<p>Haha im just wondering about these colleges and how safe they are...... harvard, princeton, yale, stanford, cal tech, dartmouth, northwestern, john hopkins, wash u, brown, cornell, rice, berkeley, carnegie mellon, ucla, wake forest, usc. </p>
<p>You dont have to include all of them if you dont know, explanations would be nice too
thanks</p>
<p>Either Yale or Princeton (forget which) is in the most murder-ridden, violent town in the country. Kinda funny to think of all that right up against the children of the ruling class studying Zinn and Chomsky, but quite appropriate.</p>
<p>Northwestern is in Chicago, Johns Hopkins is in or around Baltimore, UCLA and Cal Tech are in LA.</p>
<p>That said, I don’t know if any of these schools are in “the bad parts” of those cities, but New Haven, Chicago, and Baltimore are as crime-ridden as any place on this continent. LA is famous for its gang problem too.</p>
<p>The town around Yale is SUPER sketchy. There are murders there all the time. I went to camp there and there were creepy people who’d follow us. Not a nice place.</p>
<p>UCLA is in Westwood. Most of my friends report feeling safe walking around Westwood late at night, so long as they’re walking with friends. I’ve been there many times and feel the same. </p>
<p>Cal Tech is in suburban Pasedena. It’s a quiet, safe neighborhood. Two of my bosses, as well as one high school classmate attended there and none report any issues. The campus itself is quite small, and there are quite a few security guards stationed around. If anything were to happen, the cops would get there immediately.</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of a safety issue at Stanford. It’s also in one of the wealthiest areas of the country, so I’d imagine students are fine walking around at any time of the day.</p>
<p>Safety is really not as big a problem as many people make it out to be if you are smart about it and don’t make bad choices. Every city has certain areas where safety can be an issue, but as long as you avoid them and do not walk alone late at night, you should be fine. For example, before I went to Penn, people at my high school told me that it was “in the ghetto”. This is not only over exaggerated, it’s blatantly false and insulting to the university city community. While we do get notifications of incidents that occur near campus, but most of these happen late at night under sketchy circumstances. I have always felt safe on campus, urban university’s are forced to make a special effort to make it safe.</p>
<p>Northwestern isnt in Chicago … It’s in a small town good safety… U of c kind of in the ghetto</p>
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<p>Yeah, Northwestern is in a very safe area. It’s not in Chicago, but in the suburbs.</p>
<p>UChicago is a little sketchier, but not really in the direct neighborhood. It’s in Hyde Park, which is a VERY nice neighborhood, but go a few blocks south and you’ll get into some rougher areas. Chicago is pretty well separated into different districts though. The statistic that Chicago is one of the most dangerous cities in America, while true, is a bit misleading, because the city of Chicago is huge. There are VERY VERY upscale areas, and there are the slums, and everything in between. Most of the crime in Chicago is not taking place in areas like Hyde Park. UChicago is basically surround by upscale highrise condos and huge mini-mansion type houses.</p>
<p>I was at Stanford at night over spring break and felt incredibly safe. Totally different from USC (South Carolina) where I go, which doesn’t feel safe at all.</p>
<p>But it’s all what you get used to. My hometown has a top-5 most dangerous neighborhood in the country and our city is considered to be number 8 in the country for crime. It’s not at all uncommon to hear about bank robberies or to pass by a bank and see the parking lot full of police. I’m fine walking around here. I’m just cautious.</p>
<p>Really it just all comes down to knowing where you should and shouldn’t go, and when you should or shouldn’t go there. Most college campuses are going to be quite safe, the surrounding areas may differ, but most college campuses kind of exist in their own little world. Obviously walking around by yourself in the middle of the night isn’t a good idea, but that’s true just about anywhere.</p>
<p>[The</a> Ivy League’s Most Dangerous Colleges - The Daily Beast](<a href=“The Ivy League's Most Dangerous Colleges”>The Ivy League's Most Dangerous Colleges)</p>
<p>If you have specific colleges in mind, you can get the crime statistics for it here:
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<p>There is a similar comparison tool here:
[Campus</a> Safety Reference. Compare reviews & ratings.](<a href=“http://campus-safety.findthedata.org/]Campus”>http://campus-safety.findthedata.org/)</p>
<p>US News also ran an interesting article on this topic:
Consider Campus Crime When Evaluating Colleges
[Consider</a> Campus Crime When Evaluating Colleges - My Money (usnews.com)](<a href=“http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/my-money/2012/10/03/consider-campus-crime-when-evaluating-colleges]Consider”>http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/my-money/2012/10/03/consider-campus-crime-when-evaluating-colleges)</p>