Top 10 best college campuses in the United States

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Anonymous wrote:I would say NYU #1

Ugh. Urban "campuses" are the worst.

Uh.. maybe for your kid, but we are not talking about your kid.

They are insanely popular overall.

Not among my students at my kids' school - most are seeking out suburban and rural campuses. You must be talking about your own kid and their peers.

NOPE. I'm not talking about your kid or my kid or isolated cases.
This is for overall.

Schools like NYU, USC, Northeastern are the most applied schools from DMV area as well as nationally.
Check the real data for yourself rather looking at your kid and some kids around you.

NOPE. You made the claim, you provide the "real data" to support it. And not some list from Bethesda.

Bethesda is a good representation and survey of DMV area. NYU received 120K applications. Northeastern 100K

One town out of the entire DMV area means nothing. You've pulled this nonsense before. We get it - you're a NE booster. That doesn't mean urban schools are "insanely popular overall."

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Anonymous wrote:I would say NYU #1

Ugh. Urban "campuses" are the worst.

Uh.. maybe for your kid, but we are not talking about your kid.

They are insanely popular overall.

Not among my students at my kids' school - most are seeking out suburban and rural campuses. You must be talking about your own kid and their peers.

Who the F prefers middle of nowhere??

Who the F prefers dirty, crime-ridden, concrete streets? No one I know.

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Anonymous wrote:I would say NYU #1

Ugh. Urban "campuses" are the worst.

Uh.. maybe for your kid, but we are not talking about your kid.

They are insanely popular overall.

Not among my students at my kids' school - most are seeking out suburban and rural campuses. You must be talking about your own kid and their peers.

Who the F prefers middle of nowhere??

Who the F prefers dirty, crime-ridden, concrete streets? No one I know.

There will always be students who want a downtown experience. Boston has remained pretty safe. Schools like BU and Northeastern will remain appealing. Same with NYU. New York is no worse now than before.

But people might think twice about other urban schools. Baltimore and Philadelphia are not particularly appealing presently. Suspect Hopkins and Penn are not getting as many applications as they otherwise would. Possibly the same with UChicago.

Depends on the city. But there are tons of kids who'd much rather be in the city than Hicksville, Nowhere or some bland suburb.

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Anonymous wrote:I would say NYU #1

Ugh. Urban "campuses" are the worst.

Uh.. maybe for your kid, but we are not talking about your kid.

They are insanely popular overall.

Not among my students at my kids' school - most are seeking out suburban and rural campuses. You must be talking about your own kid and their peers.

Who the F prefers middle of nowhere??

Who the F prefers dirty, crime-ridden, concrete streets? No one I know.

There will always be students who want a downtown experience. Boston has remained pretty safe. Schools like BU and Northeastern will remain appealing. Same with NYU. New York is no worse now than before.

But people might think twice about other urban schools. Baltimore and Philadelphia are not particularly appealing presently. Suspect Hopkins and Penn are not getting as many applications as they otherwise would. Possibly the same with UChicago.

Depends on the city. But there are tons of kids who'd much rather be in the city than Hicksville, Nowhere or some bland suburb.

Sure, no doubt many kids prefer urban schools. And many others prefer traditional campuses, either in the suburbs, small towns, or rural areas. The statement that the PP (you?) made that urban schools are “insanely popular overall” is completely unfounded.

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+1 On the joys of urban college life. One of the big advantages of vibrant urban life is the variety of housing options. There are traditional dorms, tiny overpriced apartments, dingy hotels, and if all else fails you can always pitch a tent on the sidewalk.

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Anonymous wrote:Which idiot picks their school for the landscaping?!?!

Shallow people. That’s who.

Highly manicured campuses, in my opinion, seem to be hiding negative aspects about the school. Looking at you High Point.

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Anonymous wrote:Which idiot picks their school for the landscaping?!?!

Shallow people. That’s who.

Highly manicured campuses, in my opinion, seem to be hiding negative aspects about the school. Looking at you High Point.

Kind of like Cambridge and Oxford in the UK. They are manicured but hiding rot.

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Yeah, let’s all go to urban campuses that look like slums! Let’s dress in all black & pretend we like art museums! Boo, sports! Yay, squalor!

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, let’s all go to urban campuses that look like slums! Let’s dress in all black & pretend we like art museums! Boo, sports! Yay, squalor!

What? Urban campus doesn't mean no sports.

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Anonymous wrote:Which idiot picks their school for the landscaping?!?!

Shallow people. That’s who.

Highly manicured campuses, in my opinion, seem to be hiding negative aspects about the school. Looking at you High Point.

DP. Interesting! Tell us about Stanford, why don't you? What a truly ridiculous claim. Enjoy your ugly school.

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Anonymous wrote:So many bitter people here because their school wasn’t included. Typical DCUM!

I went to Wash. U. I loved Wash. U. I thought it had a pretty, cosy campus. I thought it’s famous was shabbier but more comfortable than Northwestern’s.

But, honestly, I think it’s weird that some lists rank it over UVa., Yale, Harvard, etc.

If there are any architects here, I’d be curious to hear if they think Wash. U. ranks so high on the architecture lists because of excellence in architecture or excellence in architecture communications

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Of course urban universities have sports! There’s nothing quite fighting off the rats while tailgating in an alley before an NYU fencing competition.

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Anonymous wrote:Excellent troll job- liberty, JMU and VT all ranked in the top 10

What is your point, exactly? I don't know anything about Liberty, but JMU and VT both have great campuses.
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JMU has a major highway bisecting it! Not my idea of an idyllic campus.

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Anonymous wrote:Just toured Virginia Tech--it was way better than we expected. Wouldn't rank it in top 10 prettiest, but it was pretty good. Maybe the "best" rank includes on-campus offerings. VTech has tons of on-campus food and amenities to accommodate 40,000 in the middle of Blacksburg.

Va Tech is the traditional college Gothic architecture set against vast mountain-scape. It gets high praise for good food. But what other “on-campus” amenities are you raving about? We also toured recently, it is beautiful, DS would love to attend, but I couldn’t get a feel for what else there is (much less “tons”).

DP. There are hundreds of clubs, club sports, and organizations available as well as lots of outdoor activities in the mountains (hiking, camping, rafting, climbing, caving, etc). Residential life includes lots of LLPs, if that's your thing. There is Greek life for those interested, but less than 20% go Greek, so the majority of students don't rush. Honestly, it's a little surprising that you toured the school but didn't ask about these things while you were there. There's also google...

but everyone moves off campus sophomore year and takes a shuttle bus to campus. that seems weird to me.

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Anonymous wrote:This list is utter trash! My list of 10 best campuses based on all the ones I've visited:
10) UVA
9) Washington
8) West Point
7) William & Mary
6) Columbia
5) Cornell
4) Stanford
3) Duke
2) Princeton
1) Yale

Honorable mentions: Santa Clara, Emory, UC Berkeley, Fordham, Colgate

I was underwhelmed with the following:
(1) Harvard
(2) Brown
(3) MIT
(4) UCLA
(5) UNC
(6) Dartmouth

Of the campuses I've never visited but appear to be beautiful campuses:
(1) U Chicago
(2) Naval Academy

Your list is much better that the list the OP linkked to.

agreed. I'd add some LACs too.