Call me crazy, but both times I’ve visited Bowdoin I have thought the campus was just o.k. looking and the buildings are rather shabby and the dorm rooms downright ugly. Not as beautiful as many other campuses we’ve visited. Pomona is beautiful, but you have to like Spanish style architecture. We thought St. Olaf was gorgeous even though it was January when we visited. We loved the common rooms in the dorms that all had working fireplaces and pianos (I do wonder whether the smoke is bad for those poor pianos!) It was cold, but quite sunny when we were there. Williams has that classic New England look and a gorgeous new library - simply stunning. We’re visiting Skidmore and Vassar next week. I’ve heard Vassar is gorgeous and I’ve never heard that said about Skidmore.