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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would look at Denison.

Juniata would be a good safety and their science departments are excellent.[/quote]

Seconding the recommendation of Juniata as a safety.

They are excellent for science and have a strong track record for getting kids into health professional schools.

They are also generous with financial aid.

I would put it ahead of Allegheny, which--although a good school-- is located in a sadly sketchy town, in WAY northern PA, close to Ohio.

Huntingdon is not exciting, but it is sleepy and safe.[/quote]
Can you expand on what you mean about Allegheny being in a sketchy town? Allegheny and Juiata are both on DD’s list, but Allegheny sounds more appealing to her. Obviously, we haven’t been able to visit either school yet. [/quote]

84% of survey respondents on UNIGO say they feel "extremely safe" at Juniata. That number is 60% at Allegheny. Still most mind you, but that is one piece of data that confirms our perception. 
Median income in Huntingdon is 40K, in Meadville it is 32K.

We went there two years ago to visit. The nicest B & B in town was right next store to a boarded up building (which seemed odd to us, and we are not spoiled people). The other family staying there, who had also driven hours to attend the Open House, literally left before the event began, because of how the town looked in their tour around the evening before. The mother said, "I could never leave my kid in this town and drive away." I don't mean to offend anyone but that made an impression on us. We went to the school's Open House and it seemed like a great institution...but in the end, we could not get past how rundown and failed the town looked. The main supermarket was next to a Goodwill and sold predominantly products like giant bags of pork rinds . And again, I am not someone who only buys groceries at Whole Foods, but the town just seemed so so past its prime. And I did see people nodding out at bus stops. Very downtrodden. NOT just rural or low income. It was like the documentaries you see about the Rust Belt dying. And Crawford County does appear to have more of a drug problem than Huntingdon County:

https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2018-10/PA%20Opioid%20Report%20Final%20FINAL.pdf

I am not sure of the basis of the PP's information...but this "review" is based upon spending time in both towns.

Good luck with your decision.[/quote]

NP here. I’ve never been to Meadville but I grew up in PA about 5 hours east of Meadville
so I’m very familiar with “Pennsyltucky!”[/quote]

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