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[quote=Anonymous]Have you visited the school? I don't have a kid there, but I did visit with my DS because they have a strong music program.  I highly recommend visiting.

It was . . . OK? The surrounding area is pretty terrible. I've been to the Drexel/UPenn area and this was definitely worse.

The pros were:
-Music School definitely seemed strong
-Freshman have 3 types of dorm options (based on what you are willing to pay, but can have apartment style dorm as a freshman)
-They have another campus in Rome and I think one in Spain? Seemed easy to do a semester or even a year at the other campuses
-High level of student diversity
-Easy access to the rest of Philadelphia, and travel up/down the NE Corridor via train
-There are a ton of food trucks parked there all the time, if you like getting lunch from a food truck
-There is a real campus despite the urban location, but it is very compact
-High admission rate, if that's what your kid needs

Negatives
-The sports teams are D1 but they don't have facilities on campus. Football team plays at the Eagles' home field, basketball at the 76ers' arena. Results in less of a "rah rah" atmosphere. Even the soccer/lacrosse etc. facilities are not right on campus, they are a couple blocks away I think.
-Housing is only guaranteed freshman year, and I'm not sure what the nearby housing stock is like
-Neighborhood is bad
-Campus is not pretty
-It just didn't seem very cohesive. Wouldn't be surprised if there was a decent % of commuter students.

I don't know about the professional schools. There are a lot of good hospitals in the Philly area so the Med School is probably decent (ranked in the 70s-80s, depending on what rank you look at).

DS is a rising senior, on the fence about applying this fall.
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