<p>We’re in the midst of applying to schools and ran across Philadelphia University. We were orginally concerned about it due to the higher acceptance rate, and some comments made about students not living on campus, or leaving on the weekends.</p>
<p>Would love to know from your experiences:
- do you still get the campus life and community even if a lot of the students live near by? Is it true that lots of students disappear on the weekend or evenings?
- is the campus separated from the city? Ideally my daughter wanted to attend a school not in the city. How isolated is the campus? How safe is the surrounding neighborhood, and is it homes or business district?</p>
<p>My daughter has applied to Virginia Tech, which we visited and she loved. In addition, she’s just finishing her application for University of Cincinnati, and Philadelphia University. I wish when we visited Virginia Tech and CMU we knew about Philadelphia U. We could have tried to swing over there when on our trip (yep, realize it is far between, but we came out from Seattle :)</p>
<p>Lastly, it sounds like from what I’ve read that the Industrial Design program is a “gem in the rough” according to DesignIntelligence. If anyone has experience in the program, I’d love to get your impression of the classes and professors. </p>
<p>Now, to get the essay written, and we’ll be done with the application 
Thanks everyone for any info!</p>