs. At any college campus, even the top five most this or that (where the students of the opposing side work even more convincingly to be heard), your beliefs will be challenged. You can be open and go to a school that agrees with your political affiliation. Going to a school completely opposite of what I believe would be more irritating than educational, and I think the same goes for many firmly-rooted students. I certainly wouldn’t ask a liberal adult to work for a pro-life group or a conservative adult to work for a pro-choice group, so why would you ask a student to do so? It’s not a matter of re-affirming your beliefs, it’s a matter of being someplace that you find comfortable.</p>
<p>One publications view point:
[Best</a> 368 Rankings: Politics](<a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com/bestcolleges/politics.aspx]Best”>http://www.princetonreview.com/bestcolleges/politics.aspx)</p>