<p>globalist... maybe thats simply because it was founded by Jefferson... (don't really know, just a thought, otherwise i can't imagine whats so special about it)...</p>
<p>wondrlst... I don't know about st. john's in MD, but i visited st. john's in Santa Fe, and oh man, it is beautiful.. if it weren't such a small school, it would be much higher on all these lists of campus beauty. I visited in early dec.. there was light snow on teh ground, buildings were built to perfectly match each other, the pueblo architecture of teh whole city of santa fe, and teh surrounding landscape...
Folks, if you havent been there, St. John's in Santa Fe is the most beautiful campus outside of Cali that ive seen.</p>
<p>oh, and btw, I've heard from several people that the one in annapolis is just as brilliant (which makes sense, they're built and owned by the same people)</p>
<p>"Just to throw it out there folks. UVA is the only school in the entire world included in the United Nations World Heritage List,"</p>
<p>Actually that's not the case. Durham Cathedral and Castle in the UK has been on the UNESCO list since 1986. The Castle was one of the palaces of the Bishops of Durham until 1836 when it was handed over to be the site of the new University of Durham. The university has now spread all over the city but University College, the oldest of the constituent colleges, still occupies the castle.</p>
<p>St John's (Annapolis) is a wonderful school - beautiful campus, extremely bright (as in intellectually-inclined) students, a dedicated faculty who apparently are superb teachers and like to converse with students. The student bodyitself is smalll and they are not your basic run-of-the-mill college students by a long shot - less concerned with getting a vocationally-based education in favor of a true liberal arts one personified as the curriculum is based on the great books in literature, math, latin - seems more seminar/in-depth discussion opriented. If you are heavy into sports, this is not your school - but if you like rowing, croquet (they have a great tournament with the Naval Academy every year and usually beat the mids) , basketball and volleyball in their antiquated auditorium, walking around town, kite flying in spring, and sledding in the winter, you'll do fine. They have a nice art gallery right on campus with frequent, high caliber shows, good movies, and candlelit dances in the Great Hall. </p>
<p>Many graduates stay on in Annapolis to teach or open shops and the town has benefited from their presence. Annapolis, by the way, feels very much like small townships in England - brick streets, small, charming shops, art gallerys. Most "Johnnies" hang our on Maryland Ave where there are some good coffee shops and pubs.</p>
<p>I have to toss in 2 cents for St Johns, Annapolis.</p>
<p>We lived in the area for a while, and the school is very nice to look at; moreover, as crash said, Annapolis is adorable. It's a coastal town filled with sailboats, coffee houses and sailors.
If you are intellectually oriented, rather than pre-professional, you will love it at St Johns Md.</p>
<p>USC has pretty big trees and grass. Rice has pretty big oak trees and nasty grass. (Sorry, I'm obsessed with grass because the grass in Houston is just nasty.)</p>
<p>One of the most beautiful campuses ive ever seen was a small school called Flagler College in St. Augustine Fl. Another really pretty campus would have to be Princeton.</p>
<p>Out of Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn State, Bryn Mawr, Boston U, Texas A&M, UCBerkeley...</p>
<p>Nicest:
1. Stanford and Yale are tied (So different but both so incredibly gorgeous.)
3. Harvard (I love the old homey feeling)</p>
<p>And Ugliest: MIT of course. Although Texas A&M could give it a run for it's money.</p>
<p>I'm sure I am biased, but Princeton didn't click with me because it almost seemed cold. Yes, I know, it's just opinion, so don't jump on my back. Of course they were all nice in their own way though...</p>