<p>In light of today's events, it's made me really question going to school so far from home, but from anyone who knows a lot about the USC campus, how is campus safety in reality? Have there ever been any incidents?</p>
<p>Jubilee - I really can understand your concern on such a sad day. This is something that really makes us question a lot of things in our lives. If it is any help to you at all I will relay my d's situation. I don't think she would mind me saying this because she is well aware of it and makes fun of herself. </p>
<p>She is probably one of the biggest chickens you will ever meet.</p>
<p>I really mean that - she has always been that way. When we toured colleges she really used that "Would I feel safe here" test because it was a concern. She is finishing up her first year at USC and she feels very safe on campus. The dorms have excellent security and the campus really does have an insulated feel even though it is urban. Of course she takes steps to stay safe as you should do on any campus. She always makes sure that she has someone to walk with at night and she doesn't wander around alone off campus. She lives in a co-ed dorm and the guys there are very nice about walking her to her car at night if she asks , etc.
Senseless tragedies like today's can happen anywhere - even at an Amish schoolhouse- so you can't predict when something unpredictable will happen.
There are incidents at every campus of some sort and magnitude, but hopefully you can reduce the risk in general by taking steps to keep safe.
Hope this helps at all and that you will get some more responses from other students .</p>
<p>Maybe if there is one positive thing to come out of this whole tragedy would be that all college security departments throughout the US are hopefully looking at there own policies and procedures under a microscope today and will do everything in their power to make sure their own campuses are safe and even safer tomorrow!!!</p>
<p>Just found out that one of the victims at Tech, Maxine Turner was a graduate of my sons highschool, she was a straight A student, about to graduate from Tech in three weeks...this is so unreal...</p>
<p>This may sound tough...but campus security is a priority whether your child goes to college 5 miles from home or 3000 miles from home. I can't see that living closer would make this any less of an issue...or that the campus safety would somehow be "better or worse" depending on how far from home your child is. What our kids DO need to know is what to do in the event of any kind of crisis...how to contact parents, how to protect themselves if possible, how to help others, how to keep out of harms way. This is such a sad situation. One can only hope that increased security measures will be reviewed on ALL college campuses.</p>
<p>True- Jubilee may just be thinking about how far from home she may be in the event of any crisis. I know if I was about to embark on my freshman year , I would probably be having some "too far away from home" anxiety as well. But hopefully those of us who have students far from home can help ease that fear. Mine is only a 10 hour drive, thumper I know your d is even further. But they have been fine - the distance is sometimes inconvenient, but not a major problem. Hopefully jubilee doesn't let it bother her too much. </p>
<p>On another note - my friends d drove home from VT last night to just get away for a few days. Seems she had decided to sleep in yesterday in her off campus apt. and was afraid when her parent's called her that they would be upset that she was cutting class. Little did she know how joyful they were going to feel just hearing her voice. Fortunately she was able to touch base with all of her friends before she left. What a nightmare.</p>
<p>"True- Jubilee may just be thinking about how far from home she may be in the event of any crisis."</p>
<p>That's what I was thinking. I could go to school 1 1/2 hours away, but I'm going 7 hours away, and if something happens I would want a place to go. My aunt lives in Conway, SC so I would probably go there. It's just events like this make you think about what you would do in that kind of situation. </p>
<p>Thanks for all your responses.</p>