How safe is UMCP ?

bulletandpima
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:05:53 +0000

This topic should be stickied because I am sure those of us who have been around for yrs are tied of discussing.

SO in hopes that this can be stickied here goes:


UMDCP campus is safe


~~~If you decide to walk around College Park at 3 a.m. by yourself, of course you are placing yourself in a situation.

~~~Look at the alerts Midnight, 3 a.m., off campus, etc. These were not issues that occurred at 7 p.m. at night or with groups.


UMDCP is an urban town. It is not VT in a town of 10K people.


~~~Again, bigger the town, the more crime rate you will see.


As a freshman, they are guaranteed on campus housing.


~~~Visit the campus and you will see that they are a city within a city.


Yeardley Love’s parents when they sent her to UVA never expected she would be murdered, Parents back in 07 never expected the VT Massacre.


I know you want your child safe, I want my kid safe too. He has attended there for 3 yrs. He now lives off campus and rides a bike to and from the campus. I am not concerned.

UMDCP gets a really bad rap regarding crime.

I feel safer with our DS at UMDCP than if he went to Rutgers NB.

After 3 yrs at UMDCP, our DS does not know one person who has ever been attacked. His social group is quite large and differentiated. Scholars, AFROTC, and friends of friends.

Remember that college is huge…40K in total. The link you provided showed that it was multiple reports of the same crime.

OBTW, I had no problem sending our DD to VT even though the massacre occurred there.

Visit the campus!