Schools with traditional campus feel but within a city

Anonymous
Bucknell! Lewisburg is the New York of Pennsylvania and students flock from all cosmopolitan areas to go from Bucknell to The Street.
Anonymous
My kid looking for the same thing looked at:

McGill
Columbia/Barnard
University of Washington
UC Berkeley
Penn
Anonymous
Second University of Washington (campus is gorgeous and hop on the metro one stop to downtown), Reed in Portland, Vanderbilt, University of San Francisco, Loyola New Orleans, McGill, Georgia Tech, UBC Vancouver, Trinity (both CT and Dublin), University of Denver. Not large cities but Colorado College, Mcalester and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
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Anonymous wrote:Second University of Washington (campus is gorgeous and hop on the metro one stop to downtown), Reed in Portland, Vanderbilt, University of San Francisco, Loyola New Orleans, McGill, Georgia Tech, UBC Vancouver, Trinity (both CT and Dublin), University of Denver. Not large cities but Colorado College, Mcalester and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

If Dallas isn't a city on this thread, Colorado springs is a rural village. There's very little to do in Colorado Springs and it is super small.
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Anonymous wrote:Macalaster
Puget Sound and Reed on west coast
Harvard
Yale
Barnard?


IDK what OP means by traditional campus feel. If you mean a self contained campus, that's a no for both Harvard and Yale. Both campuses are lovely, but they are intertwined with their respective urban environments, and you walk on city streets to get from place to place on campus. They are not separate and apart.

Both are beautiful and still feel very traditional. And there are large areas on the campuses that are apart from their cities. This includes Harvard Yard and Yale's Old Campus. Also the houses at Harvard and the residential colleges at Yale have enclosed courtyards.
Anonymous
Duquesne in Pittsburgh. An actual campus set right in the middle of downtown. As you walk across the green grass, you look up and see tall buildings of downtown.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Case


Case is in a city but not a traditional campus feel. It’s definitely urban, like Boston University compared to Boston College.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:OP here. Appreciate everyone who responded. I should have clarified. We visited the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx. As someone pointed out, you’re right, it’s not right in the city but you can catch a train just steps from the campus and they have a school shuttle that takes you to the Lincoln Center campus. What DS likes about it is that the campus is self contained. Other than the occasional sirens and honking the way the campus is laid out you would think you were at a SLAC in PA. But right outside you get the hustle and bustle of city life. You have the botanical garden on on side and the Bronx on the other.

I don’t think NYU fits in this category because it’s integrated with the city.


Definitely Boston College.
Anonymous
Haverford is a nice campus and not that far from Philly. Same for Sarah Lawrence to NYC.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Second University of Washington (campus is gorgeous and hop on the metro one stop to downtown), Reed in Portland, Vanderbilt, University of San Francisco, Loyola New Orleans, McGill, Georgia Tech, UBC Vancouver, Trinity (both CT and Dublin), University of Denver. Not large cities but Colorado College, Mcalester and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

If Dallas isn't a city on this thread, Colorado springs is a rural village. There's very little to do in Colorado Springs and it is super small.


Agree! Smdh at morons on this thread claiming Dallas isn’t a city.
Anonymous
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Anonymous wrote:Carnegie Melon


And Pitt.


and Duquesne.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Duquesne in Pittsburgh. An actual campus set right in the middle of downtown. As you walk across the green grass, you look up and see tall buildings of downtown.


Yes, it's a cool design, built into and on top of a cliff overlooking the city and river.
Anonymous
I guess it depends on what a traditional campus looks like? Like UVA??
Anonymous
UT-Austin
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Anonymous wrote:Ohio State


I came to say The Ohio State University too. I’m surprised that this school doesn’t come up more often. The campus is traditional and beautiful. Unlike other city schools, like UPenn and NYU, you know when you are on and off campus but you can still walk across the street and be in the middle of the city.
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