<p>My top five (in no particular order other than alphabetical order):</p>
<p>Berkeley - Great architecture*, great location, great food.</p>
<p>Branford - Quintessential Yale, great architecture*, great location, Harkness Tower.</p>
<p>Calhoun - Great architecture* and architect (he also designed the National Gallery, the National Archives, and the Jefferson Memorial - all in Washington, D.C.), great location, smaller population.</p>
<p>Saybrook - Great architecture*, Branford's other half, Yale's "smartest" (haha - from Branford's website: "We are also the smartest people at Yale, winning the Gimble Cup for the higest overall GPA last year!!")</p>
<p>Trumbull - Great architecture*, great location (attached to Sterling Memorial = AWESOME ;)), smaller population, not very sporty (great for the not-so-sporty '09 Yalies like me).</p>
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<li>= The only criterion used for "great architecture" is that it must be Gothic. :)</li>
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<p>And yes, I realize Trumbull is sort of an odd choice - not many people's favorite, but I like the architecture...haha.</p>