Ugliest College Campuses

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I don't know about "ugliest", but Dartmouth is pretty much a hot mess, aside from the Green.

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Anonymous wrote:Hands down BU

+1 very depressing, sad.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown, Northeastern are ugly

Georgetown? It’s gorgeous.

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Anonymous wrote:UCSD alum here. Lived in Camp Snoopy freshman year (IYKYK). Sure, some buildings are 60s ugly, but the location in La Jolla itself is spectacular. Love UCSD!!

Me too. Before it was even called Camp Snoopy. Sadly torn down last summer.

Really? I’m feeling a little sad it was torn down. I loved that place and lived there as a freshman in 1987-1988.

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The library was my favorite UCSD building lol.

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Anonymous wrote:I personally don’t like Duke’s campus

Or Virginia Tech’s

You're an outlier whose views are likely shaped by something other that any sense of design or aesthetics. So give yourself a cookie and move on.

No, I really just don't like the look of the buildings. Find them depressing.

I get that other people have a different taste in campus building/architecture/aesthetics, and that was why I said this was a personal thing.

FWIW, not sure what is so wrong with UMD. They apparently don't like the brick or something?

Maybe a bad pic but doesn't look that great to me.

I grew up in NC and everyone always talked about how ugly the Duke campus was. Everyone.

This is ridiculous. I was heavily recruited for athletics by most ACC schools. On my Maryland visit, which had a great athletic program, the coaches knew I was going to visit Duke (along with UNC and UVA) the next week. They warned me not to be impressed by the beauty of Duke's campus, or the forested trails in Duke Forest about a third of the size of Fairfax County. Duke Gardens is absurdly beautiful, and one can throw a baseball from the Allen Building (the admin center) to the Gardens. There's a lot to both dislike and like about Duke, one of the most contradictory schools in the nation with one of the most fascinating histories in existence (and not all positive either) but the Duke campus is beautiful. I actually did not find the Gothic west campus all that appealing as it was dark in a sense (I ended up matriculating there), but East Campus had a laid back Georgian vibe that was pleasant. The City of Durham is not something to write home about, but then again, neither is College Park. The best college town I have been in is Ann Arbor - just so much to do and a national power academically.

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Anonymous wrote:Hands down BU

+1 very depressing, sad.

That is what my kid said!

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I don't know about "ugliest", but Dartmouth is pretty much a hot mess, aside from the Green.

No, Dartmouth is generally ranked as one of the most attractive campuses in the country. Saying "aside from the Green" is kind of silly since virtually all the academic and administrative buildings are visible from the Green, but the streets away from the Green have views of the Green Mountains or Occom Pond and most of the handful of drab 60's buildings have been replaced in recent years. If you seriously believe Dartmouth is 'one of the ugliest college campuses in the country" you obviously have some kind of issues - but DCUM so no surprise.

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Ithaca college is hideous

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Anonymous wrote:Why was UMD on the list? I think it’s a nice campus.

Agree. Garbage list. And then to further insult..

Similar to many other campuses on our list, College Park is a brick wonderland. Its unfortunate Georgian aesthetic choice is the main reason this school gets on the list. With its cold, rigid architecture and need for high security, College Park leaves a lot to be desired.




What "high security" is there? The campus police?

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I would nominate U. Nebraska, Lincoln.

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I don't know about "ugliest", but Dartmouth is pretty much a hot mess, aside from the Green.

No, Dartmouth is generally ranked as one of the most attractive campuses in the country. Saying "aside from the Green" is kind of silly since virtually all the academic and administrative buildings are visible from the Green, but the streets away from the Green have views of the Green Mountains or Occom Pond and most of the handful of drab 60's buildings have been replaced in recent years. If you seriously believe Dartmouth is 'one of the ugliest college campuses in the country" you obviously have some kind of issues - but DCUM so no surprise.

Different poster.
Visited the campus a couple of years ago.
Location and campus vibe combined was very not appealing.

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UGA is ugly

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Fordham

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Anonymous wrote:UCSD alum here. Lived in Camp Snoopy freshman year (IYKYK). Sure, some buildings are 60s ugly, but the location in La Jolla itself is spectacular. Love UCSD!!

Me too. Before it was even called Camp Snoopy. Sadly torn down last summer.

Really? I’m feeling a little sad it was torn down. I loved that place and lived there as a freshman in 1987-1988.

Yes. My kid is now a sophomore at UCSD. I walked around feeling nostalgic in June just before it got demolished to make way for new housing.