s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses

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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.

Shabby? They have a gorgeous library and most of the academic buildings are stunning. They preserve the outside while having fantastically modern interiors. Going inside the buildings really brings them together.

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Anonymous wrote:Princeton and Yale will always be my top two in terms of campus beauty: Yale for the beauty of individual buildings and Princeton for the overall campus appeal.

+1,000

DC didn't like the “mismatched” and crowded architecture at Princeton. Quite a few newer (but not the newest) buildings were truly ugly and detracted from the more beautiful parts. And it felt like they were squeezed in haphazardly. But we loved having Nassau Street right there, and the art/sculptures on campus were fantastic!

DC thought Duke was much prettier. Same Gothic architecture but laid out in quads with a more spacious feel. The newer buildings seem to mirror the Gothic style in modern and interesting ways, and didn’t feel crammed in. And the gardens are gorgeous! Downside is no cute town within walking distance (except off of the Freshman campus on East - which also very pretty with completely different architecture than the main campus.)

Duke's campus is separated by a freeway.

We thought of them as two separate campuses. Each is self-contained and beautiful - and an easy shuttle bus ride to the other when needed.

It is not a freeway - I ran Campus Drive easily a thousand times and mostly it was bus traffic and I often ran on the road. How anyone could be so inaccurate is a mystery.

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Uchicago is the premier college campus!

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Anonymous wrote:Princeton and Yale will always be my top two in terms of campus beauty: Yale for the beauty of individual buildings and Princeton for the overall campus appeal.

+1,000

DC didn't like the “mismatched” and crowded architecture at Princeton. Quite a few newer (but not the newest) buildings were truly ugly and detracted from the more beautiful parts. And it felt like they were squeezed in haphazardly. But we loved having Nassau Street right there, and the art/sculptures on campus were fantastic!

DC thought Duke was much prettier. Same Gothic architecture but laid out in quads with a more spacious feel. The newer buildings seem to mirror the Gothic style in modern and interesting ways, and didn’t feel crammed in. And the gardens are gorgeous! Downside is no cute town within walking distance (except off of the Freshman campus on East - which also very pretty with completely different architecture than the main campus.)

Duke's campus is separated by a freeway.

We thought of them as two separate campuses. Each is self-contained and beautiful - and an easy shuttle bus ride to the other when needed.

It is not a freeway - I ran Campus Drive easily a thousand times and mostly it was bus traffic and I often ran on the road. How anyone could be so inaccurate is a mystery.

Any map will show you Duke East and West are separated by the Durham Freeway.

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WashU
The University of Kansas main campus (in Lawrence) is actually quite beautiful

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Yale.

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Anonymous wrote:Yale.

Pitiful campus with homeless everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Yale.

Pitiful campus with homeless everywhere.

Not true. You’ve clearly never visited. Hater.

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Anonymous wrote:Princeton and Yale will always be my top two in terms of campus beauty: Yale for the beauty of individual buildings and Princeton for the overall campus appeal.

+1,000

DC didn't like the “mismatched” and crowded architecture at Princeton. Quite a few newer (but not the newest) buildings were truly ugly and detracted from the more beautiful parts. And it felt like they were squeezed in haphazardly. But we loved having Nassau Street right there, and the art/sculptures on campus were fantastic!

DC thought Duke was much prettier. Same Gothic architecture but laid out in quads with a more spacious feel. The newer buildings seem to mirror the Gothic style in modern and interesting ways, and didn’t feel crammed in. And the gardens are gorgeous! Downside is no cute town within walking distance (except off of the Freshman campus on East - which also very pretty with completely different architecture than the main campus.)

Duke's campus is separated by a freeway.

We thought of them as two separate campuses. Each is self-contained and beautiful - and an easy shuttle bus ride to the other when needed.

It is not a freeway - I ran Campus Drive easily a thousand times and mostly it was bus traffic and I often ran on the road. How anyone could be so inaccurate is a mystery.

Any map will show you Duke East and West are separated by the Durham Freeway.

Again what a dumb comment. Campus Drive goes underneath the freeway. Have you ever been to Duke?

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Anonymous wrote:Princeton and Yale will always be my top two in terms of campus beauty: Yale for the beauty of individual buildings and Princeton for the overall campus appeal.

+1,000

DC didn't like the “mismatched” and crowded architecture at Princeton. Quite a few newer (but not the newest) buildings were truly ugly and detracted from the more beautiful parts. And it felt like they were squeezed in haphazardly. But we loved having Nassau Street right there, and the art/sculptures on campus were fantastic!

DC thought Duke was much prettier. Same Gothic architecture but laid out in quads with a more spacious feel. The newer buildings seem to mirror the Gothic style in modern and interesting ways, and didn’t feel crammed in. And the gardens are gorgeous! Downside is no cute town within walking distance (except off of the Freshman campus on East - which also very pretty with completely different architecture than the main campus.)

Duke's campus is separated by a freeway.

We thought of them as two separate campuses. Each is self-contained and beautiful - and an easy shuttle bus ride to the other when needed.

It is not a freeway - I ran Campus Drive easily a thousand times and mostly it was bus traffic and I often ran on the road. How anyone could be so inaccurate is a mystery.

Any map will show you Duke East and West are separated by the Durham Freeway.

Again what a dumb comment. Campus Drive goes underneath the freeway. Have you ever been to Duke?

Why are you attempting to deflect something that is so readily apparent? There is a freeway that separates East and West campuses. Yes, there is a road that connects the campuses, but the campuses are not contiguous. This is not different from other schools like JMU, where there is an interstate dividing its east and west campus. I didn't claim you had to risk your life dodging cars and trucks to traverse from one to the other.

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Anonymous wrote:WashU
The University of Kansas main campus (in Lawrence) is actually quite beautiful

With various kids, I’ve toured maybe 30+ campuses in the last few years. Wash U IS beautiful. Wake Forest was nice. CNU is pretty.

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University of Richmond

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Anonymous wrote:Princeton and Yale will always be my top two in terms of campus beauty: Yale for the beauty of individual buildings and Princeton for the overall campus appeal.

+1,000

DC didn't like the “mismatched” and crowded architecture at Princeton. Quite a few newer (but not the newest) buildings were truly ugly and detracted from the more beautiful parts. And it felt like they were squeezed in haphazardly. But we loved having Nassau Street right there, and the art/sculptures on campus were fantastic!

DC thought Duke was much prettier. Same Gothic architecture but laid out in quads with a more spacious feel. The newer buildings seem to mirror the Gothic style in modern and interesting ways, and didn’t feel crammed in. And the gardens are gorgeous! Downside is no cute town within walking distance (except off of the Freshman campus on East - which also very pretty with completely different architecture than the main campus.)

Duke's campus is separated by a freeway.

The East Campus at Duke is rather dowdy. I don’t think Princeton sticks all its freshmen in any one location that unremarkable.

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Anonymous wrote:University of Richmond

This is one of the most overlooked campuses. Virginia has some pretty campuses, and this may be the best. It doesn't really have any weak spots, which is extremely rare.

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Anonymous wrote:WashU
The University of Kansas main campus (in Lawrence) is actually quite beautiful

It is. Kansas State is also nice.