I agree with you, the memories I have of my young college days are priceless. The saddest thing is how unlovely and sordid colleges have become these days. If I had teenagers now, I would have great misgivings about sending them to one of these places for fear they would lose their souls.
If you raised your child right, they are not going to ‘lose their soul’.
My son attends a Big 10 university and if anything, he is more conservative now than when he started. Exposure to SJW’s up close and personal will do that to a person. :)