Anyone know any kids at Rhodes?
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Anonymous
They have a nationally-ranked mock trial program - the campus is lovely, but even the school tells you to be extremely cautious going off campus. Memphis has a sky-high murder/homicide rate - https://www.memphisflyer.com/homicide-capital-maybe; https://www.security.org/resources/most-dangerous-cities/ |
Anonymous
Best to just stay out of the jungle. |
Anonymous
Whomever is posting all of these links, we get it. |
Anonymous
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My niece just graduated in May. Although personally not very politically involved, she comes from a Democrat-voting family with immigrant parents. I think she really enjoyed her time there, although the safety concerns were only discovered by her parents as an issue after she committed. She was raised in multiple states, including 2 southern states, so the culture was familiar to her. She did join Greek Life and that seems to have gone better than her time at a southern all-girls boarding school where she didn't fit in at all and struggled socially.
Also look into Sewanee. |
Anonymous
| My daughter's friend graduated from there. He was a high stat student who got an almost full ride. Majored in neuroscience. Did very well and loved his time there. He's is a research scientist at St. Jude's now. |
Anonymous
People might consider your opinions occasionally if you weren’t such a left wing extremist. No one wants to talk with wackos like you. DP |
Anonymous
| How does the crime situation and surrounding neighborhood compare to Temple? Now that's a campus you shouldn't wander off of at night if you don't want to get kilt. |
Anonymous
| Not sure how your son's political views tie into it. My SIL went there and liked it, she is liberal. One of my law school classmates who is conservative also liked it. It's a good school, and not overtly political. |
Anonymous
| I didn’t go to Rhodes, but we live near there and a bunch of Rhodes students live in our apartment building. It’s a fun city with a lot of cool things going on! And the parks here are awesome — Rhodes is just north of Overton Park, which has the zoo, tons of outdoor concerts, and great trails. I think the biggest issue in terms of safety is just that Memphis isn’t walkable and public transportation is bad, so getting off campus requires having a car or depending on Lyft/Uber. (If anyone wants to go to a huge football game, University of Memphis is here too.) |
Anonymous
Is it really as unsafe as people make it sound? Or is it like many cities where there are good and bad parts? |
Anonymous
| Like other big cities! But, like I said, not walkable. Most of the crime I hear about in our neighborhood is car break ins. We’ve never had any issues. |
Anonymous
Car break-ins occur on campus at Rhodes College. Rhodes College borders an unsafe area, but the area around Temple is probably a bit more dangerous. |
Anonymous
FBI crime stats reveal that Memphis is clearly the most dangerous city in the US for violent crime. |
Anonymous
| Do you need a car to go there? |
Anonymous
| I worked for someone who went to Rhodes and met many of their friends who also graduated from that school. They were some of the most learned, accomplished, civic-minded and intellectually curious people I've ever met. Solid citizens and then some. Their discussions of their time there gave me the impression that it is a center of intellectual pursuit first and foremost - like an old-fashioned Dead Poet's Society-esque setting. All were proud Southern Democrats with (albeit distant but frequently mentioned) ties to the Clintons. I'm always surprised when I hear people think Southerners are all Republicans. Anyway, it seems like an interesting school. |