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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]nice! how is security around north campus esp for females?[/quote]

I am the person who wrote about the bus.  I would say that security is typical for a college.  You can look at the campus security reports for every college you are considering.  I believe that Ann Arbor's stats look a bit higher because the town borders the campus so I think some of the stats include incidents affecting students in town that are reported to the school.

I am female and married and attended an urban school for undergrad.  I always erred on the side of not being alone late at night in undergrad and at Michigan for grad school. I walked to and rode the shuttle bus alone from Central Campus to North Campus up to about 10 at night and never had issues along my walk.  I did have a car but parking is limited, inconvenient, and expensive.  My sister was a single grad student at Michigan and had a car and lived in the North Campus area before I attended and had no concerns about being on North Campus at night.  She did graduate lab work, etc. with odd hours.  The buses themselves feel totally safe.  It's rare for non-students to be on them, although that's allowed.  And I never saw any behavior that was unusual.

I would say it's definitely safer than a big city/my undergrad but I'm one of those women who is safety conscious so I was always conservative in my late night travels on foot alone.  Campus is usually busy but there are also quiet evenings where there's little foot traffic. There are student-oriented areas with businesses all around Central Campus so the general public is also there as well.

Since I went to undergrad, all schools I'm familiar with have added more safety helps.  Michigan has the late night buddy programs, campus security helps, etc.  Plus for those who are okay with rideshare, there's Uber and Lyft, etc.  I don't have all the details on that but it would be easy to find.

In summary, I think it's pretty safe, and I felt comfortable, but I was never one to be out drinking and walking home alone at 3 AM. My preference was always to go out with a friend or date to late night things.  If I'd needed it, I would have called for a campus buddy service.

Hope that gives a clear but supportive view.  I'm the kind of person who doesn't think anywhere is 100% safe so I'm not one to tell concerned parents that everything is perfect.[/quote]

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