Would you downvote a school over being in an unsafe area?

[Anonymous]

I think for male students, the danger risk for them goes way up by attending a college in an unsafe area (unless they’d be riding in cars with intoxicated drivers at a more rural campus). For female students, I feel like risks are high for them wherever they go. City. Frat houses. Walking alone in a rural area. I’m not sure the equation changes as much for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to Wellesley college which is located in a very upscale suburb of Boston. The campus is beautiful and the he town is idyllic. There was a rape on campus (1980’s). Awful things can happen anywhere.

Huge difference between off-campus Wellesley and off-campus Yale, for example.

[Anonymous]

Yes.

Deep Springs College.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most high school kids around me spend time away from parents all over the DMV, including areas that have had plenty of crime over the years (Union Station, H Street, Chinatown, ect.). As long as they are smart and know risks generally, I'd be fine with an area that isn't as safe. I feel like most parents in this area have been over basic safety with their teens.

You sound naively overconfident.

You sound like a deranged paranoid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes.

Deep Springs College.

Dangerous how? Drugs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes.

Deep Springs College.

Students aren't allowed off-campus, so....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would rule out City college in NYC on this basis. Yes.

Is that neighborhood so dangerous? It does not come first to mine when I think about unsafe NYC neighborhoods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most high school kids around me spend time away from parents all over the DMV, including areas that have had plenty of crime over the years (Union Station, H Street, Chinatown, ect.). As long as they are smart and know risks generally, I'd be fine with an area that isn't as safe. I feel like most parents in this area have been over basic safety with their teens.

You sound naively overconfident.

You sound like a deranged paranoid.

If you think your kid knows how to avoid looking like prey in a high crime area, you are the one who is deranged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would rule out City college in NYC on this basis. Yes.

Is that neighborhood so dangerous? It does not come first to mine when I think about unsafe NYC neighborhoods.

How can you even ask? They have tips on keeping safe on the college website. The main tip is not to go out after dark.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would rule out City college in NYC on this basis. Yes.

Is that neighborhood so dangerous? It does not come first to mine when I think about unsafe NYC neighborhoods.

How can you even ask? They have tips on keeping safe on the college website. The main tip is not to go out after dark.

Unreasonable. Dark comes early in the winter.

[Anonymous]

Of course.

It’s about odds people. Why would that not be a negative?

Who needs more to worry about the first time your kid is living away from home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course.

It’s about odds people. Why would that not be a negative?

Who needs more to worry about the first time your kid is living away from home?

Right. Agree. But like I said, it's a niche school, so I don't know if I should bring it up as a negative.

[Anonymous]

This comes up whenever people ask about Rhodes. People take Rhodes off the table because Memphis is so dangerous.

[Anonymous]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I would.

Many schools cheat on their Cleary reporting of on-campus crime as required by the federal government.

Would probably help if you named the schools ? (Drexel ? Temple ? U Penn ?)

Hmmm, no cheating here. I guess I'd forgotten when I said campus was safe: they've had an issue with sexual assaults involving students. Just nothing spilling over from town is what is what meant.

Sounds like Bates College in Lewiston, Maine:

https://thebatesstudent.com/22327/forum/anonymous-app-exposes-sexual-assault-on-campus/

https://wcyy.com/the-10-most-dangerous-places-to-live-in-maine-right-now/

Not Bates. But really, do specifics matter?

Well, there's an active shooter at Bates today (multiple victims) https://www.pressherald.com/2023/10/25/multiple-victims-reported-following-shootings-in-lewiston/