Questions about Campus Safety

Pepper03
Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:33:35 +0000

My son is in IV and walks through Ruggles all the time. He has never felt unsafe there or anywhere on campus. My daughter visited him there and took the train into and home from the Ruggles station and was surprised at how safe she felt-my kids are definitely country/suburban kids and my daughter is afraid of everything!

I am glad bella mentioned those services-although my son tells me he has never used them he has friends who have and they are great.

I think it is pretty remarkable that for a campus that size in the middle of a city they manage to do such a great job. They warn the kids about areas to avoid-like walking through the Fens at 3AM alone-common sense but to kids not raised in a city something they might do. The kids know where to not go alone-he does some volunteer work in Roxbury and they walk to it but always in a group-and when they cut through the Fens at night (even though I wish he didn’t do that) it is always in big groups.

It’s not the kind of campus you can leave a laptop or cell phone hanging around though-it’s a big school with lots of people coming and going.

The last comment I have is how seriously they take dorm safety. You aren’t getting into the living area without signing in and showing a photo ID-period-at least at IV where he lives.

If my daughter is interested in looking at the school when she starts the process I wouldn’t have any concerns about the safety-although I did when we were looking with my son and I think they are valid concerns. Once you have a student there though you see that what they talked about at admitted students day about safety issues and police presence isn’t just a sales pitch-they deliver.