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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ones that didn't make my personal cut, based on recent tours:
Penn and Drexel
NYU

Pleasantly surprised by:
UConn
Syracuse

I guess we don't like urban, since they don't really have much of a campus--buildings are sort of all over the place.[/quote]

If you don't like urban, that's definitely your perogative. But Penn and NYU aren't so bad these days, at least for urban campuses. Penn used to be HORRIBLE - I know, I went there. Today, Penn is much less dangerous than it used to be and many nice stores and boutiques have sprouted up around it. Like many urban campuses, it's never going to be crime-free or even low-crime, though. Temple, in another part of Philadelphia, has barbed wire around the dorms. I love Philadelphia, but it's an "emerging" city, shall we say.[/quote]

Penn area is not nice at all.  Philly schools are all in bad neighborhoods. Boston, DC, NYC, Pittsburgh all have schools in better areas than Philly. [/quote]

"Nice" is subjective. If you want an urban school, you might find Penn at least as "nice" as NYU or Columbia.  Yes, I've been to all three recently.[/quote]

The surrounding area in Philly is far worse than Greenwich Village or Morningside Heights.  That's the problem.  Some of the buildings are nice, but the general area sucks. [/quote]

Morningside Heights is 10 minutes from Harlem, which is coming up, but still.[/quote]

Dumb.  Some of the most expensive real estate in the world on the UES is 10 minutes from Harlem, too.

The issue with Penn is the immediately surrounding area, which is awful. [/quote]

Dumb? You're rude!

If you define "nice" as being expensive, then there are lots of places in Haarlem and the Bronx where you'll be deleriously happy. The rest of us probalby define "nice" as having more to do with nice trees and parks, and safety.[/quote]

Your posts make no sense.  Penn is in a bad neighborhood that is not particularly safe.   NYU and Columbia are in much safer areas, and Columbia is a block away from Riverside Park.      [/quote]

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