<p>Campus Crime Statistics between Tulane and Villanova ; it would appear Tulane has slightly higher incidence of Aggravated assault ,Burglary and Motor vehicle theft ON campus.Off campus , Is open to further research.</p>
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Tulane
Criminal Offenses - On campus
Total criminal offenses on campus
Criminal offense 2006 2007 2008
a. Murder/Non-negligent 0 0 0
b. Negligent manslaughter 0 0 0
c. Sex offenses - Forcible 4 5 3
d. Sex offenses - Non-forcible 0 0 0
e. Robbery 1 1 2
f. Aggravated assault 2 20 1
g. Burglary 56 64 34
h. Motor vehicle theft 8 6 3
i. Arson 1 0 1
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Villanova
Criminal Offenses - On campus
Total criminal offenses on campus
Criminal offense 2006 2007 2008
a. Murder/Non-negligent manslaughter 0 0 0
b. Negligent manslaughter 0 0 0
c. Sex offenses - Forcible 4 7 0
d. Sex offenses - Non-forcible (Include only incest and statutory rape) 0 0 0
e. Robbery 0 1 0
f. Aggravated assault 1 1 3
g. Burglary 25 24 59
h. Motor vehicle theft 0 3 2
i. Arson 0 3 0</p>
<p>Tulane is a great place for kids ready to step out of their comfort zone. New orleans is a unique place with it’s own culture, food and traditions unlike anything else in the U.S. Villanova is better for kids that need an experience not too different from what they have at home. I’m actually surprised so many kids apply to both of these schools because I find them so different in their appeal.</p>
<p>Makes sense that Tulane’s crime rates are slightly higher than Nova’s – Tulane is a 10 minute drive through the nicest part of NOLA (the Garden District) to the downtown area and beyond, which you all know is crime ridden, poverty-stricken and still somewhat more akin to a third-world country than the rest of the U.S.</p>
<p>Villanova is a 25-minute train ride through some of the nation’s oldest, most established blue-blood communities to Philadelphia, which has its share of neighborhoods that could be the pre-Katrina 9th Ward.</p>
<p>Fallenchemist has a daughter at Tulane. He went to Tulane. All of those of us who have visited Tulane can attest that it is not in a bad neighborhood. It’s just actually in a city, which Villanova is not. </p>
<p>hence, why you are likely to see higher crime rates. </p>
<p>I can see why folks from Villanova were offended by OP just as I found it irritating that someone on this board also just dismissed Tulane as “nothing but a party school.” I’m guessing that’s someone who’s never visited or perhaps is judging the entire school by the one student they know.</p>
<p>I visited Tulane last Thursday and Friday with my daughter. It’s in a fantastic neighborhood–absolutely delightful–mansion after mansion. Clearly someone has an agenda…</p>
<p>exactly, it is the childs decision and parents should let their kids live their own lives and not have them try to fulfill their own goals which they were unable to achieve when they were in their children’s position</p>
<p>My S is heading to Villanova. He liked both schools. He liked the “vibe” at Villanova better. Good for him.</p>
<p>As for comfort zones, previous comments, I think Tulane’s neighborhood is terrific. I am sure there are urban crime issues. We have plenty of those in NorCal. But coming from urban SF, I would say Villanova is less like home than Tulane!</p>
<p>Congratulations, cwjthree! My son also liked the “vibe” better at Villanova and we submitted the deposit tonight. Isn’t it a great feeling to have the decision behind them and move on to helping them make the next 4 years a fulfilling and exciting experience?</p>
<p>I must say that Villanova has been the best experience my son as ever had. He has excelled beyond what we could have expected. We remember accepted weekend when teachers engaged him. That’s exactly what he was looking for. He did not get that at other schools. </p>
<p>During the past year he has made many friends. Small class sizes helped and the range of different activities also. He also picked two electivies during his second freshman semister and was able to pick 2 honor one credit courses during his first semister.<br>
Professors have had the classes at ther homes, inivited student to attend different functions with them. I do not know what more you could ask for.</p>
<p>Socially, he goes into Philly alot and tells me its a blast. There have been ups and down but 90 per cent ups. </p>
<p>This is not my first child to attend college but I can say with certainity that he is getting a great education academically and socially. He has grown so much.</p>
<p>rgguzzi:
Thanks for chiming in. I really appreciate hearing from so many parents, both on cc and through pms, about their students’ terrific experience at Villanova. This is not my first child to get to /go through the college experience, and yet I’m am continuously reassured that Villanova was the right choice for my son.</p>
<p>This past weekend my wife visited Nova for the first time with D who was there for a second visit. Given my wife’s proclivity for being a harsh judge, D and I were a little nervous about it since D really likes Nova. Well, she just went on and on about how impressed she was with everyone they encountered including several students and professors. Although they went on an official tour, I am told they encountered a lot of “impromptu” guides throughout their time there. Apparently the campus is really gorgeous this time of year (I was there during the winter, lol). Yes, the wife gave it a definite thumbs up without the usual set of qualifiers or reservations. </p>
<p>Even D, who has visited Duke more than half a dozen times, and has always considered it her dream school, begrudgingly commented that the overall vibe at Nova was just so much better. It’s been hard for her to get her head around it since she had such different expectations – Nova did not start out very high on her list. She’s also been admitted to some other great schools such as Duke, Chicago, UVA and others. However, my guess is that Nova is winning her over right now. </p>
<p>I don’t know what it will be like for her if she actually attends, but the people there have treated her royally, and apparently, even from her first visit she made several good acqaintances – some of whom took her to lunch, went to dinner with them, and introduced her to other friends with similar interests. I want to stress that this was not part of any admissions recruiting activity – just some young ladies hanging out together. </p>
<p>I know that those are only anecdotal experiences, but it has really left us with a good impression in terms of how well she seems to fit into the community there.</p>
<p>Hear, hear to CWJthree, who started one of the more informative and helpful threads on CC. Thank you to all who posted and shared their own experiences, and those of their students. Two weeks ago we spent the day at Villanova, ate in the cafeteria, stopped by admissions (without an appointment) and basically just absorbed the atmosphere. We did see a wide variety of student types, and that was reassuring to us. In fact, it was much more diverse than I had expected, although current students could obviously speak to this much better. We are more than satisfied that this is an environment in which our son can thrive, and he feels the same way having committed to attend. Congratulations to all new Wildcats - it sounds like our kids made the right choices for them.</p>
<p>wow i didnt realize this was such a big deal. i should have been more clear/specific but i didnt think it would matter. my friend lives off campus and the area she lives in (about 15 minutes walking from tulane) is not the best. sorry i apparently offended you so deeply, but the events i spoke of were all true. her **** has been stolen a couple of times at tulane events (concerts anyone?) and in the boot once. i was simply trying to say that maybe not being directly in a city is not the worst thing ever; if you are such tulane supporters why don’t you get off this villanova thread?</p>
<p>Wow, you really don’t give up, even after being totally embarrassed by being proven to be completely wrong. I think you were quite specific your first post, it is just now the specifics seem to have changed. A number of people that have demonstrated your egregious error regarding Tulane being “in a horrible neighborhood”, now you try and backtrack by saying she is 15 minutes away. Now you say her stuff was taken at a couple of concerts and once at The Boot, before it was repeatedly at bars and repeatedly at gunpoint. Why should anyone believe anything you say?</p>
<p>We (Tulane people) didn’t bring up Tulane, Villanova people did. There were references to Tulane being a severe party school, and while I think that is no more true at Tulane than most other schools, none of us said anything because it was kind of like, “OK, another mentioning of that tired old stereotype. No big deal”. But when the information being given is factually wrong or worse, there is no reason for people that know better, Tulane supporters or not, to just sit idly and not point out the absurdity of the claims.</p>
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