most beautiful college campus?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I don't think Harvard has nice campus though :D I go to school everyday using a bus near Harvard and even take a trip but I see nothing special
UPenn, Stanford, Yale</p>

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UCSB and UCSC

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<p>For campus setting yes, for campus no. The most beautiful campuses of the UC's are UCB, UCLA and UCD. Settings are UCSB, UCSC and UCSD.</p>

<p>The most beautiful campus (of any school) for both setting and the campus is Pepperdine. Stanford doesn't come close.</p>

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<p>Not sure why people keep listing Stanford. I live pretty close to the campus and my dad is an alum. Nice school, but not close to the nicest campus that I've seen.</p>

<ol>
<li>University of Oregon</li>
<li>University of Washington</li>
<li>Pepperdine</li>
<li>UC Santa Cruz</li>
<li>Yale (the area is terrible though)</li>
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<p>DePaul...chicago is one of, if not the best city in the country.</p>

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<p>I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned U Richmond...</p>

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<p>I'm not.</p>

<p>Meant for below...</p>

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<p>While most of Wellesley's buildings are not spectacular, the grounds are absolutely gorgeous--the campus looks like a national park!</p>

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<p>I've always been more of an architecture guy. So a college with great greenery but meh buildings isn't as impressive to me as a college with superb buildings and a less than stellar natural setting.
This is why in my book places like Yale (which does have a decent amount of greenery) win out over places like Cornell any day.</p>

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<p>The Stanford architecture style is called Taco Bell Modern.</p>

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<p>William & Mary
Virginia
Duke
Davidson
Vanderbilt
Emory</p>

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<p>YAY! I'd just like to point out that I just changed status from being a junior member to being a member! </p>

<p>HAZZAH!</p>

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<p>Congratulations Hippo724 on becoming a senior member. </p>

<p>Smith College has the most beautiful college campus. It’s an arboretum. The landscaping was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead (who also designed Central Park in NYC). It includes a beautiful lake (Paradise Pond), botanical gardens, interesting architecture, and even waterfalls. The buildings are classy as well. It's also beautiful in the New England Fall! </p>

<p>Here are some pictures:</p>

<p>Milescapes-</a> Gifts, Original Artwork and Photography [Smith College]</p>

<p>Botanic</a> Garden at Smith College, Waterfall Photo</p>

<p>The new student center: <a href="http://www.weissmanfredi.com/images/Smith01.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.weissmanfredi.com/images/Smith01.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Vassar. </p>

<p>Beautiful buildings of various time periods, gorgeous trees and landscaping</p>

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<p>Plenty of colleges are arboretums, so it's hard to pick a college that is the most beautiful based on this characteristic. I mean, Stanford, Vassar, Smith, Connecticut College, etc all have/are arboretums.</p>

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<p>I tried to note above that this open ended question should be narrowed a bit to separate Universities and Colleges. </p>

<p>Frankly it's hard to find any midwestern, southern or eastern liberal arts college that doesn't look fabulous in the fall.</p>

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<p>^Well Stanford in the west gets to look fabulous all year round ;)</p>

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<p>Perhaps, but we northern people can never understand why someone would want days in January, April, June and September all to look the same. Bo-ring. ;)</p>

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<p>Pomona
10char</p>

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<p>While Pomona College looks alright in the pictures I just glanced at, it gets points subtracted for being in Pomona. Pomona may be in California, but you wouldn't know it! I was there a few days ago and it was very run down and much hotter than the stereotypical coastal CA. I was amazed that a slum region could have so many good colleges in it...</p>

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<p>Pomona College is not in Pomona. It moved from Pomona to Claremont in 1888. They briefly changed the name to Piedmont College to reflect the change in location, but the earlier name stuck.</p>