Vassar looks beautiful but I haven’t been there. Love any campus with old buildings.

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Anonymous wrote:Yale.

I really wonder if these people have been to many universities. DH went to Yale and I also thought New Haven and the Yale campus was a pretty awful place.

Architecturally, Yale is extraordinary and it is also beautiful. I'd say the best of the Ivy schools along with Princeton.

Within the Ivy League, I'd say

#1 - Yale/Princeton
#3 - Dartmouth
#4 - Cornell
#5 - Columbia
#6 - Harvard
#7 - Brown
#8 - Penn

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yale.

I really wonder if these people have been to many universities. DH went to Yale and I also thought New Haven and the Yale campus was a pretty awful place.

Architecturally, Yale is extraordinary and it is also beautiful. I'd say the best of the Ivy schools along with Princeton.

+1.

Anonymous wrote:Rice -- set in the middle of Houston, but within hedges that surround a beautiful quad. The colleges (dorms) aren't that pretty, but the quad is lovely.

The oak tree lined paths are so lovely. The Rice campus gives a truly intimate feel without feeling cramped.

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Anonymous wrote:Even Cosmo (!?!) has a list of these:
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/college/g32926196/most-beautiful-college-campuses/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpm&utm_campaign=arb_fb_cos_m_i_g32926196&fbclid=IwAR243y7DJiSluMSNiTqZZWYJpmG2Q9L7Pr0Ljcnxgbzr9tUH8Xiu6nvbAWg_aem_AZwfYiIOFc7dFyYgtKqG7kgP61mKAcyigIeJxniGMGjAqFdS68vK5Fh-IlvRvE9HlBXdBId_S4FfdVO1CftAGSZz11SfAOn9vr6B_gNvKb7fUWR1dYHBVhVE2nu_pSqLjJo

Syracuse at #1? I think not. The building they show in the picture is the only attractive thing on that campus.

And Penn #2? I've seen all the Ivy League schools and, although it has some nice buildings, I would rate it near the bottom.

Anonymous wrote:Even Cosmo (!?!) has a list of these:
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/college/g32926196/most-beautiful-college-campuses/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpm&utm_campaign=arb_fb_cos_m_i_g32926196&fbclid=IwAR243y7DJiSluMSNiTqZZWYJpmG2Q9L7Pr0Ljcnxgbzr9tUH8Xiu6nvbAWg_aem_AZwfYiIOFc7dFyYgtKqG7kgP61mKAcyigIeJxniGMGjAqFdS68vK5Fh-IlvRvE9HlBXdBId_S4FfdVO1CftAGSZz11SfAOn9vr6B_gNvKb7fUWR1dYHBVhVE2nu_pSqLjJo

Syracuse at #1? I think not. The building they show in the picture is the only attractive thing on that campus.

I agree with the poster that cited Colorado. Others that left an impression on me over the years include Princeton, Yale, Vassar, West Point, William and Mary, Stanford, Indiana, Notre Dame, Middlebury, and Mount Holyoke. Oxford and particularly Cambridge in the UK come to mind.

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Anonymous wrote:University of Mary Washington. A little jewel.

100% agree. What a great description, too!

It is nice. CNU is developing a very nice campus as well. Richmond, W&L, and Sweet Briar are very nice privates. (Not sure how Sweet Briar campus has fared since their financial issues.)

CU Boulder-everything else is just ordinary.

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Anonymous wrote:Yale.

I really wonder if these people have been to many universities. DH went to Yale and I also thought New Haven and the Yale campus was a pretty awful place.

Architecturally, Yale is extraordinary and it is also beautiful. I'd say the best of the Ivy schools along with Princeton.

Anonymous wrote:We thought Wake Forest and Bucknell were particularly lovely campuses when visiting with our daughter. She wanted more urban!

Designed by the same architect and share some building names https://zsr.wfu.edu/2021/a-tale-of-two-campuses-how-was-the-second-one-built/

I went to Wake but I applied to both

Naval Academy, Annapolis

Anonymous wrote:University of Mary Washington. A little jewel.

100% agree. What a great description, too!

Midwest has my vote: Miami of Ohio, Oxford. Beautiful. Perfect college town. Notre Dame- great set up.