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I heard people are killed at Penn all the time. The administration has installed no security, and gang warfare is pretty much rampant throughout campus... This is just hearsay, though. =/
lol I am a student at Penn and I am originally from Philadelphia. Trust me Penn is a totally different environment. In many ways Penn is like a little bubble and so different from the rest of Philadelphia. Penn is very safe. We have our own Police dept. and Penn spends a lot of money trying to keep us safe. I think that the thing with safety here is common sense. For instance, if you don't really know your way around Philadelphia, I wouldn't recommend walking around looking clueless at 1 in the morning. Also, Penn has a bus service and a walking service for students who are scared or uncomfortable walking alone at night. All you have to do is give them a call and within 15 minutes someone is there to walk you to the grocery store late at night or drive you there. Hope this is helpful.
I'm glad I read this thread. My parents are against me going to Penn because they think that it's too dangerous compared to Cornell. I wouldn't mind the urban setting compared to a rural setting. I'm from Guam; I think I need a little more city life now.
Security overall is good, but despite all the cameras, Penn Police, etc. there is no force field that seals Penn off from W. Philadelphia, no barbed wire fences around the campus. Usually the two worlds stay pretty much separate but every once in a while the ghetto will come to Penn. Use common sense (no jogging alone at 3AM) but even if you have zero street smarts you'll probably survive just by luck.
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