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<p>haha, theo. Not a fan of west coast architecture?</p>
<p>MICHIGAN-I've been a wolverine fan all my life, but I found a lot of the faculty to be rather condescending. Add to this the fact that, because I live 1 1/2 miles south of an arbitrary border, I have to pay twice as much. I received $2600 toward a $36000 education, and the financial aid rep we called said that, even with the letter we sent, they likely won't revise their decision. I've lost a lot of respect for that school.</p>
<p>Yale also did not meet my expectations, in terms of either the students or the campus. I have grown to dislike Yale, and will probably not attend, even if I'm admitted.</p>
<p>Rensselaer--kind of a strange school; I didn't think I would like it, and I was right.</p>
<p>Since I haven't visited Harvard yet, I can't say anything there either way.</p>
<p>Wash U is very compact. That's what struck me most about it, in a good way. The architecture is beautiful, and it's very accessible and pretty. St. Louis is like, RIGHT THERE, but you'd never know it. It's not all sprawled out or anything. Everything's within easy walking distance.</p>
<p>BROWN! </p>
<p>Auuugh. I expected to love it, but was turned off within the first 15 minutes for reasons I couldn't really identify.</p>
<p>Columbia</p>
<p>It was near the top of my list, but after I visited it, I realized that NYC is not where I want to be for college. I wasn't really sure of what I thought of the campus, but the two views that kept coming back into my mind were... a) the campus is nonexistent; b) it is 6 blocks by 6 blocks with a "yard" instead of a quad and everybody is high strung running from one building to another while smoking a cig. Maybe it just undermined my preconceived vision of a college campus possessing trees, but I definitely decided not to apply. It's the right school for some people, but not for me.</p>
<p>In some ways, Columbia was better than I expected (surprisingly, it had more of a campus feel to it than I thought it would), but in other ways, it was worse (way too many graduate students running around; McKim, Mead & White's original campus architecture becoming rather dilapidated; the new building with the crazy walkways; the students that were entirely too perky; and the noise all around). Honestly, I didn't start out with a very positive impression, so I wasn't too disappointed when I visited. And I only visited because I was in NYC on my way back from my Yale on-campus interview. :)</p>
<p>Penn was also a disappointment. The area was not nice, many of the people were ditzy and told me they came to Penn for the parties, the fact that people didn't take work seriously, and the Ivy degree that was (in their words) easier to get. And the admissions officer in the info session spent most of his time bashing the colleges that were founded earliest in the US (Harvard, Yale, W&M) and - by twisted logic - tried to argue that Penn was older than them because it was the first to use the title "university" or something like that. Oh, and he tried to convince everyone that Penn was better than Harvard and Yale because they were founded with religious affiliations.</p>
<p>Cornell</p>
<p>Suprisingly, I wasn't that much into Dartmouth before. I really liked Cornell because it was in NY and surrounded by the finger lakes...it really attracted me. But then there was just something about Dartmouth that really sucked me in. Dartmouth is so incredibly awesome...personally I dont think Cornell even comes close to Dartmouth. Stanford...well, Stanford I always loved.</p>
<p>EWWWW Columbia was nasty. We stayed there for a couple days when my summer program had to visit some companies in NYC. Supposedly we were in some of the best freshman rooms. Of those I got nicest one out of the thirty of us, and mine only slightly smelled of urine...
The campus was wierd, but the RESTAURANT sign from Sienfield is a couple blocks away. And its hard to find a place to cut your hair for under $40 (yes, man's haircut) early in the morning (9 o'clock).</p>
<p>Sourie, I felt that same thing about Brown. I couldn't explain it.</p>
<p>I thought I'd like Harvard, but i was very very wrong. I ended up not applying. The admissions office was way understaffed, the class sizes were huge and the class they took us to was taught by a grad student. There were panhandlers like everywhere (but i did run into one of my friends, and I live on the west coast lol).</p>
<p>Yale, I wasn't going to apply to, but I loved it. I actually went to Yale for a second time. It was great.</p>
<p>Vassar, uh, I felt like I lost some masculinity just taking that tour. And the bad liberal and feminist vibes...and then the coach wouldn't stop calling me...not my favorite.</p>
<p>Of the schools i ahve visisted, there were only like two that really turned me off, which was suprizing to me, cause most people i know really like them</p>
<p>Berkeley- i had always figured that i could go there, but once i got on campus, i couldn't stand the vibe i got. something about it, being completely surrounded by a city and such</p>
<p>additionally, i didin't like UCSB, just something it wasn't very pretty, yes it was on the ocean, but maybe cause i have lived within sight of the ocean kinda blew that pro to the campus being on the water. all the buildings were completely different, and very bare. I think that is also what turned me off was the bareness of the building of vegitation.</p>
<p>Penn.....</p>
<p>I was excited about visiting. As soon as I drove up to campus, my face fell, and I was miserable the whole time.</p>
<p>Columbia....
Great quad, etc. Too many weirdos, and most importantly, the athletic facilities were 102 blocks from campus and 3 blocks from the Harlem River...as an athlete, no...</p>
<p>Yale....
I liked the quad--it was great, although it could be depressing with snow b/c it is all grey. The swimming pool is gorgeous...it's a coliseum...but it's old and out-dated (no gutters!!!)
The thing that bothered me about Yale is the "grassy knoll" on which sit several homeless people with grocery carts full of alcohol, guns, knives, and whatever else...and they are right outside some of the residential colleges.
I would probably still go to Yale.</p>
<p>Davidson....
Awful</p>
<p>Bates College... The campus was a disappointment. I mean, the foliage in the fall is very beautiful on the campus, but that was the only thing that I liked.</p>
<p>hey hands, which sport do you play?</p>
<p>Rensselear - thought it would be kinda cool, make a nice safety to MIT and Caltech...ended up hating it, didn't apply</p>
<p>Harvard - not what i expected...not really sure why, but it was just eh.</p>
<p>tufts - i thought would be awesome, got there and hated it; didnt like the campus, the feel of being an "ivy reject" (although i prob will be...)</p>
<p>I hope Wash U is as nice as some people are saying...I was accepted but have yet to see it, and don't know if I will get in to any of my ivys.</p>
<p>columbia definetly wasnt for me, the people were arrogant</p>
<p>i have to echo the berkeley complaints (which mostly came from fellow socalers)....honestly, with UCLA so close to home- with its BEAAUUTIFUL campus, beautiful ppl, and beautiful weather, what more can we want? GO BRUINS! :)</p>
<p>ooo, and did i mention that Rodeo Drive and the Beverly Center is only 5 minutes from campus? o yessss, o yesss :D</p>
<p>Can't believe no one mentioned University of Chicago. God that place was awful. The whole place looked crappy from the broken metal fences surrounding the tennis courts to the ugly Gothic buildings. Just visiting there depressed me. Oh man I couldn't even imagine going there.</p>
<p>Agreed. We left after about 10 minutes on campus.</p>
<p>same with Boston University. It was nasty and campus-less. We didn't even get out of the car.</p>
<p>BC I didn't like so much either. My mom was looking at the marble floors in the admissions office like, wow, these people have money coming out of their asses. The campus was really pretty though - I just didn't like the homogeneity (word? lol) at all. And unlike G-town, it didn't have the academics to make up for it, in my opinion.</p>
<p>but of course, G-town sucks. right Natasha and fiesta? lol</p>
<p>So Rensselaer= Bad? Go figure the Financial Aid was good. What specifically didn't you guys like about, it might end up being where I have to go, so I would like to know what to expect. <em>sighs</em></p>