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I Always Felt Very Safe..

The Earlham campus takes 2-3 minutes maximum pretty much to walk to anywhere, including most of the student housing. I never felt unsafe, though it's poorly lit at night. I never heard of any incidents, like muggings or stabbings like you might hear of from some city college. Earlham was/is very safe.

The Dorms Are Were Just Your Average Dorms

The dorms are typical - small and prison-like, but you get used to them fast and can easily decorate them. They have freshman only housing, which I actually really like though a lot of my friends hated, saying they felt jipped, never meeting upperclassmen. The dorms are all close to each other and there's not that many options to pick from, considering how small the school itself is. The student houses are pretty cool though.

Unless You Have a Bike or Car, There's Nothing!

Earlham's campus is super small, yes, but trying to get to any 'close' major city is a massive pain. There are no buses or trains to get you from Richmond to Dayton, Indianapolis, etc. It's extremely expensive to take a cab or have another student drive you (you need to pay for their gas). I found it very difficult to even get into the local town of Richmond without a car or bike! The Walmart is something like 4 miles from campus.

Lots of Cool Classes, Not Offered Very Often :/

Earlham has tons of amazing cool classes, like courses on bioethics, ghosts, creative writing on Harry Potter, weaving, museum studies, history of non-violent movements, etc but they aren't offered every semester (or even every year or two years). Also, only one time a semester are most classes offered (ie you can only take museum studies at 2:30 on Wednesdays).

They Say It's a Dry Campus..

Earlham is called a dry campus on their website and other reviews but there is ample drinking here. If security sees you with alcohol, even if you're over 21, they make you pour it out. If you break something whilst drunk, obviously you have to pay for it. Wow, big deal. That's about it though.