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<li>Never called you ignorant. Said that your post was. And I’m not trying to sway you, either, although I believe you have no clue what’s distressing me (I will try to better explain that in this post).</li>
<li>It’s not that I’m strongly against drug use, it’s that the way he presented his interest bothers me. That coupled with the sarcastic remarks littered throughout the post gave me enough to not appreciate his interests and perceive him as an arrogant, abrasive moron.</li>
<li>I don’t care if he’s hooked on the drugs or not, it’s stupid to imply heavy drug use on a public forum. I never once accused him of murder, did I? Sure not all drugs are bad or particularly addictive (i.e. weed isn’t bad at all), but heroin and opium can kill you in just one sitting (just saying).
[Why</a> drugs are bad? | Drug Facts 4 Young People](<a href=“http://drugfacts4youngpeople.com/node/62]Why”>http://drugfacts4youngpeople.com/node/62) … Just in case you wanted to read a few of the typical side effects (really a non-sequitor because I honestly don’t care about the drug use, I care that he’s ignorant enough to admit it on here)</li>
<li>That post is in no way xenophobic or nationalistic (arrogance doesn’t coincide well because nationalism in itself is arrogance in my opinion). A little sanctimonious, maybe. What country I’m from doesn’t matter; if I was from Brazil and saw a guy from the US stating the same thing I would respond in the same exact manner (it’s not right to come into any country and break their laws no matter who you are. In this case I was able to use US laws as my backing because that is the country he plans to enter). My anger doesn’t derive from the fact that he is foreign, but from his perverse lack of morality.</li>
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<p>That being said, I agree.</p>
<p>Odds are you won’t like many of the schools you listed because they’ll be too liberal for you. Outside of religious schools, American colleges are socially liberal and Libertarians are a tiny minority, although if there’s ever been a time to explore philosophical and political commitment it’s in college so go for it. If your college doesn’t have a Libertarian Club, create one (most will).
Georgetown, Duke and UPenn may work // your description.
Do realize that you will take 10-12 classes in Economics, only one of which at best may be with a professor whose philosophy you agree with. Furthermore, at large universities you will not get to discuss these views. And your TA or Teaching Fellow may not be as tolerant as you’d like if passion trumps reason in your argumentation.</p>
<p>Look into Washington&Lee, TAMU, Drake, DePauw, George Mason. Colorado State would fit with your libertarian/conservative outlook but you’d frown at its (lack of) prestige. Grove City, Hillsdale, Hope may “fit” politically (Hope may even be too liberal for a product of the most conservative Brazilian school).</p>
<p>I agree OP will grow out of Ayn Rand once s/he becomes a bit older but it’s still … interesting… to see how many young people still think this novel is somehow predictive. Usually comes from being 18, privileged, and infaillible.</p>
<p>First of all, I wanted to clarify that the topic abour drug use WAS A ■■■■■.</p>
<p>Guys, I drink (and I am legal age here), but I don’t expect to cause trouble where, as MommaJ said, I AM A GUEST.</p>
<p>I talked to MommaJ in private and she gave me good tips.</p>
<p>And I really appreciate the help of sme of you.</p>
<p>To the others: please, take the drug part and the commie comment as jokes. The Ayn Rand thing is personal, hehe. Love her.</p>
<p>And to @arswan14, I am not applying to public schools. The money of my aid will be private. And even so, I will still be contributing to your economy, as I will spend money my parents produces in your soil.</p>
<p>Additionally, as a libertarian, I believe the origin of xenophobia is the foreign abuse of domestic resources. I will not do it at all.</p>
<p>Still, I appreciate your comments, since they were pretty reasonable.</p>
<p>@gnazareths- Good to hear the drug references were in jest. Consumption of alcohol and the smoking of weed are not unfamiliar sights in college (or even high school, really) in the United States. I was worried not of you doing those things (as it is at your own personal risk that you would), but of you openly admitting to coming to a country with that in the front of your mind (those desires, I mean). If you intend to do such a thing, just keep it to yourself (in truth I do not care).</p>
<p>I also do not care whether you contribute to the United States’s economy (not to be rude). Money is not the driving force of all people on this planet, and especially not me. I rather care that you get a decent education with respect or otherwise do not bother dabbling in college here (this applies to the students who live in the United States as well. Especially the foolish dropouts who waste their money and time in vain).</p>
<p>Beware of preaching Ayn Rand. As a libertarian you cannot truly follow her words because she strongly repudiates any form of political faction, and as James Madison explains in Federalist #10: “liberty is to faction what fire is to air.” Simply put, to be a libertarian is to plagiarize the work of Rand without even following her cardinal principle.</p>
<p>If you’re looking for a list of good, more conservative schools here you are:</p>
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<li>Washington and Lee (very preppy and conservative but a top notch university in Virginia)</li>
<li>Clemson University (good school in South Carolina)</li>
<li>Wake Forest University (in North Carolina)</li>
<li>Texas A&M (public but a decent school)</li>
<li>Baylor (another school in Texas, but private)</li>
<li>Hampden Sydney (in Virginia and fairly easy to get into)</li>
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<p>All of these schools have a strong party presence, although in some cases its greater than others (Clemson being the most and Washington and Lee being the least). Only one of these schools is affiliated to religion, and that is Baylor, but it is only loosely related.</p>
<p>And PS- that may be the origin of xenophobia, but that isn’t the definition. I do not hate you, and if I did it would not be because you are foreign.</p>
<p>Washington&Lee is very conservative, not religious, very big on partying, and if prestige is your thing, then it’s probably your closest match. </p>
<p>Arswan’s list is pretty good too (some overlaps, but not too many, with my earlier list = lots of possibilities for you :p)</p>
<p>Xenophobia actually originates in the xenophobe, not in whatever foreigners or people-who-are-perceived-as-foreign may or may not do. Prejudice does not rely on rationales. You will be judged by xenophobes for being a young male with brown skin coming from South America. The fact you’re Brazilian, a student at a prestigious college, or intend on spending money in the US will not matter to the racist/xenophobic mind. You’ll be judged on sight and assumed to have certain flaws defining you as being inferior to them.</p>
<p>I would agree with MYOS: Washington and Lee is no doubt the best choice on the list, with Wake Forest probably being second.</p>
<p>How about Babson, or maybe Colgate?</p>
<p>Colgate does sound like another possibility.
Babson is probably too narrow though.
I do worry though that “conservative” in Brazil has quite a different meaning from “conservative” in the US, especially wrt to religion, tradition, and civil rights. I don’t know how OP feels though because he indicated he’s a Libertarian which should not make him conservative in the US sense on social issues, but it could very well be that mainstream Brazilian (as OP might be) would see very conservative socially on a US campus.
I assume that OP is willing to be stretched and challenged since he wants to study abroad, but we’d need more feedback.</p>