s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses

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Anonymous wrote:Bucknell is gorgeous.

Especially in December when they decorate the pipeline to “the street” with Monopoly money.

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Duke, Williams, and Pomona w/ Scripps are my favorite three. All so breathtaking in different ways

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Anonymous wrote:I've always thought that Virginia Tech, UVA and William and Mary have beautiful campuses and college towns.

UVA’s campus is average, and Charlottesville is a dump. I know I’m in the majority here on that statement, but I continue to be amazed by people who think Charlottesville is a cute college town.

100% agree on the town. The campus is nice in spots. William and Mary is stunning.

DP. We found W&M to be a very bland looking college.

I thought it was one of the nicest we saw.

I thought W&M was just okay. I give them points for cohesiveness and nice brick buildings, but its campus appears boring and sterile. I’ve been to a number of schools I like better.

and you are the ridiculous woman who said the same upthread about UVA but then stupidly admitted you like only 5% of the colleges you saw. Let's see where your kid gets in and then we can discuss. Oh! NOW you like UVA and W&M because you can save $200k over 4 years.

Did it ever occur to you that these institutions are public and have limited resources? No, of course not, but then you are the the type if poster who will complain if a public has spent too much on a new gym, climbing walk, dining hall or dorms.

Np. UVA has a large endowment. Larger or near equal to several Ivies. Yes, you are correct that it is a public, but resources and opportunities are plentiful…almost overwhelming.

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Wellesley

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Sewanee

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Anonymous wrote:Sewanee

Yes, such a gorgeous place to spend 4 years

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Overall, LACs: Kenyon, Vassar, Wellesley, Swarthmore, Scripps, Mount Holyoke, Middlebury

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Pepperdine

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Anonymous wrote:Rice -- set in the middle of Houston, but within hedges that surround a beautiful quad. The colleges (dorms) aren't that pretty, but the quad is lovely.

You have low standards.

Rice is nice. But for top 10 U.S. I'd go with:

Kenyon
Middlebury
Mount Holyoke
Sewanee
Richmond
Yale
Duke
William & Mary
Princeton
WashU

I think it really is in the eye of the beholder -- I've lived on or near 3 of these campuses and would not have picked any of them! I find Yale to be a very intimidating, overly gothic-castle feel. And I think Amherst has the prettier campus over Mount Holyoke. Princeton just feels to me very....preppy golf course, but I guess it is nice.

Northwestern is, to my mind, the prettiest campus I've been to. The trees, the lake, and the amazing and varied architecture did it for me. I can see an argument for Swarthmore too, but it felt a little too "lost in the woods" for me. But for someone who loves being in the woods, I can see that it would be a top choice.

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Anonymous wrote:Rice -- set in the middle of Houston, but within hedges that surround a beautiful quad. The colleges (dorms) aren't that pretty, but the quad is lovely.

You have low standards.

Rice is nice. But for top 10 U.S. I'd go with:

Kenyon
Middlebury
Mount Holyoke
Sewanee
Richmond
Yale
Duke
William & Mary
Princeton
WashU

I think it really is in the eye of the beholder -- I've lived on or near 3 of these campuses and would not have picked any of them! I find Yale to be a very intimidating, overly gothic-castle feel. And I think Amherst has the prettier campus over Mount Holyoke. Princeton just feels to me very....preppy golf course, but I guess it is nice.

Northwestern is, to my mind, the prettiest campus I've been to. The trees, the lake, and the amazing and varied architecture did it for me. I can see an argument for Swarthmore too, but it felt a little too "lost in the woods" for me. But for someone who loves being in the woods, I can see that it would be a top choice.

I guess so. Visited Northwestern and the only thing I remember about the campus was that it had a beach, which was nice, and that Evanston seemed like a nice town. But I literally remember nothing about the buildings on the campus. Didn't stand out at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Overall, LACs: Kenyon, Vassar, Wellesley, Swarthmore, Scripps, Mount Holyoke, Middlebury

Kenyon? NO

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Anonymous wrote:Rice -- set in the middle of Houston, but within hedges that surround a beautiful quad. The colleges (dorms) aren't that pretty, but the quad is lovely.

You have low standards.

Rice is nice. But for top 10 U.S. I'd go with:

Kenyon
Middlebury
Mount Holyoke
Sewanee
Richmond
Yale
Duke
William & Mary
Princeton
WashU

Kenyon does not belong on this list!

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Anonymous wrote:Rice -- set in the middle of Houston, but within hedges that surround a beautiful quad. The colleges (dorms) aren't that pretty, but the quad is lovely.

You have low standards.

Rice is nice. But for top 10 U.S. I'd go with:

Kenyon
Middlebury
Mount Holyoke
Sewanee
Richmond
Yale
Duke
William & Mary
Princeton
WashU

I think it really is in the eye of the beholder -- I've lived on or near 3 of these campuses and would not have picked any of them! I find Yale to be a very intimidating, overly gothic-castle feel. And I think Amherst has the prettier campus over Mount Holyoke. Princeton just feels to me very....preppy golf course, but I guess it is nice.

Northwestern is, to my mind, the prettiest campus I've been to. The trees, the lake, and the amazing and varied architecture did it for me. I can see an argument for Swarthmore too, but it felt a little too "lost in the woods" for me. But for someone who loves being in the woods, I can see that it would be a top choice.

I’ve never heard that one before!

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My top three would be Princeton, Yale, and Williams, in that order.

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Anonymous wrote:I've always thought that Virginia Tech, UVA and William and Mary have beautiful campuses and college towns.

UVA’s campus is average, and Charlottesville is a dump. I know I’m in the majority here on that statement, but I continue to be amazed by people who think Charlottesville is a cute college town.

100% agree on the town. The campus is nice in spots. William and Mary is stunning.

DP. We found W&M to be a very bland looking college.

I thought it was one of the nicest we saw.

I thought W&M was just okay. I give them points for cohesiveness and nice brick buildings, but its campus appears boring and sterile. I’ve been to a number of schools I like better.

and you are the ridiculous woman who said the same upthread about UVA but then stupidly admitted you like only 5% of the colleges you saw. Let's see where your kid gets in and then we can discuss. Oh! NOW you like UVA and W&M because you can save $200k over 4 years.

Did it ever occur to you that these institutions are public and have limited resources? No, of course not, but then you are the the type if poster who will complain if a public has spent too much on a new gym, climbing walk, dining hall or dorms.

Np. UVA has a large endowment. Larger or near equal to several Ivies. Yes, you are correct that it is a public, but resources and opportunities are plentiful…almost overwhelming.

Perhaps UVA should be using more of its endowment to offset its ridiculous 62k oos tuition and actually get talented oos students to yield.
Anyhow, the lowest Ivies for endowment per student are Cornell and Columbia. UVA is almost even with Cornell, that fellow state school, but lower than Columbia. All others are not even close. But we know UVA boosters are prone to exaggeration: https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/EndowmentPerStudent/State/VA/