<p>daughter is looking at colleges, she is somewhat quiet, young for her age, good student 3.6/1200. Clemson is large, wondering if she would fit in and grow into the social culture over time, or will she get eaten up early on since she is not that outgoing. do kids stay on campus for 3-4 yrs since surounding city is smalll?</p>
<p>Clemson is small for a public U. 55/45 male female ratio and slanted to the sciences and engineering. </p>
<p>Town is small and very little crime. very active greek system and somewhat conservative campus..not too many drugs but drinking is pretty widespread but no more so than any other college with big time football on Sat.</p>
<p>Lots of clubs and things like that and lots of small town kids, hey its south carolina. its full of small towns. </p>
<p>Suggest you make a visit. My sister never came home. She was there all the time with the exception of the winter break.</p>
<p>My son will be attending in the fall, so I can only tell you what I know from the college selection process. Clemson is considered a medium size campus and much more manageable than some of the larger ones we compared it to (like Penn State & U of Florida - HUGE). </p>
<p>The town is pretty much non-existant, so it seems that most of the social activities revolve around the college. They offer plenty of clubs, intramural sports and such. Joining a few of these is probably the best way to make friends and fit into the social culture. My son is planning on joining the Marching Band. It was one of his requirements in a college - to have a good MB/Football program. I'm happy because I know that he will have instant friends (like a surrogate family), which is reassuring for me since he will be almost 900 miles from home.</p>
<p>Have you visited the campus yet? It was our last visit and shortly after we finished the tour of campus, son declared that "I feel very comfortable here. I can really see myself going here." Needless to say the rest was history! After you visit some of her potential colleges, your daughter will probably let you know where she feels that she can fit in!</p>
<p>just heard the awful news of a murder in an off campus apartment. no other details--just hit the news here</p>
<p>Musictoad - do you have any other info about that? It is a bit disturbing, since much of the reason I was so happy son picked Clemson is because it seems like such a nice, safe place to be!</p>
<p>If you google the Greenville, SC newspaper website it will bring up more information. The young girl was from St. Louis and very kind from all accounts, doing much charity work. There are no signs of a forced entry into her apartment which was in an attractive apartment complex. Her body was discovered by one of her roommates --yikes! She was strangled with a bikini top.</p>
<p>The legal authorities have no leads which have been disclosed.</p>
<p>Her poor family.</p>
<p>This tragedy did not happen on the campus or in the town of Clemson, but in the town of Central. Although she was a student, it is not necessarily connected to the University. I can not imagine the grief of the family. My son will be attending in the fall.</p>
<p>66472...to your question about kids remaining on campus. We were told that approximately 25% per year move to off-campus housing. Freshmen are required to stay on-campus, 25% move off as sophomores, 25% more as juniors, etc. We'll hope they're all on the 4-year plan. :)</p>
<p>Clemson crime statistics sound like this is an incredibly unfortunate incident.</p>
<p>The newspaper article indicated that she lived on the first floor of the complex and that death occurrred sometime after 1:30 am. It appears from the newspaper account that there was no sign of struggle within the apartment. </p>
<p>I'm hoping that the complex wasn't so safe as to lull someone to a false sense of security. The remarks by one coed to be sure and lock windows and doors would make a parent very worried.</p>
<p>Lots of kids have Clemson on their radar screen.</p>
<p>That is just the advice that I'm going to give my son. Not to be lulled into a false sense of security... just because it seems to be very safe there. I still feel that Clemson is a much safer place than his 2nd choice of college (U of Miami).</p>