Think about that. If you go to one of these colleges as a straight person you are in the minority.
There is wide variation across colleges & universities in the sexual orientation of students.
The within-campus sample sizes here were small but in 2023 the schools w/ the highest % of non-heterosexual students were: ◾️Oberlin (71.4%) ◾️Smith (69.2%) ◾️Wellesley (67.9%) pic.twitter.com/0TCyeOPKch
The LGBT group is the cool kids' club these days, so everyone wants to be part of it. And it is super easy to join. You could get in by just "questioning" (the Q part) for half a second if you are slightly attracted to someone of the same sex.
Know a TON of super religious 100% straight guys who experimented in college and have gotten into fights with their wives about their grindr profiles.
I just think people in those schools are more open to being in the Questioning/Unsure categories or don't want to be labeled.
Not sure if I believe those stats. It probably does have a higher than average percentage but that percentage seems excessive. It is a school that has a world-renowned music conservatory and a lot of performing arts programs. I am not stereotyping or trying to be discriminatory in any way but those programs do have a higher than average percentage in the LGBTQ community.
One of my daughters looked at the school and was going to play soccer and study chemistry there. It is an excellent school that is selective with a 33% acceptance rate and 25th percentile of 30 on the ACT up to 34 at the 75th percentile. She is a bit more liberal but even Oberlin was too liberal for her. There were a lot of California kids on the roster though not as many as in the past and she just didn't feel that it was a fit for her. It is a pretty solid school, academically.
Ironically she is at U of Chicago, a school with much more difficult admission standards. I say ironic because there was a roster of even more kids from California and it is a school that is almost as liberal. It was a better fit, though, and if you get accepted to Chicago, with only about a 5 or 6% admission rate, you often don't turn it down.
Oberlin is definitely not a religious school in any way.
It's because straight white (and asian) males are systemically discriminated against today, the only way to claim a dei category is to claim to be part hispanic or bi
Self imposed segregation. No different than HBCUs. Many groups lecture about how it is essential to have a diverse student body, but institutions like this seek to achieve the opposite. If diversity of ideas is a strength, then these institutions fail in that regard.
Self imposed segregation. No different than HBCUs. Many groups lecture about how it is essential to have a diverse student body, but institutions like this seek to achieve the opposite. If diversity of ideas is a strength, then these institutions fail in that regard.
I wouldn't put HBCUs in the same category. There are people that attend HBCUs that are not black.
If you're going to include HBCUs here, then you're also going to need to include schools like BYU that has a student body composed of 99% students that are members of the LDS (Mormon Church). That is actually a higher percentage than most HBCUs have that are black students. BYU welcomes others but not many others attend.
Let's also include schools such as Liberty, Lee, Wheaton in Illinois, or others. Those schools have student bodies that are predominantly composed of white conservative Christians. Like BYU, they do welcome others but statistically there are not many attending.
Do those schools promote diversity or do they not fit in with your narrative?
The LGBT group is the cool kids' club these days, so everyone wants to be part of it. And it is super easy to join. You could get in by just "questioning" (the Q part) for half a second if you are slightly attracted to someone of the same sex.
As a 100% straight person you'd probably still be in the plurality. Or if you go absolutely anywhere except for these ten small colleges - that's thousands of schools - you'd still be safely in the majority.