Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 21:54     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The ones we visited on tour (over 20 between 3 kids) all had the requisite swag, some on sale. What makes one better than another for you?


Our family believes it is bad luck to buy away at a college before you get accepted. lol. Kinda was true with my son.


Completely agree. Don't mess with karma.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 21:36     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Anonymous wrote:The ones we visited on tour (over 20 between 3 kids) all had the requisite swag, some on sale. What makes one better than another for you?


Our family believes it is bad luck to buy away at a college before you get accepted. lol. Kinda was true with my son.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 21:35     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Oberlin
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 20:35     Subject: Best campus bookstore
For nice campus bookstores, look to Kenyon and Hamilton. For a variety of nearby bookstores, look to Berkeley and Cambridge.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 19:27     Subject: Re:Best campus bookstore
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t US News have rankings on this?


Yes, the DCUM T20


Yep for colleges. But for bookstores? Barnes and Noble for the win
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 18:20     Subject: Re:Best campus bookstore
Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t US News have rankings on this?


Yes, the DCUM T20
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 18:19     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame with no one close. Maybe Duke.


lol
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 18:19     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame. It's huge with a wide variety of merchandise.


It's not the biggest I've been to. The variety is decent
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 17:50     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Anonymous wrote:I love how UNC’s store has an entire section devoted to F Duke merch.


If they spent all that energy into something more useful, they too could be at the level of Duke.

Go UNC!
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 17:23     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Harvard by far, it actually sells books, many written by faculty.

Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 16:41     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oberlin
dartmouth


Dartmouth? I have a kid there and it's a tiny store. Nothing special about it.


I am an alum and when I went back to visit Dartmouth with my kid, I learned that Dartmouth Bookstore closed in 2018!

https://www.greateruppervalley.com/2018/12/03/184756/the-dartmouth-bookstore-to-close-permanently-on-christmas-eve
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 16:29     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Which UNC branch would that be? Wilmington, Greensboro, or Asheville.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 16:26     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Anonymous wrote:I love how UNC’s store has an entire section devoted to F Duke merch.


Very classy.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 15:55     Subject: Best campus bookstore
I love how UNC’s store has an entire section devoted to F Duke merch.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2025 15:53     Subject: Best campus bookstore
Notre Dame with no one close. Maybe Duke.