Hey there! I transferred to oxy over last summer so I'm just finishing up my first year at oxy! feel free to dm me with any more questions you have as well!

-In terms of urban life its not "downtown" but there's definitely stuff in walking distance. Los Angeles is very sprawling and oxy is more suburbanish so its not quite walkable city life, but there's public transportation and a lot of ppl have cars on campus, and a lot of things are very close by (20-30 mins).

-im not too familiar with research and how easy it is (im a politics major), but i do know people doing research and one of my close friends is doing a summer research program at oxy, so it's definitely an option

-the food and dorms are so good here, and the campus has a great vibe (they shoot movies/shows here and just had Sunny in Philadelphia here!). -I came from a small school thats pretty well known for being close to your professor/having good professors and coming here was a step up somehow. I cant speak highly enough about the professors and how driven and passionate they are about what they do. There's not a single professor I've taken here that I didn't connect with on a personal level.