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Anonymous wrote:You can't have a list of the most beautiful campuses without having Virginia Tech high up on the list, IMO.

Meh. VT certainly has a "look," but I can't see how anyone would put it up there with some of these others. Even within Virginia, Richmond is certainly quainter, UVA more historic and stately, and Chrisotopher Newport more surprisingly pretty.

Completely agree. I found VT to be imposing, massive, and industrial looking.

Silly person. It started as a land-grant military school. That's why it looks like FUMA and VMI. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech.

Oh, so no wonder it's ugly.

Yeah, I know, it's difficult to get into, especially as an Engineering Major or one of the three other hot areas. Hope you were accepted to a place that you like. In the meantime enjoy some beautiful pictures of VT (and, no, I'm not a Hokie - I've seen the campus only once and loved it). https://www.google.com/search?q=virginia+tech&rlz=1C2CHFX_enUS509&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Ate8U47uBo6ayASf9oC4CA&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg&biw=1920&bih=947#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=46tToIsbY9hZyM%253A%3BAU8wElT7FPxwWM%3Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fcarousel_photos.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fassets%252Fvirginia-tech1-6de9d094fb57b0b926b6fc9c542bd4e2.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.collegeinsideview.com%252Fvirginia-tech%252Fliving-environment%252Fhousing%252Flee%3B1014%3B760

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have a list of the most beautiful campuses without having Virginia Tech high up on the list, IMO.

Meh. VT certainly has a "look," but I can't see how anyone would put it up there with some of these others. Even within Virginia, Richmond is certainly quainter, UVA more historic and stately, and Chrisotopher Newport more surprisingly pretty.

Completely agree. I found VT to be imposing, massive, and industrial looking.

Silly person. It started as a land-grant military school. That's why it looks like FUMA and VMI. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech.

Oh, so no wonder it's ugly.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have a list of the most beautiful campuses without having Virginia Tech high up on the list, IMO.

Meh. VT certainly has a "look," but I can't see how anyone would put it up there with some of these others. Even within Virginia, Richmond is certainly quainter, UVA more historic and stately, and Chrisotopher Newport more surprisingly pretty.

Completely agree. I found VT to be imposing, massive, and industrial looking.

Silly person. It started as a land-grant military school. That's why it looks like FUMA and VMI. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech.

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Anonymous wrote:DC loved the look of VT, too. He liked the fact that the buildings all faced to drill field. He liked that all buildings were made our of Hokie stone. He was ecstatic about the place. Also we visited on a lovely day while school was in session so he could meet professors, talk to students, and see all the busses picking up students taking them to their next stop

So it is a beautiful school because it has limestone buildings that face a quad? DC was impressed by the busses and presence of professors? You're describing every college tour, from Auburn to York College. I don't mind the WUSTL boosters and the people who call out random schools, but Hokies are the worst about their school (we are glad you liked Tech when you went there).

Didn't go to VT. Went to Harvard. Husband went to Yale. We did the VA tour - UVA; Wash. & Lee; VMI; William & Mary; JMU; and VT all in one week. I am not a Hokie but was very impressed, as was DC. He hated the other schools. Same week; same tours; same heat; same weather. And I can even tell you that's not "limestone" it's "Hokie stone" because I was listening during the tour - you have your own two quarries. So there! I was very impressed - signed, a non-Hokie (BUT GO VIRGINIA STATE SCHOOLS!).

University of Miami had me wishing I could go back to school.

University of Florida has a beautiful campus. Because it's in central Florida, it has that mix of palm trees and more northern vegetation.

And it's warm there most of the year!

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have a list of the most beautiful campuses without having Virginia Tech high up on the list, IMO.

Meh. VT certainly has a "look," but I can't see how anyone would put it up there with some of these others. Even within Virginia, Richmond is certainly quainter, UVA more historic and stately, and Chrisotopher Newport more surprisingly pretty.

Completely agree. I found VT to be imposing, massive, and industrial looking.

Our younger DS felt that it looked like a prison!

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have a list of the most beautiful campuses without having Virginia Tech high up on the list, IMO.

Meh. VT certainly has a "look," but I can't see how anyone would put it up there with some of these others. Even within Virginia, Richmond is certainly quainter, UVA more historic and stately, and Chrisotopher Newport more surprisingly pretty.

Completely agree. I found VT to be imposing, massive, and industrial looking.

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Anonymous wrote:DC loved the look of VT, too. He liked the fact that the buildings all faced to drill field. He liked that all buildings were made our of Hokie stone. He was ecstatic about the place. Also we visited on a lovely day while school was in session so he could meet professors, talk to students, and see all the busses picking up students taking them to their next stop

So it is a beautiful school because it has limestone buildings that face a quad? DC was impressed by the busses and presence of professors? You're describing every college tour, from Auburn to York College. I don't mind the WUSTL boosters and the people who call out random schools, but Hokies are the worst about their school (we are glad you liked Tech when you went there).

Scripps College and some of the other pomona schools.

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Anonymous wrote:You can't have a list of the most beautiful campuses without having Virginia Tech high up on the list, IMO.

Meh. VT certainly has a "look," but I can't see how anyone would put it up there with some of these others. Even within Virginia, Richmond is certainly quainter, UVA more historic and stately, and Chrisotopher Newport more surprisingly pretty.

DC loved the look of VT, too. He liked the fact that the buildings all faced to drill field. He liked that all buildings were made our of Hokie stone. He was ecstatic about the place. Also we visited on a lovely day while school was in session so he could meet professors, talk to students, and see all the busses picking up students taking them to their next stop

Anonymous wrote:Am I the only one who thinks some of the campuses are going over the top? I recently returned to my Princeton reunion and was struck by how ritzy the whole place has become. It wasn't exactly rustic in my day, but the dorms, the new academic buildings, pretty much everything, was much fancier. I know I should have been impressed but I had the opposite reaction. Not one more dime will I contribute. They clearly don't need my (or anyone's) money.

I had the same exact experience when I visited my SLAC in CA. FLOWERS EVERYWHERE! The school has never looked so good. My donations at work

Anonymous wrote:You can't have a list of the most beautiful campuses without having Virginia Tech high up on the list, IMO.

Meh. VT certainly has a "look," but I can't see how anyone would put it up there with some of these others. Even within Virginia, Richmond is certainly quainter, UVA more historic and stately, and Chrisotopher Newport more surprisingly pretty.

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Anonymous wrote:^^ not trying to derail the thread; just wanted the kids to know it's hard to be cheered by a pretty campus when it's 28 degrees and raining... again...

That's pretty impressive if it's 28 and raining.

Maybe it's Centigrade.

Anonymous wrote:^^ not trying to derail the thread; just wanted the kids to know it's hard to be cheered by a pretty campus when it's 28 degrees and raining... again...

That's pretty impressive if it's 28 and raining.