Transgender-friendly campus

College Search & Selection
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<p>I am a transgendered student so I have been researching for colleges with trans-friendly environment. If you a student of a trans-inclusive college or know one, Please please let me know...</p>

<p>I am looking for...
Strong program in economics
Academic quality
Starting salary
Advancement to MBA
Transgender-inclusiveness</p>

<p>I prefer...
Large universities (Over 10000)
Smaller classes
Large cities
Ethnic diversity</p>

<p>I do not consider...
Tuition
Sports</p>

<p>Below is the my list of colleges... Please add some more or delete some if you think they should/shouldn't be one there</p>

<p>Referred to GSP
NYU</p>

<p>Applied to...
U of Michigan (Ross)
University of Southern California (Carlson)
Tufts University
Cornell University
Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper and Humanity)</p>

<p>Considering
U of Chicago
Columbia University
Ohio State University
U of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
Penn State - University Park</p>

<p>Below is my spec...</p>

<p>[ *] SAT: Not good... hope I did well in this December test
[ *] ACT : 30... (35 math 33 science but 22 reading)
[ *] SAT IIs: 790 Math IIC 680 Physics (I will retake them on January if they accept them)
[ *] GPA: 3.95 UM
[ *] Rank: No rank
[ *] Other stats: I have 6 APs and 1 college course(Calculus II)
AP test: Calculus AB - 5</p>

<p>[ *] EC: Debate... I have an an award from regional tournament. Chess, student congress...
My EC is about average at my school...
[ *] Essays: I think they are good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Did not read
[ *] Counselor Rec: Did not read
[ *] Hook (if any): I am an international student if that is considered as a hook...There are some other factors but I won't specify it in the application.</p>

<p>[ *] State or Country: Originally from Korea, currently residing in South Dakota...(and yes, SD is a "state")
[ *] School Type: Roman Catholic
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: (Prefer not to specify)</p>

<p>Thanks a lot in advance~!!!</p>

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<p>Hi Spark, </p>

<p>I can't speak to the other schools, but I can on Tufts. I don't know if this means anything to you, but Tufts was named one of the top 10 best schools for LGBT students by the Gay Advocate this year. The queer community is very active here and very well-accepted by the student body and faculty. Furthermore, Boston is generally queer-friendly as well; and Davis Square, the area nearest Tufts, is an epicenter of young, Boston queer culture.</p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Yes, I believe if you search for the colleges that are most "gay friendly" you will also find that they are the most trans-gender friendly...thus they often group them together as LGBT. </p>

<p>Columbia, NYU, Boston University (as more of a safety)...you should check out Princeton Review's most gay friendly colleges, which are more generally going to be considered the most accepting colleges of people.</p>

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<p>You should note that LGBT centers on college campuses have agreed, for the most part, that Princeton Review's list is not as accurate as the Gay Advocate's, which is much more extensively researched and considers many factors that the Princeton Review does not.</p>

<p>Spark, I noticed in another thread you started that you don't seem to be considering including the fact that you're TG in your application. Tufts, for one, is a school you should do that for, actually! It would be a total hook. It would certainly not take away from your application, at the very least.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/lgbtc/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/lgbtc/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>here is the list of 'Gay Community Accepted" from princeton review:</p>

<p>NYU
Eugene Lang/New School
New College of Florida
Macalester
College of the Atlantic
Simons Rock College of Bard
Wellesley
Mt Holyoke
Bryn Mawr
Bennington
Emerson
Lawrence University
Harvey Mudd
Grinnell
Smith
Wesleyan
Swarthmore
Hampshire
Vassar
Reed</p>

<p>and here is a list of schools that attended a gay student college fair:
<a href="http://gaylife.about.com/od/headlinesnewsstories/a/gay_university.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://gaylife.about.com/od/headlinesnewsstories/a/gay_university.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>More on the Gay Advocate's extensive list:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/fashion/14guide.html?ex=1315886400&en=0614a96a6b5702f7&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/fashion/14guide.html?ex=1315886400&en=0614a96a6b5702f7&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>You can buy the book here --- yes! It's a book! It profiles 100 of the best schools for LGBT students. That's why I keep on saying it's the most extensive, well thought-out list/guide out there -- it's like the Fiske Guide for LGBT kids!</p>

<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Advocate-College-Guide-LGBT-Students/dp/155583857X%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/Advocate-College-Guide-LGBT-Students/dp/155583857X&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>The problem with transgender-friendly schools is that they are mostly small. You may have to sacrifice your desire for a large school in order to feel accepted. However, there are a few which I think they work out fine. Some of them are not <em>quite</em> 10,000 students, but they are still larger, than, say, Sarah Lawrence.</p>

<p>American University
Boston University
Brandeis University
New York University
Syracuse University
UC Berkeley (You have a good chance, especially being from SD)
University of Pennsylvania
University of Vermont</p>

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<p>Despite the relatively small city and relatively large classes, I think you made a good choice in Cornell. The university makes an effort to be inclusive. Also, there happen to be a lot of single dorm rooms available for freshmen. Living in a single might simplify your life a bit.</p>

<p>You need not wait until you get your admissions decision to contact their LGBT resource center. <a href="http://www.lgbtrc.cornell.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.lgbtrc.cornell.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I would think that colleges in and around San Francisco would be very trans friendly due to the area's open mindness and large numbers of gay/trans/bi/lesbian people in that area. Indeed, I have friends who are hetero who felt they were discriminated against in SF due to being hetero.</p>

<p>I know a trans student (female transing to male) at New College who seems very happy there. While New College is very small, it is very liberal.</p>

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<p>Also check out colleges' web pages and look for a club having to do with gay/trans/bi/lesbian issues. Contact the club directly for info about how trans-friendly the campus is.</p>

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<p>I couldn't tell you your chances, but Swarthmore would fulfill pretty much all your criteria except size (it's about 2000 I think). On my tour, they said the biggest social event of the year is a cross-dressing dance, which comes at the end of the annual LBGTQ awareness week.</p>

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<p>BROWN! hard to get into thoiugh</p>

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<p>Don't take this the wrong way. I'm not prejudice toward anyone, much less, transgender individuals, but, how do you expect to survive in the corporate world? It's ruthless enough when you're a male WASP, but, those kind of environments...they tend to attack those that are different. I'm not trying to shoot down your career goals or anything. I'm just curious is all...</p>

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Don't take this the wrong way. I'm not prejudice toward anyone, much less, transgender individuals, but, how do you expect to survive in the corporate world?

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<p>First of all, if the OP makes his/her transition to his/her preferred gender before she/he enters the workplace, NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW.</p>

<p>And even if she/he waits to transition, well, I'll let Maggie Stumpp do the talking... She's a senior VP at Prudential Financial, a WHIZ in her field... and she was a he. In fact, she transitioned while already at Prudential Financial, a Fortune 500 company. Here's a great award-winning AP profile of her: <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/23/national/main555396.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/23/national/main555396.shtml&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p>

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<p>Yes, I understand. No one will ever know, until some ruthless SOB finds a way to uncover the OP's past. Lolabelle, business is politics. People will do anything to get to the top. You name an issue that should not be important but that makes an individual a minority in some way, and I'll name someone who was ruined for it.</p>

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<p>lolabelle is right... I am planning to undergo SRS before graduating from college... Most importantly, I believe that nobody will blame me if I can show that anybody can do as well as others regardless of whatever aspects of which people are prejudiced.</p>

<p>BTW I prefer "she"...</p>

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<p>Heavenwood... I am not a US citizen plus I am an Asian. I don't think they need to uncover my past and be as Nazi as possible to find a topic to pick on me.</p>

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<p>I never said you were a US citizen.</p>

<p>Look...I'm not trying to criticize you for your choice. It takes a lot of guts to step into business (which is often a cesspool), and I respect that. I am not here to discourage. I'm just saying, if I were transgender, I wouldn't touch such a public relations-sensitive area like management with a 10-foot-pole. This is a country where you can be ruined if you accidentally say "midget" instead of "little person."</p>

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I believe that nobody will blame me if I can show that anybody can do as well as others regardless of whatever aspects of which people are prejudiced.

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<p>I believe this is true, Spark! Plus, with the way the learning curve regarding LGBT issues is now in society-at-large AND in the corporate world, things are only going to get easier for LGBT people. I think you'll go far in life!</p>