Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 12:59     Subject: Re:Ugliest College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:I was born and raised in Texas (lived in DC for 34 years) but Im sure nobody on this forum has ever seen the campus at Texas Tech in Lubbock! Just awful. As an added bonus, there are huge cattle feeding lots not far from the university. Three to four days a week, when the winds are right, you are enthralled with the smell of cow manure all day and night!


Red Raider Alum here - born & raised in Dallas but lived in DC since 1997. Oh how I remember what the winds would do and the dust storms. I guess in hindsight it was not a pretty campus but I don't remember thinking about it at all at the time. Was having too much fun!
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 12:36     Subject: Ugliest College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I personally don’t like Duke’s campus

Or Virginia Tech’s


You're an outlier whose views are likely shaped by something other that any sense of design or aesthetics. So give yourself a cookie and move on.


No, I really just don't like the look of the buildings. Find them depressing.

I get that other people have a different taste in campus building/architecture/aesthetics, and that was why I said this was a personal thing.

FWIW, not sure what is so wrong with UMD. They apparently don't like the brick or something?


Sounds like you just prefer brick buildings to limestone, since you dislike Duke and VaTech but have no issues with UMD. As you said, it's a personal thing.


Isn't IU all limestone and people talk about how pretty that campus is?
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 12:35     Subject: Ugliest College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I personally don’t like Duke’s campus

Or Virginia Tech’s


You're an outlier whose views are likely shaped by something other that any sense of design or aesthetics. So give yourself a cookie and move on.


No, I really just don't like the look of the buildings. Find them depressing.

I get that other people have a different taste in campus building/architecture/aesthetics, and that was why I said this was a personal thing.

FWIW, not sure what is so wrong with UMD. They apparently don't like the brick or something?


Maybe a bad pic but doesn't look that great to me.



I grew up in NC and everyone always talked about how ugly the Duke campus was. Everyone.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 12:26     Subject: Re:Ugliest College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:UMass-Amherst

People say that but I think it's really lovely. My nephew's dorm is on a hill that has a beautiful view of the sunset. There are rolling hills and farms all around. Seems nice.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 12:26     Subject: Ugliest College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:I forgot about UNLV. Stayed at the Hard Rock so we checked it out...bland concrete with palm trees.


Yeah it's pretty ugly, though it's pretty impossible to keep any plants or trees other than palms and cactus alive there.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 12:23     Subject: Ugliest College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I personally don’t like Duke’s campus

Or Virginia Tech’s


You're an outlier whose views are likely shaped by something other that any sense of design or aesthetics. So give yourself a cookie and move on.


No, I really just don't like the look of the buildings. Find them depressing.

I get that other people have a different taste in campus building/architecture/aesthetics, and that was why I said this was a personal thing.

FWIW, not sure what is so wrong with UMD. They apparently don't like the brick or something?


Sounds like you just prefer brick buildings to limestone, since you dislike Duke and VaTech but have no issues with UMD. As you said, it's a personal thing.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 11:57     Subject: Ugliest College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I personally don’t like Duke’s campus

Or Virginia Tech’s


You're an outlier whose views are likely shaped by something other that any sense of design or aesthetics. So give yourself a cookie and move on.


No, I really just don't like the look of the buildings. Find them depressing.

I get that other people have a different taste in campus building/architecture/aesthetics, and that was why I said this was a personal thing.

FWIW, not sure what is so wrong with UMD. They apparently don't like the brick or something?


Maybe a bad pic but doesn't look that great to me.



The brick is a little darker than I prefer, but I think the buildings on a quad having the same brick gives a campus cohesion. My alma mater had similar style with slightly lighter brick and makes it on "most beautiful" lists frequently
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 11:36     Subject: Ugliest College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:UCSD alum here. Lived in Camp Snoopy freshman year (IYKYK). Sure, some buildings are 60s ugly, but the location in La Jolla itself is spectacular. Love UCSD!!


Me too. Before it was even called Camp Snoopy. Sadly torn down last summer.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 11:20     Subject: Ugliest College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I personally don’t like Duke’s campus

Or Virginia Tech’s


You're an outlier whose views are likely shaped by something other that any sense of design or aesthetics. So give yourself a cookie and move on.


No, I really just don't like the look of the buildings. Find them depressing.

I get that other people have a different taste in campus building/architecture/aesthetics, and that was why I said this was a personal thing.

FWIW, not sure what is so wrong with UMD. They apparently don't like the brick or something?


Maybe a bad pic but doesn't look that great to me.

Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 11:16     Subject: Ugliest College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I personally don’t like Duke’s campus

Or Virginia Tech’s


You're an outlier whose views are likely shaped by something other that any sense of design or aesthetics. So give yourself a cookie and move on.


No, I really just don't like the look of the buildings. Find them depressing.

I get that other people have a different taste in campus building/architecture/aesthetics, and that was why I said this was a personal thing.

FWIW, not sure what is so wrong with UMD. They apparently don't like the brick or something?
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 11:13     Subject: Ugliest College Campuses
Penn
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 11:12     Subject: Ugliest College Campuses
I forgot about UNLV. Stayed at the Hard Rock so we checked it out...bland concrete with palm trees.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 11:12     Subject: Re:Ugliest College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:Definitely agree Mudd is ugly.

UCSD… well it’s got some ugly buildings… but you can’t beat the location!


I like UCSD, but my son was actually awestruck by the buildings, his big complaint was that some of the new dorms weren't in the spirit of the place.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 11:01     Subject: Re:Ugliest College Campuses
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:George Mason


No way. GMU has a nice campus. Have you been there in the last 15 years?


My daughter and I visited GMU last spring break. It is nothing to write home about. I don't know if it's among the ugliest, but nothing great. Loved the robots, though!
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 10:19     Subject: Ugliest College Campuses
RIT has been trying to break out of the Top 5 for nearly 20 years now, with no success.