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<p>Is the answer to the question permitted to take into account the campus surroundings? </p>

<p>If no, then I can get behind Yale being beautiful–its buildings are spectacular.</p>

<p>If yes, I don’t see how Yale can overcome the ugliness of the streets surrounding it. New Haven is really a dump.</p>

<p>I have always thought that Middlebury had the most beautiful campus (ok I went there, so I’m biased). In the last six years though I’ve done the college visit thing with 4 kids and been to a lot of schools. And there are a lot of beautiful college campuses. But my favorite…</p>

<p>Sewanee: University of the South. Its older buildings are modeled after Oxbridge (that Gothic cathedral look) and they’ve done a marvelous job of integrating the newer buildings with the old ones. (That’s not so easy by the way–some of Middlebury’s new buildings are too big for their sites in my view.) The grounds are also attractively landscaped.</p>

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<p>Duke, Princeton, William & Mary, Dartmouth, Colgate, Cal Tech, Rice, Stanford, UVirginia, UNorth Carolina, URichmond, Furman, Davidson, Amherst all are beautiful.</p>

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<p>The University of Richmond is absolutely beautiful! Every square inch of the grounds is meticulously manicured, there are hundreds of thousands of flowers and flowering shrubs scattered throughout the campus. It looks like a country club!</p>

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<p>Hanover isn’t on many radars, but IMHO has the prettiest campus in the country:
<a href=“http://rivers.hanover.edu/images/site/ri_home1.jpg[/url]”>http://rivers.hanover.edu/images/site/ri_home1.jpg&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles23017.jpg[/url]”>http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles23017.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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There’s a reason virtually every picture of Stanford is centered around the Memorial church. The campus isn’t ugly, but it’s nothing to write home about, in my opinion.</p>

<p>I’m also going to have to disagree with doctorb about UNC. I am a huge fan of the school, and parts of it (forest theater, Coker, the quad between Old East and Franklin, etc.) are very nice, but overall the campus is not stunningly attractive.</p>

<p>Since others are posting links, I’ll post a few for Berry. It always comes as a surprise to people that schools outside the top 25 can have beautiful campuses. </p>

<p>Architecture
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<p>Grounds
<a href=“http://www.prairievistas.com/cur/images/LPBerryMill.jpg[/url]”>http://www.prairievistas.com/cur/images/LPBerryMill.jpg&lt;/a&gt;
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<a href=“http://www.campusexplorer.com/media/376x262/Berry-College-F4A751FE.jpg[/url]”>http://www.campusexplorer.com/media/376x262/Berry-College-F4A751FE.jpg&lt;/a&gt;
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<a href=“http://facultyweb.berry.edu/jgraham/mountains.jpg[/url]”>http://facultyweb.berry.edu/jgraham/mountains.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>How has nobody mentioned Cornell? I also think Georgetown is quite pretty, but admittedly not nearly as beautiful as Princeton.</p>

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<p>Middlebury - Incredible</p>

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<p>I’m a huge fan of Stanford’s Spanish-style architecture. I think it’s gorgeous.</p>

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<p>Agreed. True beauty in a college campus requires a hint of death.</p>

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<p>Agreed. Berry is really beautiful. My brother had the chance to attend but ended up turning it down.</p>

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<p>How am I only the second person to mention Cornell. Seriously? My vote goes to Cornell and Princeton</p>

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<p>Duke, Holy Cross, Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Princeton, Stanford.</p>

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<p>Let’s be real, the most beautiful campus’ are Stanford, Syracuse, Cornell, Columbia, & Trinity.</p>

<p>Syracuse
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<p>Beauty is subjective, but the University of British Columbia has something for everyone:</p>

<p>ARCHITECTURE
[Chan</a> Centre, University of British Columbia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/cliveandrews/1085099951/]Chan”>Chan Centre, University of British Columbia | Clive Andrews | Flickr)
[University</a> of British Columbia’s Koerner Library on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/kju/5461162/]University”>University of British Columbia's Koerner Library | If you lo… | Flickr)
[Life</a> Sciences Building, University of British Columbia HDR on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/fresnel10/2535070039/]Life”>Life Sciences Building, University of British Columbia HDR… | Flickr)
[University</a> of British Columbia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/62461901@N00/852477019/]University”>University of British Columbia | My son and daughter-in-law … | Flickr)
[Univ</a>. of British Columbia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/jamestung/2552525755/]Univ”>Univ. of British Columbia | old library | James Tung | Flickr)
[Univ</a>. of British Columbia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/jamestung/2553349388/]Univ”>Univ. of British Columbia | old library | James Tung | Flickr)
[University</a> of British Columbia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/natsuiro/3575672426/]University”>University of British Columbia | Natsuiro | Flickr)</p>

<p>GROUNDS
[University</a> of British Columbia Rose Garden on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/the-bh/2092114991/]University”>University of British Columbia Rose Garden | A view of the U… | Flickr)
[Vancouver</a> - University of British Columbia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/51575034@N00/2631830164/]Vancouver”>Vancouver - University of British Columbia | banscylla | Flickr)
[Aerial</a> view of the University of British Columbia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/jimbob_malone/2301850675/]Aerial”>Aerial view of the University of British Columbia | ...and d… | Flickr)
[University</a> of British Columbia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/murman/2312287267/]University”>University of British Columbia | A rare shot of the Universi… | Flickr)
[University</a> of British Columbia on Flickr - Photo Sharing!](<a href=“http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/natsuiro/3574864307/]University”>http://www.■■■■■■■■■■/photos/natsuiro/3574864307/)
[File:UBC</a> Museum of Anthropology Building1.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UBC_Museum_of_Anthropology_Building1.jpg]File:UBC”>File:UBC Museum of Anthropology Building1.jpg - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>For a small college Mt. Holyoke has a Frederick Law Olmstead landscaped campus with two lakes, waterfalls, and lots of old gothic looking buildings</p>

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<p>After Stanford is probably Rice. (I’m surprised no one has mentioned it.) But Berry is growing in me. Never really heard of Berry before but its campus is amazing, based on pix posted by IBClass.</p>

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<p>Of course, there are all the well known beautiful colleges, so I’ll suggest one not as many people know about. Check out Flagler College:</p>

<p>[Flagler</a> College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagler_College]Flagler”>Flagler College - Wikipedia)</p>

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<p>Notre Dame. </p>

<p>Can’t even put it into words. Not only is it gorgeous, it just has a certain indescribable atmosphere that every other college I’ve seen lacked.</p>

<p>Princeton is a close second.</p>

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<p>University of the Pacific was voted #5 in front of Princeton. It’s a gorgeous campus with brick, ivy covered buildings. My daughter really liked the looks of it. She’s just not into Stockton. :(</p>

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<p>Cornell should be dominating right now?</p>