Most beautiful campuses

[Anonymous]

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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.

PP - good catch, my bad...

[Anonymous]

Out of the colleges I've visited, this is my list in tiers:
One of the benefits of touring colleges is getting to see the architecture, which I love.

-Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Duke, Oxford
-Cornell, W&M
-Columbia, UVA, Washington
-Colgate, Santa Clara
-Berkeley, UCLA, MIT
-Dartmouth, Fordham
-Harvard, Brown, Emory
-UNC, UCSB
-Stony Brook

I've never seen UChicago, but photos show that it is also a stunning campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Out of the colleges I've visited, this is my list in tiers:
One of the benefits of touring colleges is getting to see the architecture, which I love.

-Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Duke, Oxford
-Cornell, W&M
-Columbia, UVA, Washington
-Colgate, Santa Clara
-Berkeley, UCLA, MIT
-Dartmouth, Fordham
-Harvard, Brown, Emory
-UNC, UCSB
-Stony Brook

I've never seen UChicago, but photos show that it is also a stunning campus.

I just realized I made a typo- UCSD instead of UCSB. As you may figure out, I am a fan of collegiate gothic.Out of the colleges I've visited, this is my list in tiers:
One of the benefits of touring colleges is getting to see the architecture, which I love.

-Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Duke, Oxford
-Cornell, W&M
-Columbia, UVA, Washington
-Colgate, Santa Clara
-Berkeley, UCLA, MIT
-Dartmouth, Fordham
-Harvard, Brown, Emory
-UNC, UCSD
-Stony Brook

I've never seen UChicago, but photos show that it is also a stunning campus.

[Anonymous]

UVA needs some lawn maintenance

Also where are the Colorado schools?

Naval Academy and West Point?

[Anonymous]

Pepperdine, University of San Diego, Stanford, Air Force

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cambridge, at least the central colleges with backs on the river.

+1
My DC studied there for a semester and said it was like a fairytale.

[Anonymous]

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

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA needs some lawn maintenance

Also where are the Colorado schools?

Naval Academy and West Point?

Red clay soil makes for nice red bricks and struggling brown grass.

[Anonymous]

Cornell. Yale. UC Santa Cruz. University of British Columbia.

[Anonymous]

Richmond, Miami of Ohio, Boston College, Wellesley were the best we saw.

[Anonymous]

A lot depends on the time of year and the specific context. Almost all of the New England schools are pretty ugly for most of the actual school year, but stunning in the early fall and late spring. The schools in the better weather area are often. UCB nicer during the school year. So while Yale, for example, looks very pretty in May or September it is pretty bleak much of the school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Out of the colleges I've visited, this is my list in tiers:
One of the benefits of touring colleges is getting to see the architecture, which I love.

-Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Duke, Oxford
-Cornell, W&M
-Columbia, UVA, Washington
-Colgate, Santa Clara
-Berkeley, UCLA, MIT
-Dartmouth, Fordham
-Harvard, Brown, Emory
-UNC, UCSB
-Stony Brook

I've never seen UChicago, but photos show that it is also a stunning campus.

It used to be but lately looks like there hasn't been a maintenance man or gardener in about 3 yrs. Weeds everywhere, peeling paint, etc.

[Anonymous]

Cornell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cornell

Nice setting, if you can handle the cold, but mid architecture.

[Anonymous]

Duke hands down!