Women-friendly campuses

KrazyKow
Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:55:58 +0000

I don’t have the link, but when I was look at schools (female) my dad was concerned about safety, particularly after we visited USC where there was a big emphasis on how safe their campus was (implying that most parents were worried about safety). He went to the site that huskem mentioned, and looked at the numbers for several schools. After he figured out that per capita, USC has about the same crime rates as Rice, he stopped worrying. I did end up at the safest of the schools I was considering - Carnegie Mellon. It seems that there crime is only in issue in bad parts of town late at night when students are alone.

One female student on another thread was considering a heavily male school that has a bit of a reputation for being unfriendly to girls. She asked 5 females on campus if they would still go there if they could do it over again, and all said no. She decided that another school would be a better choice.