Nope, just a Berkeley Stanford kid. My kid is the one at Cal. 
Ah,…even nicer
My C17 went to Muhlenberg (in Allentown, Pennsylvania), and was amazed at how close she was to big cities like Philadelphia and NYC (each more than an hour away).
Of course, she was coming from Alaska, where the largest city in the entire state is a bit over a quarter million people.
I’m sure that for at least some kids from Philadelphia and NYC, Muhlenberg might as well be in the middle of corn fields.
So yeah, it’s all relative.
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Notre Dame has gates, probably more for aesthetics than anything else, but is fully open to the public. As you would imagine, the campus is a bit of a tourist destination and I do not think anyone could reasonably complain about it being inaccessible.
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You are 100% correct.
My kids were born and raised within 15 minutes of Philly, and they felt like all of the “middle of nowhere” schools were too remote for them… Muhlenberg, F&M, Gettysburg… wayyy too rural. Throw in Bucknell too. Even Ursinus…which is arguably just beyond suburban Philly (but still full of commuters to the city) would be considered “the country”.
Princeton, because of the size of the town and the quick access to NY and Philly would did not feel remote to them, even though it’s 45-60 mins from “the city”.
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We are also in the suburbs of Philadelphia. While I don’t think Muhlenberg would have been a good fit for my kids, the reason my eldest wouldn’t go there had nothing to do with location.
She played travel softball, and when we were at an area college showcase, she found out they called their women’s sports teams Lady Mules. Nope!
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Northeastern! A few years ago, they removed all fences, except what was needed for safety reasons i.e. utility trench. Most of the fencing had been decorative.
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University of San Francisco.
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Honestly, I’ve always liked that they leaned into it—they’re Muhlenberg, their teams are the Mules.
OTOH, Drake is disappointing. Like, Dragons was right there for the taking, and they went with Bulldogs???
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Would also have accepted Drake Canadians.
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U of Denver. The roads pretty much define the campus but it definitely feels like a campus and then across the street it feels like a neighborhood/retail area.
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Today I was at Colorado College. There were no students visible. It was 1 pm and a beautiful day (although a little windy) and very very few people around. We were early for our event and google mapped for a Starbucks and the closest one that showed up was 2 miles away. Really, do CC students not drink coffee or always drive to find coffee? There weren’t a lot of retail places that we could find (the hockey rink is with the bookstore, and the medical clinic).
It’s a beautiful area, the buildings on the ‘old’ part of campus are gorgeous, the newer buildings look new and well kept, but hockey arena was modern (still smelled like feet but not sure any hockey arena in the world doesn’t), all the correct recycling bins, but no one around. This was the club hockey team, not the D1 team, but only about 10 students/parents there for their team, and another 15-20 for the visitors (School of Mines).
Just couldn’t believe how few students were around. It had a few gates around the campus (to fit into the above discussion) but they weren’t to keep students or others in or out, just more decorative.
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It was a beautiful Saturday. Any chance they were skiing? Hiking?
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Maybe, but ALL of them? Having a beautiful day in Colo Springs doesn’t mean it is a great day to travel to the mountains, but this weekend it was clear highways.
People are always concerned about campuses clearing out on weekends, and to me, this was a sign that CC does just that. I live near DU and they have students who want to go to the mountains too, but there are always people around, going in and out of the building, their cars, the rec center too. At first we thought it might be the weekend between Blocks at CC, but it isn’t.
Yeah, it’s possible that CC has a higher percentage of local students than DU. Does CC still offer discounted tuition for Colorado residents? I know DU doesn’t, so that could make the difference between a packed and empty campus on weekends.
CC offers students from Colorado the equivalent of the in-state tuition at CU Boulder, CC calls it the Colorado Promise. About 20% of CC students are Colorado residents.
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I guess you know, or checked, that it’s not between terms? My son’s school is on “spring” break this week.
They get a long weekend after each block is over, it might have been that.
My subconscious mind hard at work!
That’s what I thought reading this. I remember from our tour that Colorado College kids are encouraged to use the short breaks between terms as an opportunity to get out into the mountains, etc. There were lots of students around on campus when we visited.