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[quote=Anonymous]We did a bunch of visits during family travels, so not all were ‘official’ with tour guides.

St Andrews- underwhelmed, couldn’t believe what all the fuss was about. Remote, small village. Lots of tiny rundown buildings and apts.

Edinburgh- large, vibrant campus, close proximity to town, though many, many tourists. This would have been my pick of the three Scottish campuses.

Glasgow- best “campus within a city” layout of all the tours, US included. Hogwarts vibes. Happen to be there on graduation day. Lots of happy students and families. Great high street with lots of shops. DC seriously considered it.

UW- visited on a sunny football game day and it really did check a lot of big campus boxes (not really what DC was looking for) and had a nice high street nearby. Lots of walking, it’s kind of spread out.

NYU and BU were both high on DC’s  list of “city colleges” but after tours, particularly NYU, where we just walked along the streets and looked at the outside of buildings WITH a tour guide, they were very underwhelmed.

Drexel- quite impressed with the co-op program and campus. It was on the list.

USC- really nice small tour with the admissions director at Annenberg School, personal and interesting with tips for applying. Campus was bustling.

Loyola Marymount- beautiful campus, good location in LA, Palm trees and pacific views. Guessing it’s a backup for students who didn’t get into USC or find Pepperdine too religious.

Vassar - beautiful campus, nice, interesting tour guides. Quintessential NE college campus. Great library. Happy students. Decent walkable small town. New hotel and restaurant across from campus. 
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