<p>The attractive student body at Vanderbilt. Oh wait that isn’t a silly reason :P</p>
<p>nj2011mom – You’ve made me want to take a trip to NJ and visit the campus. Love the Horse Practicum course!</p>
<p>Hearkening back to my college days, the size of the pipe organ in the chapel really impressed me and I wanted the opportunity to hear it played (which didn’t happen during my campus visit). I eventually went to that college and attended many a midday service where I got to hear its heavenly sounds. My decision to attend was ultimately due to the warmth of the staff and students I met, but getting to listen to that organ was a definite bonus :)</p>
<p>[Reddel</a> Memorial Organ of the Chapel of the Resurrection, Valparaiso University](<a href=“http://www.valpo.edu/student/ago/reddelorgan.html]Reddel”>http://www.valpo.edu/student/ago/reddelorgan.html)</p>
<p>My silly thing was the freshman roll-out beds. I thought that was the most awesome thing ever. I had many good reasons to attend Valpo, though.</p>
<p>The bell tower at Yale, the smell of Chemistry at Dana Chemistry at Bates; Cornell’s ice cream and cookies and milk at Willard Straight</p>
<p>@clarinette52…ah, a fellow Valpo alum 
I went back a few years ago to see campus and the surrounding town and couldn’t believe how much had changed. Good to see the university and town are progressing. I loved my time there as a student.</p>
<p>the huge pool at middlebury</p>
<p>For D2, no football.</p>
<p>Grew up in the midst of Texas football frenzy. Enjoyed it, but felt D3 football would be like high school again.</p>
<p>DD did not love Claremont McKenna college, but she did love the HUGE rice krispie treats they served at the end of the tour!</p>
<p>The Lemurs at Duke!</p>
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Agree the rolls were outrageous - but wasn’t the tour one of the longest ever? We felt like we saw the same building 50 times and heard every detail of the guide’s entire 20 year life!</p>
<p>ETA: Personally, I loved the fact that Penn State actually has a taxidermy Nittany Lion on display in one of the buildings.</p>
<p>One thing that DS loved about his safety school was that IUPUI has hamster
trails throughout the campus. There are covered walkways (often circular) that connected much of the campus. It knocked the school above both Bloomington and Purdue for his safety.</p>
<p>The fact that it set up on a hill overlooking the city.</p>
<p>Sylvan - YES, it was a long tour (even longer in the 103 degrees the day we went), and thank you for pointing out Miami felt like ALL of the buildings looked the same. My daughter and I didn’t “feel it” so Miami is now out!</p>
<p>campus windmill</p>
<p>We all fell in love with the beautiful Math library at UIUC (a small, castle type building decorated with mosaics inside.) I thought, this is a place that really reveres math!</p>
<p>Sylvan & Christine: yes, long tour especially since it was hot & incredibly humid. I thought D was going to hit the floor a few times but that was partially our fault since we had a little breakfast & figured we’d have lunch after the tour. OOPS! That’s part of why the rolls were like manna from heaven.</p>
<p>Also agree about a lot of buildings looking the same, but there were a few things that D did like (besides the rolls!) so it’s staying on the list.</p>
<p>When my daughter attended admitted students day at Drexel and heard a sophomore student talk about his membership on the Quidditch team and running around campus with broomsticks, that about sealed the deal.</p>
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<p>What school was this, icedragon? Duquesne is like that. You take an elevator “up” to the campus from the parking garage. It felt like “Charlie and the Chocolate Facotory”.</p>
<p>S wanted a small college in a nice town, where you can walk to good restaurants, shopping etc. just to get off campus for a bit. We all fell in love with Walla Walla, what a comfortable friendly place! People refer to Whitman as remote, I thought the campuses where you couldn’t access civilization without a car were remote.</p>