Washington University in St. Louis - Area Immediately Around Campus

Rating	Posted By	Comment
4 - Very Good	applicannot September 27 2009	I didn't actually go off campus, but WashU is surrounded on three sides by residential areas and then by Forest Park - bigger than Central Park with tons of free stuff. Then there's The Lo [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	TheAscendancy July 01 2009	Somewhat difficult to navigate, but overall nice attractions and plenty of things to do. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	HereToSucceed92 April 08 2009	The Loop (the popular area for students) was right around the corner and had great food and shopping. Forest Park was right across the street and WASHU students get free admission to the zoo, park, et [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	xlifeforgod March 21 2009	Not too much to do. But the park is amazing. Free art museum, history museum, and zoo. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	dadd March 10 2009	The loop is a few blocks away and an easy walk. Lots of sidewalk eateries and businesses for college kids to enjoy. Metro is free to students and is steps away to reach ALL of St. Louis attractions. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	beyond_stressed February 27 2009	Safe, residential suburb neighborhood. There could be more stores and shops around the campus, but the campus has so much already it's not very needed. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	hookem168 November 11 2008	Didn't get a chance to explore, but "The Loop" is supposedly fantastic. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	obeythecougar July 25 2008	Shopping are is everything you'd want. Plenty of bars, shops, restaurants you name it. Forest Park is all free, it's way bigger than Central Park, and it borders campus. Seriously, it has it [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	pmrlcomm July 13 2008	Not much to do immediately adjacent to campus. Forest Park is the exception. Very nice. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	chezdan27 July 02 2008	Right next to campus is Forest Park, which is one of the countries largest public parks and is loaded with free stuff to do (science museum, zoo, etc) [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	inthemistylight June 26 2008	I only ever saw the park, and i like parks [View Full Report]
3 - Good	spazattack March 17 2008	The area around campus isn't too exciting compared to New York. We didn't go down the loop but we drove around the village and some small bistros. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	jgladiator January 21 2008	Clayton is not anything close to my opinion of St.Louis. It's like a small city by itself. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	sanjenferrer November 23 2007	"The Loop" area has everything a college student could need. If not, you could easily take the Metro to Wal-Mart or Downtown St. Louis w/ your free train/bus pass. [View Full Report]
	PhogHawk October 25 2007	I didn't really get to see the area that much, but apparently there's an area called "The Loop" with lots of college-town type restaurants and shops. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	arkitex August 07 2007	Forest Park is nearby - lots of free amenities for those days when you need a break or want some exercise or a museum or the zoo. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	thereugo June 12 2007	They were OK. I didn't really get a chance to look outside of campus. But right next to WashU, I saw a park which I heard was the largest park in the US. There is a zoo i heard..sounds great. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	prestige_factor7 September 17 2006	Seems to be pretty suburban and safe, but I'm not exactly sure. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	Gandalf_GCN August 16 2006	The campus is very self contained, but across the street (literally) is a park bigger than central park and very beautiful. They also just built a metro station on the corner of campus and they give students access to the metro for free! It goes downtow [View Full Report]