<p>I prefer that 'campus' feel. I know EVERY school has a campus; but I mean, which schools are closed and most events are on the campus? It's nice to have a good city that's accessible, but I want to feel like I'm at college versus a bunch of random buildings a college uses that is open to the city. Does anybody know colleges that have the centralized feeling (like Stanford and UCSB)? </p>
<p>What about these colleges:
Boston C
Pepperdine U
Reed C
Santa Clara U
Scripps C
U Calif Berkeley
U Calif Davis
U Calif Los Angeles
U Calif San Diego
U Colorado Boulder
U Redlands
Westmont C
Whitman C
Whitworth U
Willamette U</p>
<p>Reed and Whitman both are very united campuses. I would suggest any small LAC or any rural college. They are all united.</p>
<p>Willamette, Santa Clara and Scripps are also centralized. NYU is perhaps the best example of the opposite; it's what NYU students love about it, in and of the city.</p>
<p>Westmont and Pepperdine definitely have that feel. UCLA not so much, mainly due to it's size.<br>
You probably want to nail down the size school you are interested in. There is a huge difference between Pepperdine and UCLA.<br>
If you are good with a small school you should also check out their stats. If you are in the top 10% of their admissions stats you may see some merit money at the smaller private schools that will put the tuition in line with the UCs.</p>
<p>It doesn't have to be small or rural to have a good "campus" feel. It doesn't even need to have the events focused on the campus itself - if it has a good "college town" the city will feel like an extension of campus, and give you more to do.</p>
<p>The UC's are in there just because I'm instate so they are my matches and safeties.
I generally like smaller/medium schools.</p>
<p>I like a good town surrounding it but I want to feel like I'm on campus all the time (mostly) unless I purposefully leave it.</p>