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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was at both JHU and Uchicago (never had any issues although I saw some wild situations). The safety presentations focused on using the buddy system, using campus shuttles/ride system rather than walking, staying in well travelled areas, not stumbling around drunk, not wearing or carrying obviously expensive items, immediately handing over jewelry/book bag/wallet (unless someone is trying to move you to another location, then fight/run). JHU Homewood is heavily surveilled so if you make unusual movements on campus, cameras will activate (at least that's what we were told).

I'm sure that the public safety page of your kid's school has all this advice and more.[/quote]

Thank you, pp. The issue here is the university does not guarantee on campus housing after freshmen year, and these incidents are occurring a few blocks off campus, where the students live in private apartments and houses.

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I think all the same advice applies, aside from the JHU camera thing. I never lived on campus at either of those schools and spent a lot of time on public transit and out in "bad neighborhoods" due to my research. It is scary to know that something could happen to your child and you have no control, but a big part of life is just learning to control that anxiety.[/quote]

So true. I find it more of a challenge now than when they were younger, including in HS. Fortunately neither DC is attending school in an urban area, but guessing that will change after college.[/quote]

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