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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do kids want to go to school in a city?[/quote]

Lots to do beside joining Greek life and drinking.  From museums and theatre to pro sports, to internships at interesting and unique or large and well-known companies.  [/quote]

As someone who went to a prominent college in a semi-urban setting, the idea that students are going to take advantage of urban environments is always more theoretical than real. During the first three years of undergrad most of us rarely did anything off campus or outside the university environment. It was senior year when students started venturing a bit further afield. But you'd be shocked by the percentage of students at urban schools like Penn who never go to any museums or theaters or sporting events. That's how insular and demanding college life can be, especially the more prestigious the school.

Some schools are much more urban oriented than other schools even if both are in the same city. Temple is unquestionably an urban school, Penn is in Philadelphia too but its students have a very different relationship with the city than Temple students. 
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