Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:38     Subject: Underwhelming campus experience
Anonymous wrote:Yale is like a weird Potemkin Village or movie set.


I wish I were jaded enough to toss out such a comment. Yale seemed magical to me as a visitor.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:36     Subject: Underwhelming campus experience
Anonymous wrote:Was disappointed with Pepperdine University in Malibu, Caifornia. Expected more.

Cornell was too overcast & gloomy.


Totally spot on for Cornell and agree with Pepperdine. Thought it would be a lot prettier. It really was not.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:35     Subject: Underwhelming campus experience
Anonymous wrote:Yes. Went to Chicago to see UChicago, didn't care for the tour and didn't apply. Meanwhile, did the Northwestern tour only because we were in town, was surprised how appealing it was, applied and now attends.


Chicago has a beautiful campus. The school however is not for everyone.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:34     Subject: Underwhelming campus experience
Amherst - not sure if I had particularly high expectations but found the campus underwhelming.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:34     Subject: Underwhelming campus experience
Was disappointed with Pepperdine University in Malibu, Caifornia. Expected more.

Cornell was too overcast & gloomy.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:32     Subject: Underwhelming campus experience
Richmond
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:31     Subject: Underwhelming campus experience
Yale is like a weird Potemkin Village or movie set.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:29     Subject: Underwhelming campus experience
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No push back on opinions, just interested in if people have ever gone to a college campus in person and realized it was not as spectacular as they’d imagined.


Carnegie Mellon.


I thought Carnegie Mellon was super nice! Though we did luck into a perfect weather day, which is def not the norm in Pittsburgh.


I liked MIT, Georgia Tech, WPI, RPI more than CM. Wife agreed. Son agreed.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:27     Subject: Underwhelming campus experience
Yes. Went to Chicago to see UChicago, didn't care for the tour and didn't apply. Meanwhile, did the Northwestern tour only because we were in town, was surprised how appealing it was, applied and now attends.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:26     Subject: Underwhelming campus experience
Harvard
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:26     Subject: Re:Underwhelming campus experience
UVA
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:26     Subject: Underwhelming campus experience
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No push back on opinions, just interested in if people have ever gone to a college campus in person and realized it was not as spectacular as they’d imagined.


Carnegie Mellon.


I thought Carnegie Mellon was super nice! Though we did luck into a perfect weather day, which is def not the norm in Pittsburgh.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:24     Subject: Underwhelming campus experience
Yes, of course. Why do you ask?
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:24     Subject: Underwhelming campus experience
Anonymous wrote:No push back on opinions, just interested in if people have ever gone to a college campus in person and realized it was not as spectacular as they’d imagined.


Carnegie Mellon.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2024 22:23     Subject: Underwhelming campus experience
No push back on opinions, just interested in if people have ever gone to a college campus in person and realized it was not as spectacular as they’d imagined.