You'll have lots of like-minded students to hang around (and sleep!) with. institutions is "Gay U" because it really is that queer. Positives: AU's nickname among students of other D.C. Negatives: Do you know how cold it gets in Michigan? Also, there's not much to do in town off-campus, but with a campus this large, it shouldn't matter. Positives: This campus is known mostly for its colossal student body and football team (which means lots of "curious" athletes!), but what many don't realize is that it has perhaps one of the country's finest musical theater programs.
Negatives: The student body is huge, the dorms are all over the map, and everyone who lives in New York will hate you. And when students aren't studying, they can carouse in one of the gayest cities in the world. Positives: Kids can escape their dreary hometown for the Big Apple! The school offers just about every major imaginable. People who go to liberal arts colleges are annoying anyway. Negatives: Sure, they love the gays, but with a small campus in the boondocks there aren't that many gays to choose from. Positives: A strong liberal arts school with a world-renowned school of music, Oberlin is shockingly diverse for being in the middle of nowhere in Ohio. Which Gays Should Go There: Crunchy lesbians. Negatives: Do you really want to deal with all those hippies and political correctness? You can have fun and get a killer internship that will make you the next internet kajillionaire. Positives: Another world class institution, and this one is close to all the gays in San Francisco and all the tech types in the Silicon Valley.
There is a debate in the academic community about whether or not schools should add a voluntary… Should Colleges Ask Applicants If They're Gay? Which Gays Should Go There: Future gay-listers. Negatives: This place is hard to get into and not necessarily known as a party school. You're practically guaranteed a job in New York after you graduate from their business school.
Positives: This Ivy League institution actively recruits gay students, which means you'll get all sorts of special attention. (If you want to find out how other colleges rank in terms of gay issues, visit gay nonprofit Campus Pride's Campus Climate Index.) For all those who are sharpening their number-two pencils to take the SAT and write their college admission essays, here's some advice on where to go. We borrowed this list of the top 10 gay-friendly schools from Newsweek, which has a comprehensive guide to which schools are safest for gay and lesbian students. Was Rutgers' Web Voyeurism Incident a Hate Crime?Īs the uproar surrounding the suicide of 18-year-old Rutgers student Tyler Clementi escalates,…įor all the gay and lesbians students out there, it's not only important to pick a welcoming campus, but just as important to pick the right welcoming campus. With the Tyler Clementi suicide at Rutgers and the recent spate of gay teen suicides in the news, many people are wondering what colleges are safe for gay teens.