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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The point on Penn - it's a horrible campus for crime. I lived there one summer and gun shots were a regular occurrence as well as constant cat calling. Absolutely would not want my kid there.[/quote]

How old are you?  Is this an experience from this century?  I went to Penn in the 80s, and your description isn't accurate even for Penn 40 years ago!  Definitely not accurate now. [/quote]

DP.  Late last century (1998), I visited Wharton to look at the MBA program.  Campus felt somewhat unsafe.  I noticed mirrors had specifically been set up in the basement ladies' room to look around corners and there was a hardwired safety alarm button in the sink and stall area. That was just one of many clues that it wasn't a campus where I would feel comfortable.  Later that spring, a female MBA was horribly murdered by a stranger in her Center City apartment.  It took years for the police to solve the crime.

https://people.com/crime/shannon-schieber-troy-graves-people-magazine-investigates/

I'm mentioning this because PP threw 40 years out.  My experience is 25 years old but memory lasts a long time.  I'm parent age now and what I hear is that Penn is much better but there's still a bit of a safety island effect and there is still rough stuff nearby. I personally am reasonably aware of urban safety but I also value not having to think about it.  I went to a different non-Philly urban school for undergrad and found that I had to plan ahead a lot to avoid walking alone at night. As a short woman, the risk of being targeted is much more concerning.[/quote]

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