How about some GOOD colleges?

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[TheBigB]

Hi gang...

Well, it's the silly season again...back 2 skool. :) I notice that we're all taking up lots of time pointing out the stupidity of such colleges as berzerkeley, Ithaca, UW-Madison, etc. etc. How about we share some stories and recommendations of good colleges we went to, or know of? This might be of particular interest to Freepers with young'uns approaching college-age, or thiose that wish to have their kids de-programmed after a semester of studying "queer theory". My own Alma mater...Mississippi State University. Class of '94. The College Republicans had ten times as many members as the College Democrats. There was even...imagine this now...an official chapter of Mississippi Right-to-Life. No gay clubs, no anarchist clubs. ROTC respected on campus. Guys and dates dressed up for football games. We prayed before games (really). My favorite teacher was an ardent Democrat who had a great sense of humor, loved to debate rationally, and wrote a great recommendation for me. Another favorite was a staunch Republican. I don't know why folks like Horowitz and Coulter avoid the SEC schools on their speaking tours...they'd certainly get a much friendlier reaction than at Brown or Berkeley. And oh yes, during the Gulf war...we had a big pro-US rally with students holding flags, patriotic songs, and such. Off to the side were four...count 'em...four protesters.

Hope this thread won't be a waste. I just thoguth it'd be a big help to some parents. Good luck!

[TheBigB]

"thoguth"="thought".

So sue me. I wasn't an English major. ;)

[SBeck]

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Ranked as the #1 Aeronauctical Engineering school in the country. Read my profile for more.

[SBeck]

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[Dog Gone]

Texas A&M is known as the conservative university in Texas.

[KevinDavis]

Check out Devry.. Former student.. Not a good school if you want a degree in Liberal Arts and other stuff.

Good school if you want a degree where it matters.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Texas A&M is known as the conservative university in Texas.

A Texas A&M bump........

[AlaninSA]

I graduated from a leftist school and strongly suggest that you stay away from my alma mater, the University of Minnesota. BUT, I also attended Iowa State University my freshman year. That year saw the Gulf War -- and, unlike most other college campuses in our Great Land, ISU had PRO war marches. Great place (pity I couldn't afford non-resident tuition). Then, there are also our service academies (USMA, USAFA and USNA) and our quasi-service academies (Texas A&M, VMI, etc.) Any are a good choice!

[scan58]

This college has always looked appealing to me.

[killermosquito]

Houghton College, Houghton New York.

1. 1/2 hour from the nearest McDonalds.
2. About 90% of the students live on campus
3. Most faculty and staff live within walking distance of the campus and may have more interaction with students than any other college in the world.
4. Safe location (moms and dads, you WANT you children to go there. There's not much trouble they can get into).
5. Competively priced. Houghton is the Wheaton of the east and at much less cost.

Go here: www.houghton.edu

[dodger]

Good question ...

Texas A & M, Pepperdine & Hillsdale come to mind. Of the super-elite, Hopkins is perhaps the most sensible.

We need a strategy to RECLAIM the Ivy League & its ilk!!

[killermosquito]

Try this:

http://www.houghton.edu

[coug97]

Brigham Young University's rankings from the Princeton Review's "Best 345 Colleges." I am rather ashamed that we have slipped in the Nolstalgic for Reagan category, but I would attribute that to a third of the Law School faculty and the Theatre and English Depts.
Rank List
#19 School Runs Like Butter
#3 Alternative Lifestyles Not An Alternative
#1 Students Pray On A Regular Basis Demographics
#15 College Theatre Is Big Extracurriculars
#2 Don't Inhale
#1 Got Milk?
#1 Scotch And Soda, Hold The Scotch
#1 Stone-Cold Sober Schools
#6 Students Most Nostalgic For Reagan
#5 The Best Quality Of Life
#10 Future Rotarians And Daughters Of The American Revolution
#5 Town-Gown Relations Are Good

[redheadtoo]

Please allow me to recommend my alma mater, Biola University in La Mirada, California.

This school grew into a full fledged university from its start as the Bible Institute of Los Angles . It has a great business and nursing department and has two graduate school Talbot Theological Seminary and Rosemead School of Professional Pychology.

The students attend chapel everyday, minor in Bible, and sign a pledge saying that they will not drink, gamble, or smoke while they are students. Every year they hold a Missionary Conference that is the largest on the west coast.

The academic standards are tough. The school takes the graduation requirements of the University of California system as their minimum and then adds their own requirements.

The dorms are segregated, male and female, and the students treat each other with respect. Since this is California the dress is casual but clothes, such as shorts and halter tops are not allowed on upper campus.

The school's biggest draw back is that it is expensive but financial aid is available.

[redheadtoo]

Houghton is the Wheaton of the East...

At my University we used to say that Wheaton was the Biola of the mid-west.

[1L]

I went to A&M, but if I had a college aged kid who was sharp and wanted a top notch education, I'd probably send him/her to the University of Chicago. Yes, leftist faculty, but nothing wrong with being exposed to idiocy at a young age. I was and I am more conservative now than then.

Other schools of interest: St. Johns College in Annapolis and Sante Fe, both run the great books curriculum, and both are essentially interchangeable. I'd like to hear from anyone here with some experience with either school. The great thing about A&M and (OK, I'll say it) the Univ. of Texas is the cost for in state students, and the quality of education in virtually all areas.

Stay away from the Ivy Leagues and Stanford. Overrated and way too expensive. Chicago may have some whacked out faculty, but from what I hear they do require students to work hard. I can't see how no-fail policies at certain well known schools could entice students to work hard.

[txjeep]

Here's another vote for Texas A&M.

http://www.tamu.edu/00/tamu-images/quatre09.html
(must see this pic)

A truly great place to go to school. There are a few liberals (aka 2 percenters), but otherwise a conservative school where you can get a great education. There is something powerful in the tradition and character of the university. Another great thing about the school is that the former student network is vast and effective. Aggies stick by Aggies way beyond graduation. Kyle Field is also ranked as the number 1 place on the planet to watch a football game. Gig'em

[GaConfed]

Check out St. John's College in Annapolis Md, and Santa Fe, NM if you want an honest to goodness liberal arts education without all the wacky post modernist dogma so prevalent everywhere else. The is most definitly a leftist element on campus, but they are just cannon fodder in seminar. It was good to have them around. Go to sjca.edu for more info.

[RonF]

I'll recommend my own alma mater, MIT. Tough to get into, I'll admit, and it's in Boston, which will not appeal to some here. On the other hand, while all the left-wing organizations are on campus, so are plenty of right-wing ones. Sure, Noam Chomsky is on campus, but so is the Sloan School, not exactly a left-wing crowd. And among it's alumni is Benjamin Netanyahu (B.S. and M.A.). And the intellectual rigor required to get out with a degree is unassailable; nobody gets a degree from MIT for Lesbian Studies. Finally, if you want to be PC, go ahead, but you'll never get away from forcing it on someone else. MIT's ROTC program has been recognized by the Defense Department for it's excellence, and has been continuously resident on campus, even during the '60's and '70's. Something else you can take for what it's worth. If you want your kid to get first hand knowledge of what people from foreign countries are like, and about foreign cultures, MIT is the place. I believe that well over 10% of the undergrad body is from another country.

[W. W. SMITH]

Bump for the Citadel where my son is in his first year on a Navy ROTC scholorship ( please excuse the spelling, I just moved and can not find my dictionary) USMC option.They do have at least one flaming LIB, but I hope she is only a token.