West Chester University Questions

College Search & Selection
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<p>My daughter was just accepted to West Chester. We visited the campus on a Saturday morning Open House. The campus seemed life less. My husband said that it's 12:30 on a Saturday morning and the kids are not out yet. Do most of the kids go home on the weekend? My thinking is that since it's a state school and cars are allowed on campus, that many go home or leave on the weekends. I know that my daughter would be miserable if that were the case. She can call admissions and ask the question, but I am not always sure how honest the admin is. How can I go about researching this?</p>

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<p>Leapmom, we visited West Chester over the summer and there was plenty of activity there on campus during the week, but it would not surprise me if a lot of kids go home on the weekends during the school year since the school is very popular with local families. There’s a little more info in this thread; maybe you can PM one of the posters? </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/865958-west-chester-university-pa-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/865958-west-chester-university-pa-2.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Keep in mind, too, that most campuses are “sleepy” on Saturday “mornings” because kids (at least in my house!) frequently don’t arise before 1:00 pm. ;-)</p>

<p>Are you coming from out of state or another part of PA? Of all the PASSHE schools, West Chester is the most selective, so I’m guessing you’ll get a fair number of students not living within “commuter distance” (whatever that is these days) who stick around most weekends.</p>

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<p>West Chester is indeed a commuter school. Students come from all over though since it’s the most selective in PASSHE and it’s probably less commuter than many other PASSHE schools outside of Mansfield (but if your daughter got into West Chester I wouldn’t recommend Mansfield). But still far from a residential college.
In any case, congratulations to your daughter! You have a few months now to decide - she can apply to other schools and compare financial aid packages, residential life, etc, then make her decision, all while knowing she has a school to go to no matter what. :)</p>