America’s ten “most beautiful” college campuses

College Search & Selection
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<p>America’s</a> ten “most beautiful” college campuses</p>

<p>Good for Occidental College and L&C</p>

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<p>excerpt</p>

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<li><p>Stanford University, CA - From above, Stanford bears a couple indicators of its ground-level beauty, which benefits from a California climate and Texas-sized endowment. </p></li>
<li><p>Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR - Lewis & Clark is lucky for a couple big reasons: (1) Portland has many expansive (and hilly and lush and full of footpaths) parks and (2) Lewis & Clark is next to one big one, Tryon Creek State Park. </p></li>
<li><p>United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD - Notwithstanding the Chesapeake Bay’s odd hue in the screenshot, the Naval Academy’s waterfront location is a big plus. </p></li>
<li><p>Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA - (1) Intimate campus, (2) California climate, (3) urban location, etc. There are plenty other colleges in/near Los Angeles that benefit from these things; but Occidental didn’t assume these alone are enough to ensure beauty (see Pepperdine, below). </p></li>
<li><p>University of Minnesota, Minneapolis - I admit, that the U’s campus has a few low points; the West Bank has that “Martian landscape” vibe, and the only good thing about the “Superblock” dorms is their impersonal nickname. </p></li>
<li><p>University of Cincinnati, OH - Although its campus isn’t half bad (densely located on hill in historic city, etc.), I actually selected Cincinnati due to its singular focus on cultivating modern architecture (for better or worse) designed by the highest profile architects out there. </p></li>
<li><p>Harvard University, Cambridge, MA - Harvard freshmen are among the luckiest college students; they get to live in extremely picturesque/historic buildings in the center of an equally picturesque/historic campus made up of quads, red bricks, painted clapboards, river paths, proximate commercial areas, and the best that 19th-century revivalism had to offer.</p></li>
<li><p>University of California - Santa Cruz - If this list’s numbers meant anything, UCSC’s campus would be number one, even though its impossibly photogenic campus doesn’t look like much from the air. </p></li>
<li><p>University of Chicago, IL - If UCSC is the most beautiful on the list, the University of Chicago campus is the most beautiful urban campus, taking up a prime location in Hyde Park’s mix of parks, respectable homes, and green corridors leading to Lake Michigan. </p></li>
<li><p>University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN - Notre Dame’s campus reminds me of University of Chicago’s campus.<br>
The near misses:</p></li>
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<p>Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA - Any university overlooking the Pacific Ocean has a good chance of making the top 10. University of Florida, Gainsville - If it weren’t for its Gainsville location, Florida’s pine-laden campus might’ve bumped the U of Minnesota off the list.</p>

<p>University of Virginia, Charlottesville - Has much history (Thomas Jefferson designed the old library and original campus mall), but so does Notre Dame.</p>

<p>University of California - Los Angeles - Situated next to the mansioned-up canyons of Beverly Hills, it is great for runners. But Occidental College has a better density of campus “jewels” and UCSC has a much better connection to nature (and similarly, reality).</p>

<p>Princeton University, NJ - Loses out to University of Chicago’s urban location.</p>

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<p>I’ve seen both and any list that includes Minnesota and leaves off Indiana - Bloomington is of dubious rigor.</p>

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<p>How did the University of Cincinnati make this list? I love the school, it is my alma mater,so I visit quite often. Beautiful camous is an attribute I have never heard used at UC. It is an eclectic mix of modern buildings, older red brick buildings and some absolutely awful concrete towers with tiny windows that resembles a prison. They have some great athletic facilities, especially their football and basketball arena, but the campus is a confusing mix of styles that, in my opinion, don’t work together.</p>

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<p>Was this list published on April Fools’ Day?</p>

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<p>I think Cornell belongs on there. It may not have the best weather all the time, but the scenery is always stunning.</p>

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<p>This is the worst list I’ve ever seen. Is it from a magazine for the seeing impaired?</p>

<p>Harvard and Stanford don’t make my top 50.</p>

<p>No credible list would leave off Wellesley.</p>

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<p>^I think it may have an urban, post 1960’s focus.</p>

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<p>Yeah Stanford definately would be one of the top ten most beautiful college campuses.</p>

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<p>Wow, beauty sure is in the eye of the beholder. Other than Palm Drive I find Stanford butt ugly. And while Harvard and the square have it’s charms, it can’t begin to compare to real beauty like Mt. Holyoke’s, Dartmouth’s, Princeton’s.</p>

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<p>I would include Princeton, UVA, Wake Forest, and Elon. I also find College of Charleston very appealing.</p>

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<p>Florida State and Yale.</p>

<p>For FSU, see:
[The</a> Westcott Building](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Florida_State_University.jpg]The”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Florida_State_University.jpg)
[Landis</a> Hall at Landis Green](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fountain_Landis0320_(012).jpg]Landis”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fountain_Landis0320_(012).jpg)
[Reynolds</a> and Jennie Murphree Halls](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P6160008.JPG]Reynolds”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P6160008.JPG)
[President’s</a> Residence](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FSUPrezhouse.jpg]President’s”>File:FSUPrezhouse.jpg - Wikipedia)
[Campus</a> greenspace](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FSU_greenspace_16June2007.JPG]Campus”>File:FSU greenspace 16June2007.JPG - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>How many applicants select their schools based on aerial shots?</p>

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<p>Only the extraterrestrials?</p>

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<p>Wow really, I thought everyone liked Stanfords campus. Its really nice.</p>

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<p>Clearly the list is taking into account the area surrounding the campuses. Otherwise Yale would have made the list in a heartbeat.</p>

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<p>Lol University of Cincinnati?</p>

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<p>My husband, who attended for grad school, refers to it as schizophrenic. There are so many bizarre, ugly buildings sprinkled through the campus.</p>

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<p>Clearly the list is NOT taking into account the surrounding area. Otherwise, Notre Dame would have never made the list!</p>

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<p>I certainly haven’t been all over, but Swathmore and Kenyon have a couple of gorgeous campuses.</p>