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Nowhere's Safe
The lack of safety at Franklin & Marshall College is among one of the institution's many shortcomings. The college's past president sold almost all of the houses that surround campus to low-income families. As you can probably imagine, this brought in immense crime. I'm not exaggerating when I say this, but I would receive emails EVERY SINGLE weekend and EVERY SINGLE DAY of the weekend (fri, sat, sun) from public safety about a crime committed to a student. Students were assaulted, robbed, held at gunpoint & knifepoint, and even one student had there house broken into from the second floor window!! I fortunately never had any of these experiences, this also is due to the fact that I pretty much never left my dorm except for classes (COLLEGE LIFE!!!!!).
I was a freshman this past semester, and dropped out within the first week of spring semester. I already got accepted to one of my top choice universities to transfer to next fall, and am waiting to hear on others. I would strongly not recommend this institution to anyone who is looking for the quintessential college experience. I was lucky to get out. I'm only talking about the safety issues, but there are MUCH MUCH more issues with this college.
Feb 20, 2012
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