Grandest Colleges

Applying to College
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<p>For fun, from an old anglophile: making a list that satisfy the criteria of being old and grand in the english sense. The ones which have magnificent towers, imposing dons, ancient traditions, christmas banquets, and so on. I hope this isn't perceived as too irrelevant... it's for those of us who love universities, the old feel and smell of them.</p>

<p>Here's what I have so far:</p>

<p>Princeton
Yale
Harvard
Oxford
Cambridge
Trinity College Dublin
University of Edinburgh
Durham University
St. Andrews
University of Chicago
Trinity College, University of Toronto
UVA</p>

<p>I feel like MIT or Caltech wouldn't count. Nor would Stanford. Nor would Northwestern or Duke, what with the mass sports complex there. </p>

<p>What else?</p>

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<p>if you think duke has a "mass sports complex" then you havn't been to some schools--even on that list.</p>

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<p>I don't know how you can call UVA grand without calling Duke grand. It's main campus is like walking through a Harry Potter movie.</p>

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<p>Bryn Mawr has the old look ("Collegiate Gothic") and some really weird traditions.</p>

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<p>Sadly you're right about NU, even though it's older than the likes of U of C- too much modern architecture. I suggest you add Georgetown.</p>

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<p>bump .</p>

<p>i like this thread</p>

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<p>i love compton community college. it's just like ur walking through the hood.</p>

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<p>This thread has an English bias...jk</p>

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<p>Duke beats all...seriously</p>

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<p>isn't the university of edinburgh... europe party central or something? or is that nother collge. hmm</p>

<p>if that was, then that hardly qualifies as 'grand'</p>

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Sadly you're right about NU, even though it's older than the likes of U of C- too much modern architecture. I suggest you add Georgetown.

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<p>if northwestern had just built all of its buildings like deering library, university hall, or the sorority quads...</p>

<p>i second georgetown, and yale is ungodly beautiful.</p>

<p>to be honest i think harvard is a little overrated, i visited and was so impressed by the gated, walled campus, but then when i walked in my first reaction was "this is it...?" </p>

<p>luckily for them cambridge might be the best college setting in the country/world (in my opinion).</p>

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<p>I had the same notion about the University of Edinburgh, until I visited. I was vastly dissppointed. It is not very "grand" at all. It does have a few old buildings, and has a lengthy history, but the majority of the buildings are modern, and there are sadly few traditions. I strongly agree with the University of St. Andrews being on this list, as I am going to be starting there this fall. :)</p>