Arcadia University

JHS
Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:10:08 +0000

Downtown Philadelphia is a lot less than 30 miles away. Probably more like 10 miles as the crow flies. Less than half an hour on the train. It feels a little farther because there are no good expressway routes for driving, so you either have to drive an extra 6-7 miles or go the whole way on city streets.

Arcadia is in a middle-class-to-affluent suburb due north of the city center, about a mile past the city line. It basically serves a regional population. I don’t know what the ratio of commuters to residents is, but I would guess close to 50:50. Maybe something of a suitcase school, but I don’t really know. I have driven past it a couple of times a week for years, but I’ve never known much about it. (What I have heard has been good, though. Nothing about the forensics program.)