Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 15:54     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
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Anonymous wrote:if you can get inside the courtyards of the yale residential colleges - and I think you might only walk through one of them on a tour - they're pretty dreamy. Oxford rip off, sure, but a v good one.

Maybe i toured the wrong residential college, but I didn’t find Saybrook or Pauli Murray nice. Just a difference in personal tastes I’m sure, not like the kids are suffering.


They are all very different, intentionally built in a variety of architectural styles. I like some more than others, but the only ones I find ugly are Morse and Stiles. I haven’t personally seen the two new colleges up close in person, but they look nice from what I can tell.


Yale is more polarizing in terms of opinions than I might have suspected. Half the people are awed by its architecture and the other half either think it's too busy/ostentatious or can't get over its location in New Haven.


I think this is mostly people who have been in New Haven but didn't get out of their cars. That was me for a long time. I had a client in New Haven (and I dont hate New Haven!) and thought yale was kinda drab. Then I toured it with my kid, and met with a friend's kid and got an inside look at the colleges and wow, I was wrong. It's like a movie set

This doesn’t make any sense. Most people who’ve seen Yale toured it.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 15:53     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
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Anonymous wrote:Mary Washington.


Surprisingly pretty!


Why "surprisingly"? It's a lovely little jewel.


Christopher Newport is very nice as well.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 14:14     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:if you can get inside the courtyards of the yale residential colleges - and I think you might only walk through one of them on a tour - they're pretty dreamy. Oxford rip off, sure, but a v good one.

Maybe i toured the wrong residential college, but I didn’t find Saybrook or Pauli Murray nice. Just a difference in personal tastes I’m sure, not like the kids are suffering.


They are all very different, intentionally built in a variety of architectural styles. I like some more than others, but the only ones I find ugly are Morse and Stiles. I haven’t personally seen the two new colleges up close in person, but they look nice from what I can tell.


Yale is more polarizing in terms of opinions than I might have suspected. Half the people are awed by its architecture and the other half either think it's too busy/ostentatious or can't get over its location in New Haven.


I think this is mostly people who have been in New Haven but didn't get out of their cars. That was me for a long time. I had a client in New Haven (and I dont hate New Haven!) and thought yale was kinda drab. Then I toured it with my kid, and met with a friend's kid and got an inside look at the colleges and wow, I was wrong. It's like a movie set
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 14:13     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
Every college campus I've seen has been pretty, but perhaps the prettiest of all, imo, was the University of British Columbia. That whole area is gorgeous!

I haven't seen it myself, but I hear the Salve Regina University in Newport, RI, is beautiful. The pictures look lovely.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 13:54     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Mary Washington.


Surprisingly pretty!


Why "surprisingly"? It's a lovely little jewel.

Usually less selective places aren't as pretty. I (like the PP) also visited Mary Washington and saw how absolutely beautiful it was. It is an exception.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 13:52     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:if you can get inside the courtyards of the yale residential colleges - and I think you might only walk through one of them on a tour - they're pretty dreamy. Oxford rip off, sure, but a v good one.

Maybe i toured the wrong residential college, but I didn’t find Saybrook or Pauli Murray nice. Just a difference in personal tastes I’m sure, not like the kids are suffering.


They are all very different, intentionally built in a variety of architectural styles. I like some more than others, but the only ones I find ugly are Morse and Stiles. I haven’t personally seen the two new colleges up close in person, but they look nice from what I can tell.


Yale is more polarizing in terms of opinions than I might have suspected. Half the people are awed by its architecture and the other half either think it's too busy/ostentatious or can't get over its location in New Haven.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2025 22:40     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
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Anonymous wrote:Most beautiful colleges: Smith College, Princeton, Vassar.


Smith is so lovely!


NP. It really is. And Northampton is cute and lively. I thought Amherst would be equally as charming but no.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2025 22:36     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Mary Washington.


Surprisingly pretty!


Why "surprisingly"? It's a lovely little jewel.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2025 22:07     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:Mary Washington.


Surprisingly pretty!
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2025 22:07     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:if you can get inside the courtyards of the yale residential colleges - and I think you might only walk through one of them on a tour - they're pretty dreamy. Oxford rip off, sure, but a v good one.

Maybe i toured the wrong residential college, but I didn’t find Saybrook or Pauli Murray nice. Just a difference in personal tastes I’m sure, not like the kids are suffering.


They are all very different, intentionally built in a variety of architectural styles. I like some more than others, but the only ones I find ugly are Morse and Stiles. I haven’t personally seen the two new colleges up close in person, but they look nice from what I can tell.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2025 22:06     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:Most beautiful colleges: Smith College, Princeton, Vassar.


If you like Princeton then Bryn Mawr should be right up there as well. Gorgeous Collegiate Gothic buildings.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2025 22:05     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
Mary Washington.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2025 22:01     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:Most beautiful colleges: Smith College, Princeton, Vassar.


Smith is so lovely!
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2025 20:47     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
Oxford is amazing, but alas, quite out of reach.

In the US, Sweet Briar is a beauty. Princeton looks great, as does Duke, which was modeled after it.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2025 20:39     Subject: s/o Most Beautiful College Campuses
Most beautiful colleges: Smith College, Princeton, Vassar.