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[quote=Anonymous]PP on public/private, daughter attending University of Southern California.

I went out with my daughter and visited twice after acceptance; admitted students day and move-in. Obviously, it’s in LA, so urban environment. Daughter applied to NYU and USC because she wanted to experience something a little different than cookie-cutter, “Brady bunch”, suburbia. The campus is open until 9:00 PM, I believe, then you need a student ID. There is a range covered by USC security that extends outside of campus that is patrolled 24/7. I’ve asked my daughter about this and she has told me she is never out of sight of USC personnel when going from point A to point B in the DPS covered area. She has told me she has never felt unsafe.

Because of the urban environment, I believe USC pays more attention than most campuses to safety and security. With 18,000 undergraduates, and 25,000 post graduates, if there were huge issues, we’d hear about it on an almost daily basis. I did make my daughter aware of general precautions to take in an urban environment. Where we live, when she was a teenager, she’d walk around carrying her wallet casually in her hand everywhere. When paying for items, she would take out all her money, in plain view of everyone, count it out, and put the rest back into her wallet. I was raised in Detroit and had to educate her on common sense behavior in an urban environment. We were all teenagers once, but times have changed. I have been surprised with the lack of common sense demonstrated by today’s youth in an urban setting. They want to believe in a social utopia, where nothing bad happens to “people with good intentions”, or “we are today’s woke, social warriors”. I admire their idealism, but they’re entering adulthood, and need to act responsibly.

Anyway, she’s loving her time at USC and has never felt unsafe. She has developed a better understanding of common sense behavior and is not only getting a great education but having the experience of a lifetime. [/quote]

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