<p>i haven't decided what environment i most prefer, but i'm definitely leaning towards campus-centric colleges. i love nature and would love a college that is in a gorgeous natural environment. can anyone give me any recs for the best colleges in these areas? pastoral/great plains/or just generally natural/beautiful environments?</p>
<p>Carleton, maybe Grinnell, comes to mind. Notre Dame, while not really pastoral, has a beautiful campus.
Do you want to stay in the midwest? There are some schools out east that I’d consider to be in really scenic areas - Middlebury in particular</p>
<p>thanks for the suggestions; i’ve been hearing the name ‘carleton’ a lot on threads. i might have to look into that. </p>
<p>no, it doesn’t have to be midwest necessarily. but i’m already applying to several in the east so i was looking for a little variety. but yeah, any suggestions of eastern schools in scenic areas would be great too!</p>
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<p>oh yeah i’m already applying to cornell, baby!! 
another eastern school that’s gorgeous.</p>
<p>more pastoral/great plains would be appreciated though!</p>
<p>Colorado College in Colorado Springs (downtown but at the foot of the Rockies).
Lewis and Clark College in Portland (suburban but beautiful location).</p>
<p>Grinnell definitely. The campus is very attractive-lots of money went into those brand new facilities.</p>
<p>College of Wooster</p>
<p>The University of Wyoming in Laramie, WY is certainly pastoral: [Panoramio</a> - Photo of On the lone prairie](<a href=“Panoramio is no longer available”>Panoramio is no longer available)</p>
<p>Whitman in eastern Washington. Beautiful, rolling hills, wide open spaces, and sunnier/drier weather than in the western part of the state.</p>
<p>^ Washington State in Pullman has a similar location, and everyone I know there loves it.</p>
<p>ohio university is in southern ohio, which has pretty hills. denison is in a small charming ohio town. wells college went co ed recently, and it’s in up state new york. also, any of the schools in amherst mass. will have a good campus feel, since the whole place is a college-centric area. same for ou.</p>
<p>even though its not in the midwest, would uc davis be a school in a pastoral area? cuz i hear there’s a lot of farmland there…?</p>