<p>Safety is really not as big a problem as many people make it out to be if you are smart about it and don’t make bad choices. Every city has certain areas where safety can be an issue, but as long as you avoid them and do not walk alone late at night, you should be fine. For example, before I went to Penn, people at my high school told me that it was “in the ghetto”. This is not only over exaggerated, it’s blatantly false and insulting to the university city community. While we do get notifications of incidents that occur near campus, but most of these happen late at night under sketchy circumstances. I have always felt safe on campus, urban university’s are forced to make a special effort to make it safe.</p>