<p>Ok guys. I know many of you have had the opportunity to actually go on college visits (I can't as I'm an international students) so I might need your help here. I need colleges that have a beautiful campus (preferably close to lakes, with good recreational facilities and spacious dorms) and are also located in a 'quintessential college town' - a town that does offer off-campus activities, internship opportunities and is not too small. Big cities are acceptable but not if the campus is smack-dab in a rough part of the city. Small towns are acceptable if they are not too far from a big city. Mid-sized to large towns are preferable e.g. Madison.</p>
<p>P.S. I know the topic of beautiful campuses has been covered before but I'm not sure if the actual setting of the college was factored in.</p>
<p>Princeton University
Sweet Briar College
Colgate University
Wagner College
Mount Holyoke College
Scripps College
University of Notre Dame
University of Richmond
University of San Diego
College of The Holy Cross
Elon University
Wellesley College
University Of California - Santa Cruz
Pepperdine University
Bennington College
Loyola Marymount University
Warren Wilson College
College of the Atlantic
Samford University
Sewanee-University of the south</p>
<p>Thanks pierre for posting PR’s list of the most beautiful campuses. It’s a shame 4 out of the 20 are all-women colleges. Colgate is too isolated for my liking, Wagner doesn’t appeal to me, Princeton is too high a reach for me. I could easily go on for the remaining 13 colleges, but the fact of the matter is I’ve ruled out all of those colleges on the list. Only Holy Cross remains as a possibility.</p>
<p>I happen to love the Stanford campus, but some on this forum do not. If isolated is out, that probably leaves out Sewanee. Indiana University has a gorgeous campus. So does Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>I would repeat the suggestion of the University of Richmond, a beautiful campus on a lake located not far from downtown Richmond. I would also add Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. It is probably the most beautiful campus I have ever visited and, like Richmond, has its own lake and amazing new dorms. Greenville is a very cool city. Both schools are outstanding LAC’s.</p>
<p>Flagler College in beautiful St. Augustine, Florida. The campus is drop dead gorgeous and it use to be a hotel. It has way more girls than guys, so that’s a plus.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt has a gorgeous campus, the city is very safe,friendly and not too big, there is Percy Priest lake nearby as well as the Radnor Lake state park which has wonderful hiking trails only 10 minutes from the campus.
Wake Forest is also beautiful in a college town but I am not aware of any lakes in that area.</p>
<p>A couple of quibbles. While Holy Cross has an attractive campus, it is in a depressed and depressing New England city – Worcester. Stanford has a uniform architectural style reminiscent of a Taco Bell and about as much charm.</p>
<p>bduse – check out these:</p>
<p>Boston College
Davidson College
Rollins College
Rhodes College
Connecticut College
Reed College
Wheaton College (Ma)
Salve Regina University
Roger Williams University
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
University of Puget Sound
University of Wisconsin
University of Washington
UC - Santa Barbara
University of San Diego
Univesity of San Francisco
University of Montana</p>
<p>I really like the way Washington University in St. Louis looks. But I’m pretty sure there’s no lakes in the Midwest… at least, not in Missouri (?). Students also complain about the gyms, although WashU is constantly renovating… maybe 2014?</p>
<p>Sure there are. Minnesota (“Land of 10,000 Lakes”) is in the midwest.</p>
<p>There are so many beautiful campuses in great locations in this country, it’s hard to get traction on the problem without knowing more about the other criteria. Strictly liberal arts, or pre-professional program?</p>
<p>The original post mentioned Madison, the town. So is the University of Wisconsin itself acceptable?</p>
It’s a shame 4 out of the 20 are all-women colleges. Colgate is too isolated for my liking, Wagner doesn’t appeal to me, Princeton is too high a reach for me. I could easily go on for the remaining 13 colleges, but the fact of the matter is I’ve ruled out all of those colleges on the list. Only Holy Cross remains as a possibility.</p>