Urban college vs campus college

tk21769
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:25:44 +0000

My final observation would be - and this reflects my bias - you will have the rest of your life to enjoy an urban environment if that’s what you want. If you haven’t had that traditional college campus experience, this is probably one of your few opportunities to do it.



Yes.
A self-contained college campus, especially a small one, is just about the last vestige of anything like traditional village life in America. Once you graduate, whether you settle down in a city, a suburb, or the countryside, you will pretty much lose this. Very likely you will no longer have the experience of waking up every morning, stepping outside your door, and quickly encountering a familiar person whose company you can enjoy over breakfast or on a long walk across the grass to a common destination. I recommend you seek this out in your 4 short years of college, whether you choose an urban or a rural campus.