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Anonymous wrote:Is this really true about private security? What do they do? How many kids really have this?

There are a lot of claims made on DCUM that go unsubstantiated. Would love to hear from the OP who made the claim about a PI agency and “everyone” using them. Have never heard of it and zero mention of it from any parents.

I can’t speak to using private security as a U of C student but I live on the north side of the city and wouldn’t be surprised if this was true. There are a few wealthy neighborhoods in Lincoln Park that hire private security to patrol their streets at night.

Anonymous wrote:I would avoid Harvard because it's accessible via plane ride from NYC, which is a horrendously dangerous city.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this really true about private security? What do they do? How many kids really have this?

There are a lot of claims made on DCUM that go unsubstantiated. Would love to hear from the OP who made the claim about a PI agency and “everyone” using them. Have never heard of it and zero mention of it from any parents.

Anonymous wrote:In addition to Chicago, I would avoid Temple and Johns Hopkins and maybe VCU.

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Anonymous wrote:I now know why Im bombarded by UChicago emails for my DD. I used to live in ChiTown and at that time it was my favorite place in the US, however we will not be applying to any Chicago schools, not even Northwestern, it is just too risky.

Why not Northwestern? Do you think that the Northwestern campus itself is not safe or are you concerned about students going off-campus into Chicago on the weekend?

I fear my DD going off campus and accidentally getting into a bad area without her knowledge. I am more comfortable with Penn (not that she is likely to get in) as I know Philly very well and could educate her on where she can and cannot go.

Do your own research. There’s a lot of stats out there.

https://www.northwestern.edu/up/facts-and-figures/campus-crime/daily-blotter/

Which illustrates how safe Northwestern's Evanston campus is if you read the police reports: "unsecured building", "medical attention", & "suspicious circumstances".

If anyone thinks that Penn's campus and Penn's area of Philly is safer than NU & Evanston, you are either deliberately trying to mislead readers or you have never been to Northwestern & Evanston.

I am not saying Evanston is dangerous, its a great area, I am just saying what if there is a party at u Ch or another part of Chicago--is my kid going to know to say no. When I was 20 I didnt exclusively hang out where my school is.

When we toured Northwestern, there were some parts of Evanston that I felt were sketchy.

Because parts of it ARE very sketchy. Evanston is an urban town bordering Chicago. It’s on the same subway system, subway stops are just west of campus.

Interesting -- Evanston seemed a lot like Bethesda to me when we visited. The parts I saw didn't seem sketchy at all.

I agree.

We felt like it was an urban adjacent version of Bethesda or Fairfax.

Anonymous wrote:Is this really true about private security? What do they do? How many kids really have this?

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Anonymous wrote:That's awful- why is that guy just sitting there? If you are not going to intervene- run for help or call 911!

Seriously! He could have been shot!

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Anonymous wrote:It’s really dangerous. The alerts that come out several times a night are shocking. Every single night.

If you are seriously considering, make sure you get access so you can see the sheer number of urgent security alerts that go out every single day.

And if you are set on sending your kid here:
Make sure you hire security for them to follow them around. I’m not kidding.
Parents have pooled together to hire their own Security/drivers etc.

When? Where? This sounds like a lie.

Parents are doing this at Berkeley.

https://www.safebears.org/

There’s a PI agency everyone in Chicago uses for security. And there are some national companies as well.

They typically do an on /off rotation and will be parked outside the dorm and just follow your kid around after hours.

The scariest part of this incident was that it happened during the day.

Can the person who wrote this elaborate? What’s the name of the agency that tails students around campus and Chicagoland? I understand students value safety but they are okay with being tracked at all hours?Must be a hefty sum to do this. How does “everyone” afford it?

Ask on the UChicago parents FB page if you have an incoming freshman- not sure you’ll get responses that specific here.