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How important a plus is guaranteed on-campus housing (and the campus security arrangements that comes along with it) - whether for all 4 years or for just for the freshmen and sophomores - when it comes to the college search?
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<p>It was hugely important as my daughter honed in on Columbia as her first choice school. Academics aside, I know West Philadelphia well and the possibility of her living in an apartment at some time during her time there made Penn much less appealing to me (as a parent).</p>