Duke built their campus to look like Princeton. The original Duke Gardens is here in NJ 20 mins north of Princeton's campus (designed by Frederick Law Olmstead who designed Central Park). Princeton itself has a beautiful, smaller garden and lovely green spaces throughout campus. I would rank it number one in the US for overall architecture and landscaping as well as being part of a cute town.

Washington University and the nearby neighborhoods.
Berkeley but the surrounding area is god awful.
University of Iowa.

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DP, but native Texans are more likely to be Democrats and, if the state wasn't gerrymandered to Republican dreams, it would be a blue state. It's overwhelmingly Republican transplants and a growing movement to the right by border hispanic populations that is soon to sink the state, however.

The last time Texas voted blue was 1976, but it is closer than many people would think in many years since.

I really keep hoping TX will break the iron clad R rule, but even with my husband's family there, I was NOT sending my child to that state.

You’re so, so noble.

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DP, but native Texans are more likely to be Democrats and, if the state wasn't gerrymandered to Republican dreams, it would be a blue state. It's overwhelmingly Republican transplants and a growing movement to the right by border hispanic populations that is soon to sink the state, however.

The last time Texas voted blue was 1976, but it is closer than many people would think in many years since.

I really keep hoping TX will break the iron clad R rule, but even with my husband's family there, I was NOT sending my child to that state.

Semester at Sea is a multi-country study abroad program where students earn college credits while living and learning on a ship. Voyages typically last about 100 days and participants can visit at least 10 countries

Imagine a cruise ship for college!

Madison in the fall.

DP, but native Texans are more likely to be Democrats and, if the state wasn't gerrymandered to Republican dreams, it would be a blue state. It's overwhelmingly Republican transplants and a growing movement to the right by border hispanic populations that is soon to sink the state, however.

The last time Texas voted blue was 1976, but it is closer than many people would think in many years since.

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Anonymous wrote:Princeton is still pretty but is rapidly getting overbuilt. Recent projects like the new colleges and art museum have turned their back on what made the campus special.

Agree with this. When we toured, my son said why are they making it look like every other college.

We had the opposite reaction. Some of the newer Princeton buildings demonstrate that the school is keeping up with the times architecturally and not just trying to be a set piece.

The new buildings are identical to what one would find at most other private colleges. Such a shame to see a Princeton lose what makes it unique.

It isn't just the architecture. They are filling green space with buildings that don't fit and are too large. They will regret this in 30 ywars just like 1960s construction.

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Anonymous wrote:Princeton is still pretty but is rapidly getting overbuilt. Recent projects like the new colleges and art museum have turned their back on what made the campus special.

Agree with this. When we toured, my son said why are they making it look like every other college.

Because the founder of Duke, James B. Duke, wanted it that way. He was building an elite school in the south and wanted it to emulate the schools of the north. Duke's Farm's is located in Somerville, NJ, less than 20 miles from Princeton. Princeton's Holder Hall is often seen as a possible inspiration for the Duke Chapel's architecture

Duke didn't found Princeton.

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Anonymous wrote:Princeton is still pretty but is rapidly getting overbuilt. Recent projects like the new colleges and art museum have turned their back on what made the campus special.

Agree with this. When we toured, my son said why are they making it look like every other college.

We had the opposite reaction. Some of the newer Princeton buildings demonstrate that the school is keeping up with the times architecturally and not just trying to be a set piece.

The new buildings are identical to what one would find at most other private colleges. Such a shame to see a Princeton lose what makes it unique.

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Anonymous wrote:Princeton is still pretty but is rapidly getting overbuilt. Recent projects like the new colleges and art museum have turned their back on what made the campus special.

Agree with this. When we toured, my son said why are they making it look like every other college.

Because the founder of Duke, James B. Duke, wanted it that way. He was building an elite school in the south and wanted it to emulate the schools of the north. Duke's Farm's is located in Somerville, NJ, less than 20 miles from Princeton. Princeton's Holder Hall is often seen as a possible inspiration for the Duke Chapel's architecture

Lived in Holder one year. The room was nothing special but absolutely loved living in that building. So beautiful and also so close to Nassau Street.

I don’t get the Yale love. The buildings looked very drab and grey. Nothing grandiose in the way Oxford is