<p>^^I completely agree. This is especially true in cases where the chain of events appear to have started off-campus: <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/nyregion/08campus.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/nyregion/08campus.html</a>
This guy wasn’t even a Connecticut resident and had stalked his victim for nearly a year. Tragically, Middletown just happened to be where he caught up with her.</p>
<p>Yale is definitely quite different form the rest of the schools on your list since it’s not an LAC, and then Williams/Amherst are definitely very different from Grinnell/Carleton. Williams/Amherst are probably a little more selective, and a little more preppy, whereas Grinnell/Carleton are very laid back, “granola”, some would even say “hipster” schools. You should visit all the schools and see which environment you like the most.</p>
<p>If you have any specific questions about Grinnell, feel free to message me. I’m a second year student there and I think it matches pretty much all your criteria.</p>
<p>One thing I’d like to note is that while Yale is by far the most prestigious to the average person on the street, Grinnell and Carleton have the highest percentage of students that go on to earn PhDs out of the schools on your list. That might be important to you since you’ve already stated that you have plans to earn your PhD.</p>
<p>If you are interested in getting the current information about the makeup of the student bodies, you should check the “common data set” for each school. The racial / ethnic category is found in the first section under persistence / enrollment. The financial aid section gives you the percentage of student who applied and received need based aid (and also merit aid). </p>
<p>You can google each school’s name and the words “common data set.” It is also generally found on each school’s Institutional Research section of its website.</p>
<p>This is a very cool site to show you the geographic distribution of entering freshman.<br>
[Where</a> Does Your Freshman Class Come From? - Facts & Figures - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/article/Interactive-Freshman-Class/129547#id=153384]Where”>http://chronicle.com/article/Interactive-Freshman-Class/129547#id=153384)</p>
<p>My S attends Grinnell (from the East Coast), and I can say that it for sure meets your criteria. </p>
<p>I should add that he is about as far from a hipster as you can get. He isn’t really granola either, or preppy. Just an individual who takes people as they are, and I think that’s a pretty fair description of alot of people at the school. He definitely has some quirky interests and finds that his friends really appreciate and celebrate these interests of each others. That seems to define a Grinnellian!</p>
<p>Chilling reads; it’s truly sad to hear of lives being taken, all that potential … But, I do agree, there is danger everywhere—definitely not a consistent factor in the selection process.</p>
<p>As far as preppiness goes, I don’t think the atmosphere would be a problem unless it is fairly extreme—same with quirkiness. I think it’d be nice to just have an accepting environment, fairly free of traditional “cliques”, that permits each resident to be whomever he or she is as well as encouraging growth and a community feel. I’d be truly happy at Grinnell, I believe, which is what keeps it so high on my list! </p>
<p>Thanks for the additional details!</p>
<p>Kudryavka - Won’t argue with your impressions as a Grinnell student, but let me guarantee you that most Carls hearing “Hipster” would look to see who the geek was wearing the fanny pack. Carleton? Hipsters? Nyet.</p>
<p>latichever:</p>
<p>It’s not “slander” if it’s true:</p>
<p>[New</a> Haven fourth most dangerous city in U.S., according to preliminary FBI data | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/may/24/new-haven-fourth-most-dangerous-city-us-according-/]New”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/may/24/new-haven-fourth-most-dangerous-city-us-according-/)</p>
<p>"Preliminary Federal Bureau of Investigation crime statistics released this week show that New Haven is the fourth most dangerous city in the United States.</p>
<p>The Elm City follows Flint, Mich., Detroit, Mich. and St. Louis, Mo. as the U.S. city with the largest violent crime to population ratio according to the FBIs 2010 data. This list, which compiles crime statistics from all locations with more than of 100,000 or more people, reported an overall 5.5 percent decrease in violent crime between 2009 and 2010."</p>
<p>Except it’s not true. That was a preliminary finding. When the finalized list came out New Haven was not in the top ten, or, if memory serves, the top twenty.</p>
<p>Yale is no more or less dangerous, practically speaking, than most urban college towns. </p>
<p>But we do have to put up with idiotic stunts like this:</p>
<p>[Post-Batman</a>, Mayor Calls For Theater Gun Ban | New Haven Independent](<a href=“http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/armed_man_arrested_at_batman_movie/]Post-Batman”>http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/armed_man_arrested_at_batman_movie/)</p>
<p>[Batman</a> Gun-Toter: What About The Movie? | New Haven Independent](<a href=“http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/criscuolo_hwang/]Batman”>http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/criscuolo_hwang/)</p>
<p>Some findings that are decidedly NOT “preliminary”:</p>
<p>[FBI</a> crime stats show New Haven crime rates top other large Connecticut cities (documents)- The New Haven Register - Serving New Haven, Connecticut](<a href=“http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2011/09/19/news/new_haven/doc4e77c955eb1db300971589.txt]FBI”>http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2011/09/19/news/new_haven/doc4e77c955eb1db300971589.txt)</p>
<p><a href=“http://os.cqpress.com/citycrime/2010/City_crime_rate_2010-2011_hightolow.pdf[/url]”>http://os.cqpress.com/citycrime/2010/City_crime_rate_2010-2011_hightolow.pdf</a>
(PDF citing New Haven at #18 nationwide)</p>
<p>[Top</a> 100 most dangerous places to live in the USA - NeighborhoodScout<a href=“has%20New%20Haven%20at%20#23”>/url</a></p>
<p>And there’s this, for some nice hard statistical comparison:</p>
<p>“The city violent crime rate for New Haven in 2009 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 311.08% and the city property crime rate in New Haven was higher than the national property crime rate average by 88.02%.”
( [url=<a href=“http://www.cityrating.com/crime-statistics/connecticut/new-haven.html]New”>New Haven Crime Statistics: Connecticut (CT) - CityRating.com]New</a> Haven Crime Statistics: Connecticut (CT) - CityRating.com](<a href=“The page you were looking for doesn't exist (404)”>NeighborhoodScout's Most Dangerous Cities – 2023 - NeighborhoodScout) )</p>