Ugliest Elite College?

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Anonymous wrote:To me, Amherst for liberal arts colleges and MIT for university with Yale as a runner up

Amherst and MIT fair enough but Yale is gorgeous. Surprised you feel this way unless you are factoring in New Haven? It’s actually my favorite of the top college campuses I’ve seen

I just don’t like American gothic architecture. It’s a personal preference, too drab.

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Anonymous wrote:Cal Tech is very meh.

Wow, I grew up in Pasadena and would regularly take visitors on tours of Caltech's campus and everyone loved the beautiful fountains and the arched walkways. It's the Spanish mission style, which I guess is not for everyone.

What do you expect from a group that thinks a center hall colonial is the utmost in home design?

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MIT, including the insides of some of the buildings. The outskirts of Cornell’s campus are terrible but the A&S area is lovely with an incredible view so I think it’s really nice for undergrads staying on campus in that area. I like Stanford’s campus but I grew up in California so perhaps it’s an acquired taste.

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Anonymous wrote:Cornell. I expected it to be lovely and it was a sprawling collection of random, shoddy buildings. In general looked very poorly maintained.
I guess the view of the lake is nice but that was about it.

Cornell has parts that look like a state school. The setting is amazing though with a pond, waterfalls, and arboretum. Cayuga lake is also beautiful.

Cornell has parts that are a state school.

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, including the insides of some of the buildings. The outskirts of Cornell’s campus are terrible but the A&S area is lovely with an incredible view so I think it’s really nice for undergrads staying on campus in that area. I like Stanford’s campus but I grew up in California so perhaps it’s an acquired taste.

I remember the insides of some of the buildings at MIT when I was there....they were depressing and kind of creepy--do they still have those long drab hallways that seem to go on forever (especially if the building is empty)?

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Anonymous wrote:To me, Amherst for liberal arts colleges and MIT for university with Yale as a runner up

You don't like Yale? Ooookaaay.

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Anonymous wrote:To me, Amherst for liberal arts colleges and MIT for university with Yale as a runner up

You don't like Yale? Ooookaaay.

I don’t like it either, and I’ve been to most of the residential colleges! I prefer uchicago’s interpretation of Oxbridge design.

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https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/30/1119599.page

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cornell. I expected it to be lovely and it was a sprawling collection of random, shoddy buildings. In general looked very poorly maintained.
I guess the view of the lake is nice but that was about it.

Cornell has parts that look like a state school. The setting is amazing though with a pond, waterfalls, and arboretum. Cayuga lake is also beautiful.

Cornell has parts that are a state school.

Incorrect. Cornell is a private university (all of it) with certain schools within it receiving a small amount of state funding which offsets a small portion of the tuition for NY state residents.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cornell. I expected it to be lovely and it was a sprawling collection of random, shoddy buildings. In general looked very poorly maintained.
I guess the view of the lake is nice but that was about it.

Cornell has parts that look like a state school. The setting is amazing though with a pond, waterfalls, and arboretum. Cayuga lake is also beautiful.

Cornell has parts that are a state school.

You also consider MIT a state school? Because they’re both land grant. NY gives a break to it’s residents where MA does not but one is as “public” as the other (aka not at all).

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Anonymous wrote:I am a big Georgetown booster, but I have to admit that once you step away from Healy/Copley/White-Gravenor, it's an unattractive campus.

+1. They got off to a great start & then…📉

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Anonymous wrote:To me, Amherst for liberal arts colleges and MIT for university with Yale as a runner up

Yale?

You crazy bruh.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a big Georgetown booster, but I have to admit that once you step away from Healy/Copley/White-Gravenor, it's an unattractive campus.

+1. They got off to a great start & then…📉

The library building’s exterior is especially terrible

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To me, Amherst for liberal arts colleges and MIT for university with Yale as a runner up

Yale?

You crazy bruh.

I posted this already early on the thread, Yale is so polarizing!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To me, Amherst for liberal arts colleges and MIT for university with Yale as a runner up

You don't like Yale? Ooookaaay.

I don’t like it either, and I’ve been to most of the residential colleges! I prefer uchicago’s interpretation of Oxbridge design.

You sound like an expert…lol 🙃