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Anonymous wrote:Does Gatech count as eliteish? Is so than it.

I think Gatech is very good. Whether it's considered "elite" in DCUM terms, I don't know. May be others can chime in.

Anonymous wrote:Does Gatech count as eliteish? Is so than it.

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Anonymous wrote:MIT, including the insides of some of the buildings. The outskirts of Cornell’s campus are terrible but the A&S area is lovely with an incredible view so I think it’s really nice for undergrads staying on campus in that area. I like Stanford’s campus but I grew up in California so perhaps it’s an acquired taste.

I grew up in CA as well, and people compared Stanford's design to Taco Bell!

My DC who attends Stanford says the campus architecture is like Taco Bell. But they absolutely LOVE everything about Stanford and couldn't imagine going anywhere else. Younger DC thought the campus was very nice and weather pretty perfect, but doesn't care for the architecture. Likes the traditional East Coast look like Princeton and Duke.

Neither of those campuses are traditional East coast architecture at all. They’re rip offs from English academic architecture.

Traditional east coast architecture is seen at Harvard, Williams, and Dartmouth.

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To me, Amherst for liberal arts colleges and MIT for university with Yale as a runner up


I don't understand comments about Amherst being ugly. It is not a masterpiece, but I have seen way worse like MIT.

I read the title of the thread and immediately thought of Amherst.

Yeah…Amherst is pretty dang ugly. Yeah they have the memorial hill, but the actual built environment is really ugly. The only decent building on campus is the science center, which I got a really bad coffee from. It’s a shame cause all the other lacs we toured were nicer.

I don't understand this. We visited Amherst several times as my DS was very interested, but ended up choosing somewhere else. The campus is beautiful. The buildings are a bit mix and match, but that seems like part of the charm. The campus as a whole is beautiful, as are the views. I think people on this threat focus too much on the buildings.

My kids doesn't go to Amherst and neither did I, so I have no bias. But DH and I were literally talking the other day about how Amherst is the quintessential American college, so pretty.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MIT, including the insides of some of the buildings. The outskirts of Cornell’s campus are terrible but the A&S area is lovely with an incredible view so I think it’s really nice for undergrads staying on campus in that area. I like Stanford’s campus but I grew up in California so perhaps it’s an acquired taste.

I grew up in CA as well, and people compared Stanford's design to Taco Bell!

My DC who attends Stanford says the campus architecture is like Taco Bell. But they absolutely LOVE everything about Stanford and couldn't imagine going anywhere else. Younger DC thought the campus was very nice and weather pretty perfect, but doesn't care for the architecture. Likes the traditional East Coast look like Princeton and Duke.

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To me, Amherst for liberal arts colleges and MIT for university with Yale as a runner up


I don't understand comments about Amherst being ugly. It is not a masterpiece, but I have seen way worse like MIT.

I read the title of the thread and immediately thought of Amherst.

Yeah…Amherst is pretty dang ugly. Yeah they have the memorial hill, but the actual built environment is really ugly. The only decent building on campus is the science center, which I got a really bad coffee from. It’s a shame cause all the other lacs we toured were nicer.

I don't understand this. We visited Amherst several times as my DS was very interested, but ended up choosing somewhere else. The campus is beautiful. The buildings are a bit mix and match, but that seems like part of the charm. The campus as a whole is beautiful, as are the views. I think people on this threat focus too much on the buildings.

My kids doesn't go to Amherst and neither did I, so I have no bias. But DH and I were literally talking the other day about how Amherst is the quintessential American college, so pretty.

Anonymous wrote:Penn, never thought an Ivy would look so cheap and low budget. Also right next to the hood.

Anonymous wrote:Penn, never thought an Ivy would look so cheap and low budget. Also right next to the hood.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MIT, including the insides of some of the buildings. The outskirts of Cornell’s campus are terrible but the A&S area is lovely with an incredible view so I think it’s really nice for undergrads staying on campus in that area. I like Stanford’s campus but I grew up in California so perhaps it’s an acquired taste.

I grew up in CA as well, and people compared Stanford's design to Taco Bell!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

To me, Amherst for liberal arts colleges and MIT for university with Yale as a runner up


I don't understand comments about Amherst being ugly. It is not a masterpiece, but I have seen way worse like MIT.

I read the title of the thread and immediately thought of Amherst.

Yeah…Amherst is pretty dang ugly. Yeah they have the memorial hill, but the actual built environment is really ugly. The only decent building on campus is the science center, which I got a really bad coffee from. It’s a shame cause all the other lacs we toured were nicer.

I don't understand this. We visited Amherst several times as my DS was very interested, but ended up choosing somewhere else. The campus is beautiful. The buildings are a bit mix and match, but that seems like part of the charm. The campus as a whole is beautiful, as are the views. I think people on this threat focus too much on the buildings.