<p>These all sound great. I am definitely considering many of these schools. Any others? Thanks everyone for the suggestions!
p.s. Tourguide446- I very much agree with and like that description of yours!</p>
<p>I hope some college administrators are reading this, and notice that nobody ever starts a thread called, "I want a college dominated by modern sterile, soul-less glass-and-steel buildings that could have been designed on a Commodore 63." What's worse than a great-looking traditional college that someone decided needed a contemporary monstosity in the center of campus. Yuck. Those 1960's dorms at Williams gotta go. Let's applaud Boston College for tearing down or retro-Gothic-izing some of its more modern buildings to extend the gorgeous Gothic area of the campus.</p>
<p>Chicago is the king of gargoyles.</p>
<p>UChicago has some nice Gothic Buildings.</p>
<p>Agreed, Chicago has amazing architecture. But the wide emptiness of the Midway and the surrounding rust belt/ghetto neighborhoods sap the scene of the ambiance it deserves.</p>
<p>Nobody said Cornell? Maybe because it was raining I got the "gothic" vibe more strongly...</p>
<p>Also walking across the gorge...yeah, that helped add to the draculaness of it.</p>
<p>The University of Rochester has that typical collegiate feel to it, though the snow may often hide the beauty of the buildings :)</p>
<p>Also, some parts of cornell feel a bit typical collegiate, but they are largely overshadowed by the modern buildings. Harvard seems old- world, but the surrounding area is really hideous, so the atmosphere isn't right.</p>
<p>I agree that Princeton and Yale and Duke and Willaim and Mary especially have this typical feel.</p>
<p>Elon is a bit collegiate/ southern collegiate, though in a cute, homey way, not an impressive sort of way.</p>
<p>Wake Forest is amazing in terms of beuaty, though not really old world feeling at all. However, it's not modern either. Not quite sure what you would call it, but it's definately stunningly beautiful.</p>
<p>URichmond is a good one as well, which was already mentioned.</p>
<p>MIT has one or two pretty buildings, but the others definately get rid of the illusion of beauty really quickly. Also, the location is a lot like Harvard's... really gross.</p>
<p>Allegheny as well, though the surrounding neighborhood is in utter desolation- many burnt and boarded up houses, and nowhere to go in town.</p>
<p>"I hope some college administrators are reading this, and notice that nobody ever starts a thread called, "I want a college dominated by modern sterile, soul-less glass-and-steel buildings that could have been designed on a Commodore 63." What's worse than a great-looking traditional college that someone decided needed a contemporary monstosity in the center of campus. Yuck. Those 1960's dorms at Williams gotta go. Let's applaud Boston College for tearing down or retro-Gothic-izing some of its more modern buildings to extend the gorgeous Gothic area of the campus."</p>
<p>exactly how i feel and in particular this sentence "What's worse than a great-looking traditional college that someone decided needed a contemporary monstosity in the center of campus."</p>
<p>pertains exactly to northwestern and i hate it</p>
<p>I really love the appearances of the UK universities!! These all crossed my mind when considering places to apply but both my father and I decided that these would be slightly too far to travel to for my first time living away from home. Unfortunately there are not enough places over here that resemble those beautiful, old universities.</p>
<p>yale and trinity college</p>
<p>I don't think the axis really is modern-vs-14th century. I think it is more about architectural consistency and relevance to the setting. I know I'm biased, but I've always been really fond of UC Irvine, which doesn't have any buildings older than 1965, and, yes, they are mostly concrete and glass. The school is built in a series of concentric rings around a huge circular park, and has maintained at least some sense of architectural consistency. It's modern, but comfortable and handsome. Here's one link to their campus tour site: <a href="http://www.uci.edu/virtualtour/tour/aldrichpark.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.uci.edu/virtualtour/tour/aldrichpark.html</a>. Aldrich Park is the circular center of the campus.</p>
<p>I kind of have to agree. Post-modern is a concept not a cause. There's bad post-modern as well as good. I think the 1960s dorms at Williams are rather handsome, just as the 1950s dorms at Wesleyan fit well well with the topography and landscape of the campus. But then again, Hampshire College is an example of what can happen when you have too much of a good thing. Some of the newer stuff at Williams is also another story.</p>
<p>Anyone know of any beautiful gothic/old world campuses in Canada?</p>
<p>^^ mcgill is really nice</p>
<p>Several parts of U of Toronto (St. Michael's College, Victoria College, Trinity College), the U of Western Ontario has gothic architecture.</p>
<p>I love all of the Canadian schools you mentioned. Are they all beautiful in terms of architecture and campus?</p>
<p>I have decided to now apply to universities in Great Britain. I found that Trinity College (Dublin), University of Glasgow, University of Edinburgh, University of Aberdeen, University of St. Andrews, National University of Ireland- Cork, and National University of Ireland- Galway are all beautiful and fit my needs academically. Can anyone give details to the looks of these campuses??</p>
<p>you might enjoy reading this thread: What colleges looks most like Hogwarts</p>
<p>I visited the St. Andrews (the city and university) over the summer of 2005. It's the third oldest english speaking university in the world, and has the best reputation of the Scottish universities, which I think is pretty cool. Part of the campus is right on the beautiful and famous links and ocean shoreline. It was urban in the sense that the campus was meshed with the small city. The city is busy enough to be exciting but small enough not to feel overwhelming. My sis is planning on studying abroad there. Oh, and everyone was incredibly polite and friendly, I really felt at home there. </p>
<p>I found these in a sec on google. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.python.org/files/success/st-andrews/university-print.png%5B/url%5D">http://www.python.org/files/success/st-andrews/university-print.png</a>
<a href="http://www.explore-st-andrews.com/images/attractions-page/university.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.explore-st-andrews.com/images/attractions-page/university.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.bri.ucla.edu/nha/ishn/st-andrews-aerial.png%5B/url%5D">http://www.bri.ucla.edu/nha/ishn/st-andrews-aerial.png</a></p>
<p>Here are some ruins just outside of downtown that I visited when I was there:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.enlargephotos.com/pi_perm/misc_imag/st-andrews-044_20x25.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.enlargephotos.com/pi_perm/misc_imag/st-andrews-044_20x25.jpg</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ViewFromTheTop.JPG%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ViewFromTheTop.JPG</a></p>
<p>Thanks hsmomstef...that is a great thread! Thanks for pointing me in the direction of it. </p>
<p>Thanks Fitter Happier for all those lovely pictures and great information. I really do love St. Andrews, it being one of my favorite, if not absolute favorite, universities that I am applying to.</p>