Anonymous
Post 06/13/2026 10:22     Subject: Most beautiful campuses
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Anonymous wrote:Duke is amazing! The Sarah Duke gardens are off the charts no other college can match it. Plus a highly regarded 18 hole Golf course with 2 high end hotels on campus. Duke is our tops nothing close.


I like Duke's West campus, but your description (golf course, high end hotels, and garden) makes it sound more like a resort or country clube than a college.


Having a separate East Campus and West Campus makes Duke the Rutgers of the South.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2026 09:20     Subject: Most beautiful campuses
Stanford
Vassar
Princeton
My kids not applying to any of these schools
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2026 07:50     Subject: Most beautiful campuses
I got yer Dolomite right here!
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2026 02:32     Subject: Most beautiful campuses
Anonymous wrote:Duke is amazing! The Sarah Duke gardens are off the charts no other college can match it. Plus a highly regarded 18 hole Golf course with 2 high end hotels on campus. Duke is our tops nothing close.


I like Duke's West campus, but your description (golf course, high end hotels, and garden) makes it sound more like a resort or country clube than a college.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2026 01:26     Subject: Most beautiful campuses
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Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech’s campus is beautiful. It’s a large campus, but feels cohesive with the use of Hokie stone for buildings. The central drillfield is a lovely open space and the mountains in the distance are my vision of the perfect campus.


It's super depressing to be isolated there for 4 years though.


Hokie stone? Are you referring to Bluestone?


DP. Hokie stone is what they call the limestone used at VT.

https://www.vt.edu/about/traditions/hokie-stone.html


I think it is Dolomite, which is a bit harder and more durable than Limestone.

The article calls it limestone in every paragraph, but I’m sure you know better than the school what kind of stone they are getting out of their own quarry.


DP. I’m the person who posted the link and the PP is actually correct - further into the piece it explains that it’s dolomite. Interesting article.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2026 01:12     Subject: Most beautiful campuses
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech’s campus is beautiful. It’s a large campus, but feels cohesive with the use of Hokie stone for buildings. The central drillfield is a lovely open space and the mountains in the distance are my vision of the perfect campus.


It's super depressing to be isolated there for 4 years though.


Hokie stone? Are you referring to Bluestone?


DP. Hokie stone is what they call the limestone used at VT.

https://www.vt.edu/about/traditions/hokie-stone.html


I think it is Dolomite, which is a bit harder and more durable than Limestone.

The article calls it limestone in every paragraph, but I’m sure you know better than the school what kind of stone they are getting out of their own quarry.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2026 01:02     Subject: Re:Most beautiful campuses
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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern






A brutalist mess. Not even the best in Chicagoland.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2026 00:52     Subject: Re:Most beautiful campuses
Northwestern




Anonymous
Post 06/13/2026 00:46     Subject: Most beautiful campuses
Anonymous wrote:Michigan


Half of michigan.

The orher half of the campus is ugly.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2026 23:14     Subject: Most beautiful campuses
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech’s campus is beautiful. It’s a large campus, but feels cohesive with the use of Hokie stone for buildings. The central drillfield is a lovely open space and the mountains in the distance are my vision of the perfect campus.


It's super depressing to be isolated there for 4 years though.


Hokie stone? Are you referring to Bluestone?


DP. Hokie stone is what they call the limestone used at VT.

https://www.vt.edu/about/traditions/hokie-stone.html


I think it is Dolomite, which is a bit harder and more durable than Limestone.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2026 21:28     Subject: Most beautiful campuses
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech’s campus is beautiful. It’s a large campus, but feels cohesive with the use of Hokie stone for buildings. The central drillfield is a lovely open space and the mountains in the distance are my vision of the perfect campus.


It's super depressing to be isolated there for 4 years though.


Hokie stone? Are you referring to Bluestone?


DP. Hokie stone is what they call the limestone used at VT.

https://www.vt.edu/about/traditions/hokie-stone.html
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2026 21:26     Subject: Most beautiful campuses
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech’s campus is beautiful. It’s a large campus, but feels cohesive with the use of Hokie stone for buildings. The central drillfield is a lovely open space and the mountains in the distance are my vision of the perfect campus.


It's super depressing to be isolated there for 4 years though.


Quite the opposite! Those who choose VT *want* to be in a beautiful, mountainous area. I agree with the PP. It's the quintessential traditional campus in a lovely setting.
DP
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2026 17:25     Subject: Most beautiful campuses
Anonymous wrote:No college has anything close to the Duke gardens. Phenomenal!


Duke is such an obvious Princeton/Yale wanna-be, and none of the buildings there stand out besides the Duke Chapel.

A university whose best feature is its gardens has already forfeited any right to be in the running.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2026 14:52     Subject: Most beautiful campuses
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech’s campus is beautiful. It’s a large campus, but feels cohesive with the use of Hokie stone for buildings. The central drillfield is a lovely open space and the mountains in the distance are my vision of the perfect campus.


It's super depressing to be isolated there for 4 years though.


Hokie stone? Are you referring to Bluestone?
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2026 14:45     Subject: Re:Most beautiful campuses
Anonymous wrote:Princeton is eh now, the modern buildings are horrendous.


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