Why do kids prefer urban campuses?

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Anonymous wrote:Why do kids want to go to school in a city?

If you have to ask you’ll never understand.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid thought he wanted an urban campus until he saw one. Then he changed his mind. FWIW he grew up in a DC suburb and spent plenty of time going into DC and up to NYC. Ended up loving a college in a smaller town.

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Same with mine. Mine realized "urban campus" was an oxymoron and felt much more at home in a small college town.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t you mean why do *SOME kids prefer urban campuses? Ours didn’t. They grew up here and wanted a totally different experience.

Like middle of nowhere small town experience?

For some, yes.

It's not an exact science.
We are talking in general.

Yes, in general, some people like the city and some people like the country.

In general, kids like urban setting.
Most applied private schools in the US are NYU, Northeastern, Boston Univ, USC. They are all in cities. Location helped the popularity of these schools.

Those are private schools. There are many publics that are far more popular with students - and that aren't in urban locations.
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Not really…UCLA and UCB receive the most applications of any schools and are urban. NYU receives over 100,000 applications which is also more than 98% of all colleges.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do kids want to go to school in a city?

Lots to do beside joining Greek life and drinking. From museums and theatre to pro sports, to internships at interesting and unique or large and well-known companies.

DP. You've posted this nonsense before. There is just as much drinking at urban schools as non-urban. They have bar after bar at which to waste their money and time. And internships are almost always done in the summertime, so it doesn't matter where one actually attends school.

In short, there are plenty of things to do on rural or small-town campuses other than go Greek and drink. In fact, there are activities galore at most, which serves to make a cohesive, tight-knit student body.

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Anonymous wrote:I (currently in college) chose Williams over Georgetown and Michigan despite originally wanting to go to a city school. I don't regret my decision one bit, the area is quite nice, and unlike my friends at more urban schools, I don't spend money on things 24/7

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My niece runs up astronomical bills at her urban school from going out all the time. My sister is not happy.

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Anonymous wrote:Because they hear other kids say it. Honestly, how much are these kids really taking advantage of being in a city? It's a stupid trend.

This is a silly comment…my kid takes advantage of the city all the time…gets free tickets to professional sporting events, goes to restaurants, etc.

How is it a “stupid trend” considering some of the oldest, most prestigious universities in the country are located in cities.

New Haven... Baltimore... great cities! /s

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Anonymous wrote:Because the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth.

Suburbs are death to the soul.

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Anonymous wrote:Because they hear other kids say it. Honestly, how much are these kids really taking advantage of being in a city? It's a stupid trend.

This is a silly comment…my kid takes advantage of the city all the time…gets free tickets to professional sporting events, goes to restaurants, etc.

How is it a “stupid trend” considering some of the oldest, most prestigious universities in the country are located in cities.

New Haven... Baltimore... great cities! /s

Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t you mean why do *SOME kids prefer urban campuses? Ours didn’t. They grew up here and wanted a totally different experience.

Like middle of nowhere small town experience?

For some, yes.

It's not an exact science.
We are talking in general.

Yes, in general, some people like the city and some people like the country.

In general, kids like urban setting.
Most applied private schools in the US are NYU, Northeastern, Boston Univ, USC. They are all in cities. Location helped the popularity of these schools.

Those are private schools. There are many publics that are far more popular with students - and that aren't in urban locations.
DP

Not really…UCLA and UCB receive the most applications of any schools and are urban. NYU receives over 100,000 applications which is also more than 98% of all colleges.

UC Davis in the middle of nowhere received 99k apps. Berkeley received 126k apps...not a huge difference.

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Anonymous wrote:Because the suburbs have no charms to soothe the restless dreams of youth.

Suburbs are death to the soul.

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It’s a personal decision isn’t it? I absolutely loved my traditional college campus in New England. But my kid is itching for more excitement.

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Anonymous wrote:Because they hear other kids say it. Honestly, how much are these kids really taking advantage of being in a city? It's a stupid trend.

This is a silly comment…my kid takes advantage of the city all the time…gets free tickets to professional sporting events, goes to restaurants, etc.

How is it a “stupid trend” considering some of the oldest, most prestigious universities in the country are located in cities.

New Haven... Baltimore... great cities! /s

Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago

Of the cities you listed, only Boston is somewhat appealing. The others are crime ridden hell holes.

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Anonymous wrote:I (currently in college) chose Williams over Georgetown and Michigan despite originally wanting to go to a city school. I don't regret my decision one bit, the area is quite nice, and unlike my friends at more urban schools, I don't spend money on things 24/7

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My niece runs up astronomical bills at her urban school from going out all the time. My sister is not happy.

This is a real concern.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do kids want to go to school in a city?

Ours does not. Ours prefer a rural/small town setting.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t you mean why do *SOME kids prefer urban campuses? Ours didn’t. They grew up here and wanted a totally different experience.

Like middle of nowhere small town experience?

For some, yes.

It's not an exact science.
We are talking in general.

Yes, in general, some people like the city and some people like the country.

In general, kids like urban setting.
Most applied private schools in the US are NYU, Northeastern, Boston Univ, USC. They are all in cities. Location helped the popularity of these schools.

Those are private schools. There are many publics that are far more popular with students - and that aren't in urban locations.
DP

Not really…UCLA and UCB receive the most applications of any schools and are urban. NYU receives over 100,000 applications which is also more than 98% of all colleges.

UC Davis in the middle of nowhere received 99k apps. Berkeley received 126k apps...not a huge difference.

Well…it’s a 27k difference or 28% which is actually fairly significant. UCLA is over 150k. You have UT in Austin, Wisconsin in Madison, UC in San Diego, UC in Santa Barbara and many others.

Fact remains that urban schools actually have the most applications of any colleges so it’s hard to make the claim that PP made that there are many publics far more popular with students in non-urban areas.