Colleges by Mountains and/or Lakes?

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<p>mcroson, I guess from the perspective of a student from Idaho, the mountains near VT are foothills, but for a lot of us who live in pretty flat areas, they count as mountains! ;)</p>

<p>Not the Rockies, but beautiful nonetheless. The New River Valley is terrific for outdoorsy types. In fact Outside mag ranked Blacksburg in the top 10 of best places to live. Found some pictures of campus to share:</p>

<p><a href=“http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/local/screen/vt0010.jpg[/url]”>http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/local/screen/vt0010.jpg&lt;/a&gt;
[Virginia</a> Tech Department of Physics Showcase - Campus Photos<a href=“check%20out%20the%20top%20one”>/url</a>
<a href=“http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/04VT/VisCom/screen/3_84_0047.jpg[/url]”>http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/04VT/VisCom/screen/3_84_0047.jpg](<a href=“http://www.phys.vt.edu/showcase/index-campus.shtml]Virginia”>http://www.phys.vt.edu/showcase/index-campus.shtml)</a></p>

<p>Maybe someday I will get out west to see the big ones, but the Allegheny and Blue Ridge mountains sure are pretty to me.</p>

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<p>No one said Seattle is in the mountains. From various places in Seattle, you can see both the Cascades, including Mt. Rainier, and the Olympics. Seattle itself is hilly and green. And mentioned earlier, UW in on the shores of Lake Washington.</p>

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<p>UW-Madison</p>

<p>[Lakeshore</a> Residence Halls « UW-Madison Photo Library](<a href=“http://photos.uc.wisc.edu/photos/3623/view]Lakeshore”>http://photos.uc.wisc.edu/photos/3623/view)
[Sunset</a> over Lake Mendota « UW-Madison Photo Library](<a href=“http://photos.uc.wisc.edu/photos/6994/view]Sunset”>http://photos.uc.wisc.edu/photos/6994/view)
[Hoofer</a> Sailing Club on Lake Mendota « UW-Madison Photo Library](<a href=“http://photos.uc.wisc.edu/photos/8064/view]Hoofer”>http://photos.uc.wisc.edu/photos/8064/view)
[Red</a> Gym and Memorial Union Terrace « UW-Madison Photo Library](<a href=“http://photos.uc.wisc.edu/photos/4020/view]Red”>http://photos.uc.wisc.edu/photos/4020/view)
[Memorial</a> Union Terrace « UW-Madison Photo Library](<a href=“http://photos.uc.wisc.edu/photos/10752/view]Memorial”>http://photos.uc.wisc.edu/photos/10752/view)
[Search</a> results for ‘lake mendota and memorial union’ « Photo Library « UW-Madison](<a href=“http://photos.uc.wisc.edu/photos/list?search=lake+mendota+and+memorial+union]Search”>http://photos.uc.wisc.edu/photos/list?search=lake+mendota+and+memorial+union)</p>

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<p>There’s Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. Their campus is literally on a mountain. They have a pretty good science department, but their engineering is a little lacking. They also have a pretty kick-ass accounting program. I don’t know anyone who has graduated from that program who had issues getting hired. If you’d like more science-y schools, I recommend New Mexico Tech (very rural, but there are all kinds of mountains to explore and wide open llanos and canyons) and New Mexico State (which is near the Oregon mountains, very hot, but lots of cool natural resource stuff to do there). If you want to go full liberal arts, St. John’s Santa Fe campus has great outdoor programs and is in a very mountainous area. Colorado School of Mines (mentioned above) is also an excellent school, and requires it’s freshmen to hike up Mt. Zion (very lovely mountain) carrying a ten pound rock. (The students return every year to retrieve a rock from the top; it’s symbolic of the knowledge you gain and how you’re advancing to the next level. Or something like that.) Sorry if this is a wee bit Southwest biased, I just know those schools well.</p>

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<p>“Far above Cayuga’s waters,
With its waves of blue,
Stands our noble alma mater,
Glorious to view.”</p>

<p>This is Cornell’s song. So in addition to its beautiful gorges and waterfalls, it is also over looking one of the finger lakes.</p>

<p>And you certainly can’t complain about its academics or reputation.</p>

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<p>VT and UVa have been mentioned, but JMU might have them beat in terms of beautiful surroundings.</p>