<p>My daughter is a high school soph., and a B student. She will not qualify for an Ivy League school, but she wants to go to a college or university that looks like Harvard, Yale, or Princeton. You know the look - old stone or brick buildings, lots of big trees. Are there schools that accept B students that have that look?</p>
<p>Lehigh is absolutley beautiful, check out their website. But it is also competitive, so a “B” average might not due.</p>
<p>Trinity in Connecticut has the Gothic stone look - but, again, a B average probably won’t cut it.</p>
<p>BTW, imo, Harvard does not look like Princeton at all. Harvard is much more in the Georgian red-brick style. If she wants that look, lots of schools look like that, including many state schools. UNH comes to mind.</p>
<p>Check out Guilford in North Carolina. Beautiful campus in the style your daughter imagines. I’m sure you’re encourage her to look beyond the facade, though!</p>
<p>She’s got time to change her mind. I thought Franklin and Marshall looked a bit like a mini-Harvard when my kid went to camp there. Union college has a lot of older red brick buildings but also has this really funky one: [Union</a> College - The Nott Memorial - Schenectady NY | Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/vanstermonster/1573002317/#/photos/vanstermonster/1573002317/lightbox/]Union”>http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/vanstermonster/1573002317/#/photos/vanstermonster/1573002317/lightbox/) </p>
<p>If you are looking for a more collegiate gothic look there is a good list here: <a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegiate_Gothic_in_North_America[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegiate_Gothic_in_North_America</a></p>
<p>Isn’t that funny…my daughter HATED those red brick buildings. U of Richmond has them too…so does Wake Forest. BUT again…3.0…might not be in the range…depending on SAT/ACT scores.</p>
<p>If you want both the red brick and the old stone look, the University of Missouri has both a “red” and “white” portion of campus and the entire campus is a designated botanical gardens.</p>
<p>[Virtual</a> tours | Undergraduate Admissions | University of Missouri](<a href=“http://admissions.missouri.edu/visit/virtual-tours.php]Virtual”>http://admissions.missouri.edu/visit/virtual-tours.php)</p>
<p>several New York City colleges come to mind, including, Brooklyn College, City University and, Wagner College on Staten Island. they are predominantly commuter schools, however. And, there are a ton of small, LACs south of the Mason-Dixon line, including Randolph-Macon, Hollins and Sweet Briar, that are very pretty.</p>
<p>Lynchburg College, Randolph College, and Roanoke all have very nice older campuses in quaint old southern cities. A solid B is competitive to get in and all offer a good education for the money with decent fin iad–especially Randolph which recently went coed, has lots of money and needs to rebuild the student body.</p>
<p>[Explore</a> Randolph](<a href=“http://www.explorerandolph.com/]Explore”>http://www.explorerandolph.com/)</p>
<p>[Lynchburg</a> College: Virtual Campus Tour](<a href=“http://www.lynchburg.edu/virtualtour]Lynchburg”>http://www.lynchburg.edu/virtualtour)</p>
<p>Sewanee-University of the South. Gothic (VERY! about as “collegiate” as they come), not red-brick.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.sewanee.edu%5B/url%5D”>www.sewanee.edu</a></p>
<p>Fairleigh Dickinson University in Florham Park, NJ
and if you child studies here, then she will be able to participate in the study abroad program in England at Wroxton College. I don’t think there is a prettier campus anywhere. You can see it here: [Wroxton</a> College :: Fairleigh Dickinson University](<a href=“http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=326]Wroxton”>http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=326)</p>
<p>Anther beautiful campus is Drew University in NJ. Both FDU and Drew were designed by the same architect. They are both quite picturesque and are great schools.</p>
<p>Like catie33 said, I’ve heard a lot of good things about Guilford.</p>
<p>Gettysburg looks like the picture postcard of a college.</p>
<p>College of Charleston is very charming – also reasonably priced and not as selective as some other schools with pretty campuses. :)</p>
<p>this may help
[50</a> Top Colleges](<a href=“http://50topcolleges.com/]50”>http://50topcolleges.com/)</p>
<p>Butler University in Indianapolis–no kidding!</p>
<p>The winner is…Ohio University <a href=“http://www.stateuniversity.com/universities/OH/Ohio_University.html[/url]”>http://www.stateuniversity.com/universities/OH/Ohio_University.html</a> . </p>
<p>Also Stonehill College. University of the South, U of Mississippi, U of Kentucky, Washington and Jefferson, Lynchburg, Furman, Clemson, U of South Carolina.</p>
<p>Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (my alma mater)</p>
<p>Mills College in Oakland is also very pretty.</p>
<p>I second Sewanee. I think Rhodes College would also fit the bill.</p>