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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the Ivies are older schools. The WASP aesthetic for a long time was ok with shabbiness.  This no longer sells well in the modern environment where college costs $90K per year.

Despite the wealth and reputation of these schools, it is quite expensive to build new buildings.

I went to school at a top MBA school that replaced its building after I graduated.  The old building had a 1950s high school vibe but in retrospect I liked it better than the new one.  The new one is fancy, grandiose, and sterile.  It also has expensive and ridiculous corporate art sculptures scattered about.  It's strength is probably better wifi and more breakout rooms.  For $100M or so.[/quote]

I'm the Cornell poster.  I don't need new buildings (I personally own a 1920s house by choice) but Cornell completely felt like it was falling apart.  There were giant weeds everywhere.  It truly looked like there was zero ongoing maintenance being done.  I know this doesn't matter for academics but I notice these things.  [/quote]

Yes, much prefer old to new and sterile, but also a noticer of weeds, dirty upholstery, and peeling paint. I know they take a beating with the weather, but my eye just sees this stuff. It for sure was a $90k tuition and noticing maintenance too![/quote]
DD just graduated.  It's such a huge campus..you focused on weeds?  I guess find a school with more if a landscaping focus?  We lived visiting the arboretum and walking around the gourges watching the sun set on the slope, boat rides on the lake.  [/quote]

That wasn’t me that posted that about Cornell, just agreed I notice which schools maintain more than others despite age. The gorges are incredible, I said I like campus and Ithaca![/quote]

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