Anonymous
Post 05/03/2026 15:19     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My sister went to UC Santa Barbara and it's spectacular.


I love SB in general, but didn't love the UCSB campus. The buildings were meh. Obviously the view was nice and loved all of the bikes. Landscaping felt a little sparse too. It could be spectacular.



Agreed, SB is much better than the campus itsself
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2025 14:56     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
Anonymous wrote:The one that has the things YOUR KID wants.

/thread


This is the only answer - and also whether you are considering "best" to be the aesthetic from a visitor's POV, or the actually campus experience from a student's POV. When we toured, I loved campuses like UChicago, Yale, Georgetown. Both of my kids wanted something very different.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2025 00:26     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
This time of the year.. no way are any of the campuses in NE or mid west on my list. Most are depressing from Nov to April.

South of Masan Dixon line or out west.

UCSD or Stanford get my vote.
Anonymous
Post 12/23/2025 00:00     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
Syracuse is beautiful
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 23:52     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
Anonymous wrote:There’s Duke and everyone else.


Nice. But I think Cambridge, Oxford, Princeton, Yale, and others are nicer.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 04:13     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
Anonymous wrote:Bucknell Booster is napping on the job. Or maybe no one even cares what it's like above ground when there's that amazing yellow brick road that takes you straight to The Street?


Bucknell’s campus doesn’t matter because you aren’t there long enough for it to be of consequence.

You move in, take a few classes, & then whoosh, you’re Mickey Rourke in 9 1/2 Weeks & a young Kim Basinger is ripping your shirt off.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2025 19:56     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
There’s Duke and everyone else.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2025 17:58     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
Colorado
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 21:58     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think Yale has the best architecture.


Behind gates


Oxford and Cambridge are largely gated (and make you pay for a tour), but they still have great campuses and architecture.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2025 08:41     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Stanford was the best i went to. Few schools have the majesty of palm drive on a sunny day along with resort like palm trees around campus with ample foutains plus arches.


Meh… that’s exactly it - it felt like a resort/golf club. Didn’t feel like a university campus. Went to HYP for undergrad and went to Stanford for grad school - absolutely hated the campus.


That is how I felt about Miami. Pretty but didn’t feel like a college campus.
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2025 23:05     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
University of Phoenix
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2025 23:04     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
Anonymous wrote:I think Yale has the best architecture.


Behind gates
Anonymous
Post 12/07/2025 22:05     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
I think Yale has the best architecture.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2025 10:25     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
I hadn't heard about Chico State much before this thread — I think the CSUs get overshadowed by the UCs most of the time — but will be going there in a few weeks. I've seen a number of the campuses mentioned in this thread, though, so I'm eager to see what the Chico campus is like. Sounds like people really love it.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2025 10:23     Subject: Which college campus is the best?
Anonymous wrote:Stanford


It is. The trees and drive into campus