Most beautiful campuses

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Anonymous wrote:My favorites are Cambridge, Oxford, Yale, Princeton, Colorado, University of San Diego, William and Mary, Duke, Sewanee, and West Point

I agree with Yale, Princeton, W&M, Duke and West Point but wasn’t impressed at all with UCSD.

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Anonymous wrote:My favorites are Cambridge, Oxford, Yale, Princeton, Colorado, University of San Diego, William and Mary, Duke, Sewanee, and West Point

I agree with Yale, Princeton, W&M, Duke and West Point but wasn’t impressed at all with UCSD.

The poster referenced University of San Diego, not UCSD.

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Anonymous wrote:Very interesting list. It just so happens that I’ve visited all 7 and will say that Dartmouth, Colgate and UNC don’t belong here. Schools missing from the list: Yale, Duke, Columbia, U Chicago, Cornell to name a few.

List posted by OP was UVA, Stanford, Princeton, Washington, Colgate, UNC, Dartmouth. I've visited all as well and think I this is a better overall alternative 7 (keeping some public and private): Cambridge, Oxford, Yale, Duke, Middlebury, Colorado, Indiana

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Anonymous wrote:Hard to take a list that does not include UCLA seriously.

UCLA is pretty meh outside of one quad.

I think the setting is pleasant and weather is great, but I would agree that overall architecture and plan is not distinguished.

Have you seen sculpture garden?

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Anonymous wrote:Hard to take a list that does not include UCLA seriously.

UCLA is pretty meh outside of one quad.

I think the setting is pleasant and weather is great, but I would agree that overall architecture and plan is not distinguished.

Have you seen sculpture garden?

Yes. I have seen all of UCLA. I lived very near it for several years and walked the campus many times.

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Anonymous wrote:UofT looks like Hogwarts!

Tennessee or Texas?

Neither one looks like Hogwarts or belongs on a most beautiful campus list. That said, I do love UT Austin.

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Anonymous wrote:Very interesting list. It just so happens that I’ve visited all 7 and will say that Dartmouth, Colgate and UNC don’t belong here. Schools missing from the list: Yale, Duke, Columbia, U Chicago, Cornell to name a few.

List posted by OP was UVA, Stanford, Princeton, Washington, Colgate, UNC, Dartmouth. I've visited all as well and think I this is a better overall alternative 7 (keeping some public and private): Cambridge, Oxford, Yale, Duke, Middlebury, Colorado, Indiana

LAC only list that at least matches the original list: Sewanee, Kenyon, Mount Holyoke, Scripps, Vassar, Richmond, Wellesley

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UF

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Anonymous wrote:Gotta love number one

https://backroadplanet.com/the-7-most-beautiful-college-campuses-in-the-united-states/

These are nice, but I don't think they are all the most beautiful:

UVA - has the great Jeffersonian Lawn area, but the rest of the campus, which is much larger than just the lawn, is not distinguished in my view

Stanford - very nice but is perhaps a bit repetitive and bland in parts

Princeton - lovely but I don't like some of the new modern development they have done lacks beauty and character. New art museum is too big and out of place in that location. It is still great overall.

Washington - has the famous quad and view, but perceptions will vary on the weather and the rest of the campus was not as nice.

Colgate - nice campus, but not sure why it would be chosen over a number of other LACs that I think are more beautiful

UNC - doesn't really stand out to me and is losing woods and open areas to construction

Dartmouth - Has some natural beauty, but not at the level of Cornell and architecturally it is far from the quality and cohesion of Princeton and Yale

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Anonymous wrote:My favorites are Cambridge, Oxford, Yale, Princeton, Colorado, University of San Diego, William and Mary, Duke, Sewanee, and West Point

I agree with Yale, Princeton, W&M, Duke and West Point but wasn’t impressed at all with UCSD.

Different college. USD not UCSD.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t find UVA or UNC appealing, both average. This is a bizarre list of someone that hasn’t seen many schools.

UVA Law grad here. Other than the Rotunda and the Lawn, UVA's campus is not that pretty.

I have no idea what they were thinking with the Ivy Corridor development. They just can't seem to arrive on a modern style that doesn't look blocky, bland, and derivative.

The law school is pretty bad too

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t find UVA or UNC appealing, both average. This is a bizarre list of someone that hasn’t seen many schools.

In general, state flagships to me look all the same with different paint jobs. The only exception, to me, is UCLA

I find that all SLACs look the same. They all blend right into each other.

They really don’t. How many have you visited?

Many. It’s ok if you don’t agree. We’re allowed to have our own opinions.

Um, that’s not how this works.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t find UVA or UNC appealing, both average. This is a bizarre list of someone that hasn’t seen many schools.

In general, state flagships to me look all the same with different paint jobs. The only exception, to me, is UCLA

I find that all SLACs look the same. They all blend right into each other.

Note distinguishing features such as, say, Middle Path at Kenyon, Long Walk at Trinity and Martin's Way at Hamilton. Better yet, walk these paths from end to end. Any opinion you might share after having done do would be a fair one. For further variety, cross the Canyon Bridge at Reed.

You forgot the Bucknell pipeline to The Street.

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Anonymous wrote:Hard to take a list that does not include UCLA seriously.

UCLA is pretty meh outside of one quad.

I think the setting is pleasant and weather is great, but I would agree that overall architecture and plan is not distinguished.

Have you seen sculpture garden?

I know, I love the sculpture garden.

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I wasn't really impressed with UVA or UNC. I thought UGA was much prettier.