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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously, I don’t understand the problem. Just go to a school in the middle of nowhere like Dartmouth or Colgate if you’re this worried. Or like another poster suggested a school in a suburb like Northwestern or BC. Nobody is forcing your kid to go to Chicago or Hopkins.[/quote]

Yup! And if you choose an urban school, research and understand the crime levels and make sure your kid is aware.  My kid went to an urban school and the parent's complaining that the campus is not "self contained" and that a major road with bus stops bisects campus and the road should be closed is interesting each year.  Seriously, the major road runs from the heart of downtown thru campus and well into the suburbs, and it's the biggest road in the town.  That's part of an urban campus---don't like it, then don't attend.  My kid learned to be safe, how to duck if they heard gunshots in the bars or bar area and then get the hell out of the area, how to hear gunshots 2 blocks from their house/dorm.  But they knew this was a jesuit university in a typical area (ie Jesuit universities believe they should be close to the communities they are a part of and to be in an area that needs "help", so jesuit uni are almost always in some fo the worst parts of town, it's just what it is).  My kid also learned to respond to my texts immediately when there was a safety alert---to let me know they and their friends were safe.

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