<p>Or am I dreaming?? I recently visited Princeton and fell in love with the campus... I was just wondering if there were any other school campuses with a similar feel (size, building architecture, layout, etc.) that may be considered "safeties" for people applying to Princeton as a very high reach.....</p>
<p>Are there any like this or am I just dreaming...</p>
<p>Well, Duke's architecture and campus were patterned after Princeton. If Princeton is a "very high reach" for you, though, I wouldn't count on Duke as a "safety."</p>
<p>Dartmouth, in the same spirit that jack suggests Duke.</p>
<p>dartmouth looks like princeton? granted i haven't been, but not in any of the pictures i've seen. Dartmouth feels more old-school colonial to me, more like harvard or brown, while princeton seems to be most like yale and upenn (if we are talking about the ivy league).</p>
<p>Dartmouth and Princeton both have beautiful campuses with appealing architecture and don't have the hustle and bustle of a city. IMO the exact style of architecture doesn't have a huge impact on quality of life.</p>
<p>If you like Princeton you might also (although still highly selective) Dartmouth and Duke.</p>
<p>How about Ohio Wesleyan University?</p>
<p>You can find some nice photos using google images. Ohio Wes:</p>
<p>Trinity College has beautiful gothic architecture</p>
<p>Other goths include Yale and University of Chicago. They are hardly safeties, but freaking gorgeous. (Though I haven't been to Yale in a while to make a comparison, Chicago's campus is more compact than Princeton's).</p>
<p><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/sellis/139975082/%5B/url%5D">http://flickr.com/photos/sellis/139975082/</a>
<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/machuquita/374783697/%5B/url%5D">http://flickr.com/photos/machuquita/374783697/</a>
<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/hansenn/815158729/%5B/url%5D">http://flickr.com/photos/hansenn/815158729/</a>
<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/laurence_cooley/283903672/%5B/url%5D">http://flickr.com/photos/laurence_cooley/283903672/</a></p>
<p>Yale Duke Dartmouth all look and feel like Princeton - lots of green, suburban area (minus Yale). All are also really selective...so not safeties. But, applying to more schools increases your chances of getting into one.</p>
<p>Trinity in Hartford</p>
<p>Kenyon has the lots of shade trees, lots of neo-Gothic buildings feel.</p>
<p>Ohh I didn't know that about Duke and Dartmouth... Good to know though, I was beginning to really like Duke and now I like it even more!</p>
<p>too bad it's not going to be easy to get in</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies, any more??</p>
<p>The University of Chicago has an incredible campus but it's in a high crime neighborhood of Chicago. So it's probably not what you really want if you're in love with Princeton. Not to sound like a broken record, but there's more to a school than it's architecture, even if you're just talking about the feel of the campus.</p>
<p>Seriously look into Dartmouth. Princeton but more laid-back.</p>
<p>I would agree with slipper1234, but if Princeton is a high reach, I don't think that Dartmouth will be a "safety". The same holds true for Duke.</p>
<p>Boston College has a beautiful campus & may be a match if you are an ivy caliber student (lots of gothic buildings).
& georgetown</p>
<p>University of Chicago.</p>
<p>If you love beautiful girls and do not mind a Catholic University, Pepperdine.</p>
