s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses

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Kenyon College in Ohio. Probably a top 5 most beautiful campus, but given its remoteness, it might not provide as good an all-around experience as some other great campuses. It is top notch, though

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Anonymous wrote:Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It must be because UVA is one of the most unattractive campuses I’ve ever seen. I just don’t get the love for that one. Good school, but definitely not a beautiful campus.

If you just drive through UVA, it doesn't give the best impression. You have to walk around the Lawn area.

I was at UVA this week for orientation. Campus is beautiful.

My kid (OOS) adored UVA campus, and I thought it was quite beautiful. I see people on DCUM disparaging UVA; I can’t wrap my head around that.

It's bitterness because it is so difficult now to get into; it's relatively small compared to other flagships; and some parents (like us) are sad their kid isn't even a contender so there's no point in even applying. And sometimes the nasty comments are from students at rival schools: VT and UMD

And vice-versa.

Rarely, IMHE. It's the underdog that has to bite.

The dog it was that died.

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Anonymous wrote:We thought Wash U was gorgeous.

Except it's in Missouri

So what? Why do you hate America so much?

America is amazing! Missouri is not.

St. Louis is blue. Missouri could easily go blue. Maybe you post like this to discourage Democrats from moving to Missouri and casting votes in Missouri.

That’s like saying cities in TX are blue

Texas could easily go blue. The people telling liberal and progressive students to avoid Texas are either foolish or Republicans.

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Anonymous wrote:Kenyon College in Ohio. Probably a top 5 most beautiful campus, but given its remoteness, it might not provide as good an all-around experience as some other great campuses. It is top notch, though

Also Sewanee.

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Anonymous wrote:Kenyon College in Ohio. Probably a top 5 most beautiful campus, but given its remoteness, it might not provide as good an all-around experience as some other great campuses. It is top notch, though

Also Sewanee.

If you are looking at the complete campus, I think LACs (e.g. Kenyon, Sewanee, Middlebury, Wellesley, Mount Holyoke, Richmone, etc.) are better and more consistent as a group than large universities. Large universities may their signature pretty areas, but often large sections of the campus are not nearly as nice.

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Anonymous wrote:We thought Wash U was gorgeous.

Except it's in Missouri

So what? Why do you hate America so much?

America is amazing! Missouri is not.

St. Louis is blue. Missouri could easily go blue. Maybe you post like this to discourage Democrats from moving to Missouri and casting votes in Missouri.

That’s like saying cities in TX are blue

Texas could easily go blue. The people telling liberal and progressive students to avoid Texas are either foolish or Republicans.

not if you have children of child-bearing years

My husband grew up in TX and agrees that he isn't sending our children there.

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Any SEC campus minus Vanderbilt. Have you seen the arse there?

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St Mary’s college of Maryland

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Anonymous wrote:Any SEC campus minus Vanderbilt. Have you seen the arse there?

Tennessee, Kentucky, & Texas A&M aren’t anything to get excited about. Arkansas is nice. Bama, Auburn, Mississippi, Missouri, Georgia, Oklahoma are very nice. Haven’t seen the rest.

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Anonymous wrote:Kenyon College in Ohio. Probably a top 5 most beautiful campus, but given its remoteness, it might not provide as good an all-around experience as some other great campuses. It is top notch, though

+1 it is VERY remote but the beautiful campus, stellar academics, and campus activities more than make up for its remoteness. Loved my time there!!

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Anonymous wrote:Any SEC campus minus Vanderbilt. Have you seen the arse there?

Tennessee, Kentucky, & Texas A&M aren’t anything to get excited about. Arkansas is nice. Bama, Auburn, Mississippi, Missouri, Georgia, Oklahoma are very nice. Haven’t seen the rest.

Describing OU as beautiful is...interesting.

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Pepperdine
UCLA
UC Santa Cruz
Claremont
UC Berkeley
UC San Diego

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Lewis & Clark is beautiful.

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Anonymous wrote:For university campuses, UCLA is an easy winner for me.

For LACs, it's probably Williams.

For university environments, I'll join the chorus on UC Santa Cruz. Love the redwoods.

Seriously for the LAC. Williams is just in such a gorgeous location. If the population was more 8-10k it’d be the top of DC’s list

Williams has a stunning location but I found the campus buildings surprisingly on the shabby side.

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UCLA
UC Santa Cruz
Claremont
UC Berkeley
UC San Diego

UC San Diego’s campus is ugly, concrete buildings mixed with new construction. Hardly any green space or quads.