<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I am involved in a few conservative/republican movements. If i got an intern experience at Young America's Foundation (Young</a> America's Foundation - The Conservative Movement Starts Here.) how it will reflect on my transfer acceptance. I know that Cornell was founded as a land-grant university, by republicans. Or will it injure my chances, since NY is more democrat?</p>
<p>Thank's.</p>
<p>if that’s something you’re interested then ago ahead. I don’t think that you should expect the political views of the group to matter too much toward the positive or toward the negative.</p>
<p>^^^Agree! Colleges want diversity of opinion on campus–this is great for the students too! You can learn a lot by listening to reasoned arguments from both sides. If this is your passion follow it! Talk about what you learn. I would recommend being respectfull of differing opinions. Cornell has had some famous talking heads from both sides–Keith Olbermann on the left and Ann Coulter on the right. I am sure there are others, but you get my point.</p>
<p>I also think that Cornell being in upstate NY which is more right leaning relative to NYC, you may find more like minded students here than you would at say Columbia or a school in a blue city. Don’t know that for sure though.</p>
<p>I don’t think it would hurt you. They’re always looking for diverse viewpoints and the important thing is that you’re passionate about what you intend to pursue. </p>
<p>Just to correct one misnomer in case you use it in an essay: the Republicans in 1865 were the liberal / progressive party founded for the purpose of ending slavery by fighting against the entrenched conservatism of the Democratic party. Republicans didn’t become conservative until the early 20th century when the parties began to switch roles, a switch that was solidified in the 1960s when Lyndon Johnson accurately predicted that the the Democrats would lose the South for at least 40 years when he signed the Civil Rights Act. Reagan came a generation later to rally them into a new conservative party. </p>
<p>It would certainly be the Democrats of today that would fight to end slavery and spread publicly funded education (such as land grant universities), with Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, et al. far more aligned with the values of Clinton and Obama. </p>
<p>Good luck in getting in!</p>
<p>Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Thank’s for your opinions. My story is that i am from a post-USSR country, and am against communism. That’s why i got involved with conservatives/republicans…</p>
<p>Monydad - that view is pretty outdated. Dartmouth is probably more liberal than Cornell now.</p>
<p>well someplace else then.</p>
<p>How’s about Notre Dame?
I hear Penn is pretty pro- private enterprise (at least where there are oligopolies to garner economic rent), that might be better, no??</p>
<p>I mean, Cornell has a whole college founded largely at the instigation of labor unions, OP wouldn’t want that.</p>
<p>Yes,the Democrats are regular commies!<br>
BTW, you are a foreigner? and in bed with the conservative movement? Very interesting and watch your back.</p>
<p>Applejack - You history lesson is nice and all, but how do you get off by saying that “It would certainly be the Democrats of today that would fight to end slavery.” Is there some section of the modern day GOP platform that endorses the idea of slavery? Last time I checked opposition to slavery is a pretty widespread concept in America that transcends party lines. No need to credit claim for an idea that 99.99% of Americans of both political parties already agree with.</p>
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<p>Especially with rents created from capture of government regulation; than filibustering any attempt to do away with said rents.</p>
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<p>Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I don’t come here often and feel I need to respond to this. I never said Republicans adovcate slavery. I simply meant that the political groups that push for change tend to be on the progressive side, whether it was slavery and women’s suffrage under the liberal Republican Party of the late 19th century or fair wage, civil rights, environmental sustainability, and overcoming institutionalized bigotry against homosexuals under the modern progressive Democratic Party. </p>
<p>All that was simply to help the OP not make the common mistake that could cost him admission by assuming Republicans have always been conservative and Democrats have always been liberal. </p>
<p>Carry on.</p>
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I really hope the Democrats can repeal Conservative Republican President Bill Clinton’s bigoted Defense of Marriage Act and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policies.</p>