How much do you factor University “safety” in selecting your child’s school?

[Anonymous]

You are thinking to much….

With that said, there is a risk assessment difference between having you kid at Tulane in a city like New Orleans or Fordham in Manhattan vs being in a gated campus in sleepy Malibu.

I have had kids at all 3 of the above mentioned schools.

Never had a major issue with any of them, although my Tulane kid got her car stolen and my Fordham kid was robbed in the streets (wallet), but nothing that would have changed my mind about sending again to those places. My Malibu kid was somewhat insulated from it all…..unless of course, he was going to Santa Monica on the weekends….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think my daughter would like Temple, but I am not suggesting it because I am not comfortable with the crime in the area.

+1

There aren't very many schools at all that I advise my DD to cross off her list due to safety concerns but safety IS a consideration and Temple is a prime example.

I thought Temple would be a great fit for DS. Neighbor went there and had a wonderful experience, but DS couldn't get over the location. We came in past the hospital campus and left following Waze to avoid traffic so he saw it all.

Ridiculous. Hundreds of thousands of students have “survived” Temple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think my daughter would like Temple, but I am not suggesting it because I am not comfortable with the crime in the area.

+1

There aren't very many schools at all that I advise my DD to cross off her list due to safety concerns but safety IS a consideration and Temple is a prime example.

I thought Temple would be a great fit for DS. Neighbor went there and had a wonderful experience, but DS couldn't get over the location. We came in past the hospital campus and left following Waze to avoid traffic so he saw it all.

Ridiculous. Hundreds of thousands of students have “survived” Temple.

Just think, your kid will very likely not "win the lottery" and be shot while going to school there. Yay! No worries then.

[Anonymous]

I worried bout states were abortion is illegal. I didn’t worry about anything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are thinking to much….

With that said, there is a risk assessment difference between having you kid at Tulane in a city like New Orleans or Fordham in Manhattan vs being in a gated campus in sleepy Malibu.

I have had kids at all 3 of the above mentioned schools.

Never had a major issue with any of them, although my Tulane kid got her car stolen and my Fordham kid was robbed in the streets (wallet), but nothing that would have changed my mind about sending again to those places. My Malibu kid was somewhat insulated from it all…..unless of course, he was going to Santa Monica on the weekends….

We also had a kid in NYC and one in Malibu. Might as well be different continents. None of them would have traded it for anything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in Baltimore City. I'm not worried about my kid going to school in a city.

I work in Baltimore City and my kid goes to Loyola. There was a shooting at a convenience store right next to his dorm last year. Not a usual occurrence in that location. Most of the crime is people breaking into cars on the east side of campus. People who hear that I work in the city and that my kid goes to school there think we are crazy but crime happens everywhere. I can think of people I know who were robbed at gun/knifepoint in “nice” areas.

[Anonymous]

Risks in urban settings are not much different than they'd be for non-students living in those environments. The same extrapolation holds true for suburban and rural campuses and crime rates.

The question should be how safe the child wants to be/feel, and whether they have the judgment and maturity to mitigate whatever risks are presented by a given environment. While suburban and rural campuses typically have lower crime rates, they are not crime-free; avoiding victimization requires active engagement by the student; one who is clueless and careless could be a victim anywhere. Conversely, an aware and reasonably cautious student can probably navigate an urban campus relatively safely, if willing to accept the behavioral requirements and limitations on her freedom of movement and action needed to be more rather than less safe.