<ol>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Oxford</li>
<li>Cambridge</li>
<li>Stanford</li>
</ol>
<p>I also think some of the top LACs (Middlebury, Williams, Amherst, etc.) are gorgeous, but nothing like the above. Besides, I'm partial to Gothic (or, in Stanford's case, Mediterranean Romanesque).</p>
<p>I don't have a ranking, but I love UCAL, Wellesley <--- Gorgeous, and UPENN <--- Historical but at the same time Modern</p>
<p>UCAL? Do you mean UCLA or Cal?</p>
<p>I know people are going to laugh.... but Brooklyn College is really beautiful. I live close by and it has this amazing walkway down the middle of the campus. Beautiful architecture and a huge lawn right in the front where everyone plops down with books. Not to mention an awesome outdoor cafe!</p>
<p>Princeton is gorgeous, as are Rhodes and Yale. Vanderbilt is very nice, though not quite the same caliber architecturally or atmospherically. However, Nashville is much nicer than either New Haven or Memphis, and much more exciting than Princeton.</p>
<ol>
<li>Pepperdine</li>
<li>Penn State (University Park)</li>
<li>Elon</li>
</ol>
<p>Admittedly I haven't seen too many college campuses, but I must say that Scripps and Pomona College have BEAUTIFUL campuses (I'm a Harvey Mudd student, I would know).</p>
<p>COLBY by far...anyone who loves the outdoors will agree....mountains, lakes, and snow, and incredibly green spring/summer time</p>
<p>yale was all fake...they just spilled acid on it to look old...cheaters</p>
<p>BC was absolutely gorgeous IMO. It had an "Ivy school" feel to it, but felt like a very inviting and communal place. It is close to the city, but far enough to where it has a suburban feel. </p>
<p>I find the BU mention interesting-I wouldn't include it near the top of my list. It is basically Comm. Ave.</p>
<p>Indiana University-Bloomington has one of the nicest campuses in the country</p>
<p>cornell is being plagued by moth larvaes that are feasting on our grass roots. here's an article from the independent student newspaper: <a href="http://www.cornellsun.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/10/12/434c78466384b?in_archive=1%5B/url%5D">http://www.cornellsun.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/10/12/434c78466384b?in_archive=1</a></p>
<p>so, when this is taken care of, maybe the greenery will be beautiful again in the summer, as for now, almost nothing can beat its snow-white winter. i love walking down Libe Slope with the view of my gothic dorm set in from of beautiful white cayuga lake and snow-covered forests...however, the buildings like many people said, are absolutely beautiful and the differences really compliment and weld together very well.</p>
<p>university of chicago
dartmouth
washington and lee</p>
<p>Hartwick College in upstate NY is very pretty.</p>
<p>has anyone visited Brandeis or WPI or RPI</p>
<p>Dartmouth (amazing, spent a month there for debate)
Stanford (visited many times)
Williams
Amherst</p>
<p>I didn't like Duke personally.</p>
<p>Kenyon College is the most beautiful and best maintained college that I have visited.
Other schools that were especially appealling were Bowdoin, Williams and Carleton.</p>
<p>brown
holy cross
harvard</p>
<p>Simpsnut - absolutely agree on Cornell (haha gorges) and about how CMU is nowhere near beautiful. You can tell you're in steel town.</p>
<p>And quynh, I mostly agree about Cornell even though I haven't had the pleasure to visit it in winter. The only thing is about the buildings fitting together. I'll say that most of the buildings fit well, even some of the new engineering ones, but those two libraries at the south end of the arts quad? Yuck! Uris, and the other one. The quad is beautiful and then they plop that monstrosity at its head... Oh well, still a great place.</p>
<p>University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - The Minneapolis area of the campus is unbelievably pretty. </p>
<p>The residence campus of Simmons is beautiful too. The academic campus is ok, but not that attractive. </p>
<p>Macalester has a really nice campus as well. Tons of trees.</p>
<p>Amherst
Smith
Tufts</p>