How to Choose a College
Going To College
Making the transition from a high school environment to a college environment is a challenge for everyone, and there are many factors that will influence your decision. Money, location, school size, and academic reputation are some of the factors that a high school junior or senior would traditionally consider looking over his or her college choices. There are many books and other resources available on which colleges fit particular students, but there is very little, if any, information available on which colleges are a good match for a gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (GLBT) student, and which colleges only serve to make the GLBT student more isolated. The more comfortable you feel in college, the better you will do, and the more enjoyable your college years will be. The choice to be open about your sexuality shouldn’t be made by a college environment that is unfriendly towards GLBT students.
There are no particular types of colleges that are GLBT friendly (or not). Some small rural colleges are GLBT friendly, and some large urban universities aren’t friendly. Some GLBT friendly schools are expensive, and some are not as expensive. Determining whether a school is GLBT friendly is something that takes time, and there is no widely accepted rating system such as the US-News and World Report College Rankings that takes the ‘gay friendly’ factor into account. What we have compiled here are some of the factors you can possibly use to determine whether a school is really GLBT friendly.
