To the person who thinks the OP is saying "safe" means white - have you been to Atlanta? It's safe but it's not very white.

Emory is an absolutely wonderful school. I lived across the street for years. All my sitters were from there and they were lovely. Decatur is pretty diverse though. My community was pretty upscale and I would say it was a third black. Emory is not a white school. I cannot speak for Vanderbuilt.

I do think there is always a feeling as to whether a community is nice and safe. Typically people base it on crime stats, how clean the area is, what kinds of businesses thrive there, how walkable is the area or how good is public transport. In this day and age, is racial makeup really how people decide if an area is safe? I highly doubt it. We all know it's common for bad neighborhoods to have high numbers of minorities but not all neighborhoods with high numbers of minorities are unsafe or undesirable.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved your report and appreciate that you said it felt safe. I don't know why other posters gave you a hard time. These trip reports are helpful and I appreciate a mother's perspective. I read the guide books but I guess you never know until you see it for yourself. I like the details from the these trip reports. Some of the guide books say places like USC and UChicago are not in the best neighborhoods. While students need to be careful on all college campuses rural and urban, it is nice to hear when parents like the area directly near the college.

Thank you. There is a select subset of this forum that thinks everything is about race. You have to just ignore them. For the rest of us, we simply want to ensure our kids are happy and safe. They are correct, however about my lack of knowledge re: geography

NP here. My jaw dropped when I read others think everything is about race BUT you and the rest want YOUR children safe. You think the others don't want THEIR college kids safe too? What a mean thought from you or maybe just oblivious.

Not to worry. I am totally and unequivocally done with you and yours. Nice going, PP.

What is your problem? The OP posted a nice trip report and described how she liked the area around the college and about 5 posters were all over her as if she had done something wrong. Who said anything about "others don't want their children safe." Why do people ruin these threads.

I'm OP and thank you. Because they like to stir trouble through race-baiting. They equate the word 'safe' with race, as if it's a code word. It's not. But it's what the sheep are being told to think now, so who can really blame them?

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Anonymous wrote:I loved your report and appreciate that you said it felt safe. I don't know why other posters gave you a hard time. These trip reports are helpful and I appreciate a mother's perspective. I read the guide books but I guess you never know until you see it for yourself. I like the details from the these trip reports. Some of the guide books say places like USC and UChicago are not in the best neighborhoods. While students need to be careful on all college campuses rural and urban, it is nice to hear when parents like the area directly near the college.

Thank you. There is a select subset of this forum that thinks everything is about race. You have to just ignore them. For the rest of us, we simply want to ensure our kids are happy and safe. They are correct, however about my lack of knowledge re: geography

NP here. My jaw dropped when I read others think everything is about race BUT you and the rest want YOUR children safe. You think the others don't want THEIR college kids safe too? What a mean thought from you or maybe just oblivious.

Not to worry. I am totally and unequivocally done with you and yours. Nice going, PP.

Of course they do! Making everything about race though, is simply stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved your report and appreciate that you said it felt safe. I don't know why other posters gave you a hard time. These trip reports are helpful and I appreciate a mother's perspective. I read the guide books but I guess you never know until you see it for yourself. I like the details from the these trip reports. Some of the guide books say places like USC and UChicago are not in the best neighborhoods. While students need to be careful on all college campuses rural and urban, it is nice to hear when parents like the area directly near the college.

Thank you. There is a select subset of this forum that thinks everything is about race. You have to just ignore them. For the rest of us, we simply want to ensure our kids are happy and safe. They are correct, however about my lack of knowledge re: geography

NP here. My jaw dropped when I read others think everything is about race BUT you and the rest want YOUR children safe. You think the others don't want THEIR college kids safe too? What a mean thought from you or maybe just oblivious.

Not to worry. I am totally and unequivocally done with you and yours. Nice going, PP.

What is your problem? The OP posted a nice trip report and described how she liked the area around the college and about 5 posters were all over her as if she had done something wrong. Who said anything about "others don't want their children safe." Why do people ruin these threads.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved your report and appreciate that you said it felt safe. I don't know why other posters gave you a hard time. These trip reports are helpful and I appreciate a mother's perspective. I read the guide books but I guess you never know until you see it for yourself. I like the details from the these trip reports. Some of the guide books say places like USC and UChicago are not in the best neighborhoods. While students need to be careful on all college campuses rural and urban, it is nice to hear when parents like the area directly near the college.

Thank you. There is a select subset of this forum that thinks everything is about race. You have to just ignore them. For the rest of us, we simply want to ensure our kids are happy and safe. They are correct, however about my lack of knowledge re: geography

NP here. My jaw dropped when I read others think everything is about race BUT you and the rest want YOUR children safe. You think the others don't want THEIR college kids safe too? What a mean thought from you or maybe just oblivious.

Not to worry. I am totally and unequivocally done with you and yours. Nice going, PP.

Anonymous wrote:I loved your report and appreciate that you said it felt safe. I don't know why other posters gave you a hard time. These trip reports are helpful and I appreciate a mother's perspective. I read the guide books but I guess you never know until you see it for yourself. I like the details from the these trip reports. Some of the guide books say places like USC and UChicago are not in the best neighborhoods. While students need to be careful on all college campuses rural and urban, it is nice to hear when parents like the area directly near the college.

Thank you. There is a select subset of this forum that thinks everything is about race. You have to just ignore them. For the rest of us, we simply want to ensure our kids are happy and safe. They are correct, however about my lack of knowledge re: geography

I loved your report and appreciate that you said it felt safe. I don't know why other posters gave you a hard time. These trip reports are helpful and I appreciate a mother's perspective. I read the guide books but I guess you never know until you see it for yourself. I like the details from the these trip reports. Some of the guide books say places like USC and UChicago are not in the best neighborhoods. While students need to be careful on all college campuses rural and urban, it is nice to hear when parents like the area directly near the college.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you for taking the time to write, OP. I really enjoy these first-person reports.

You are welcome!

12:17 here. I enjoyed your review also because they come from real time other than the college catalogue.

We all should do this! And thanks! Report back, all!,

Anonymous wrote:FYI OP, you don't drive through the Smoky Mountains from Nashville to Atlanta. You might have driven through them on your way to Nashville from DC, or on your way from Atlanta to DC though. You DID drive over "Rocky Top" (aka Monteagle Mountain) by Chattanooga on your way from BNA to ATL.

Thank you. I glanced briefly at the map.

Anonymous wrote:Thank you OP. I would like more people to post these also. Even though this is an anonymous forum, I like getting college info from DCUM rather than College Confidential!

OP, I am interested in your comment that Emory felt small, warm and nurturing. Can you elaborate? That is what DS would like, and I was afraid Emory would be too big and busy feeling (like UVA felt to him). We will be visiting in a couple weeks. Did you happen to check out the Oxford campus? We only have one day in Atlanta and are unsure whether it is worth driving out there, or whether we should spend the extra time on the main campus. Thanks!

The campus lives very small, especially for Freshman. They have a prof and family living downstairs in each of the Freshman dorms and a lot of students love to visit them. They say it's a great remedy for homesickness. People were very friendly, and the class ratios are small. You got a real sense of community while walking about. The admissions speaker is rather uninspiring; my daughter felt she was a bit scripted, but you could tell she was warm and caring. The Oxford campus is a lot smaller, and father out. The admissions says you can apply to both. We didn't visit it though. The main campus did not seem at all busy or chaotic. They have lots of events for students, a weekly farmers market, and local restaurants bring in freebies. Locals bring in puppies for stress relief during finals week. Lots of things like that help a campus feel homey.

Park in the Oxford garage, btw. That's the name of the garage closest to admissions at the main campus.

Look into College of Charleston as well. The students rave about it!

FYI OP, you don't drive through the Smoky Mountains from Nashville to Atlanta. You might have driven through them on your way to Nashville from DC, or on your way from Atlanta to DC though. You DID drive over "Rocky Top" (aka Monteagle Mountain) by Chattanooga on your way from BNA to ATL.

Anonymous wrote:Code word - white

Actually, when I stooped to gas up in a small Appalachian town, I wasn't comfortable with what I saw

Thank you OP. I would like more people to post these also. Even though this is an anonymous forum, I like getting college info from DCUM rather than College Confidential!

OP, I am interested in your comment that Emory felt small, warm and nurturing. Can you elaborate? That is what DS would like, and I was afraid Emory would be too big and busy feeling (like UVA felt to him). We will be visiting in a couple weeks. Did you happen to check out the Oxford campus? We only have one day in Atlanta and are unsure whether it is worth driving out there, or whether we should spend the extra time on the main campus. Thanks!

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you for taking the time to write, OP. I really enjoy these first-person reports.

You are welcome!

12:17 here. I enjoyed your review also because they come from real time other than the college catalogue.

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for taking the time to write, OP. I really enjoy these first-person reports.

You are welcome!