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Cheap and Accessible

I am a sophomore and will be living off-campus next year and I found a house less than a block from the University that is very cheap. Because the University is so old, there are a number of homes within a two block area that are traditionally rented by university students and are very cheap and decent living arrangements.

Present but Not Overbearing

The drug scene is a real one at SU. Located only thirty minutes from Austin, TX, easily one of the most liberal cities in the country, there is plenty of access to many types of drugs. In general, however, the average SU student only smokes marijuana, and the ones who do more than that will only do Ecstasy, LSD, and Shrooms. No traditional hard drugs (cocaine, meth, heroin, etc) ever seem to surface because most SU students are looking for a mind-bending experience, not a life-bending one.

Unique

Southwestern University is certainly unique among both comparable and non-comparable colleges. The reason for this lies in its students, faculty, and history. SU students find nothing greater than complaining about the University, but even this is unique because they complain because they know someone is going to listen if they do. SU, thanks to its size and nature, has built a community of itself and it is one that prides itself on acceptance and rigorous education. If you attend here, you will leave both fully prepared for your field and for life in general. As a guy raised in the city, coming to an a female-dominant school that is half the size of my high school in a town with less than a quarter of my previous town's population, I was hesitant. But it only took about a semester for me to realize that SU has so much more to offer, if only someone is willing to search it out.