<p>MIT isn't quite ugly, but it ain't pretty.</p>
<p>yeah drexel sucks.</p>
<p>Ohio State</p>
<p>I've only officially visited three: Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth. I was actually very unimpressed by Harvard's campus. so, Harvard is the worst I've seen so far.</p>
<p>Agree with newt about Harvard. It may be HISTORIC, but it's not that attractive.</p>
<p>haha, agreed about SU. At least it's easy to find getting off the freeway...because I am horrible with directions and would surely have gotten myself tied up in serious knots in seattle's one way streets had it not been simple. </p>
<p>but yes, crowded, and not in a nice part of town. </p>
<p>I don't really care for University of Washington either. Yes, I know it's a pretty campus. However, for me anyway it has a very cold feel to it. and I could never see myself at school there.</p>
<p>NYU sucked ass...there is no such thing as a campus.</p>
<p>UW has a very cold feel... it also has dorms that look like dungeons.</p>
<p>Penn, Drexel, U Chicago, NYU, Columbia, Northwestern (to an extent)</p>
<p>I thought Holy Cross was the pits......built on a hill, homely buildings, homelier city......</p>
<p>Adirondack Community College</p>
<p>dke - Holy Cross has a very pretty campus - one of the prettiest we've seen. Extremely well maintained. In fact, it's a National arboretum.</p>
<p>From what I've seen:</p>
<p>1) Harvard
you expect more, and it isnt there
2) Rutgers
.no explanation needed
3) Amherst
I know, it seems nice but something was missing, BIG, for me.
4) Columbia
..The schools OK, but it feels fortressed in Morningside Heights/Harlem
5) NYU..........WHere's the campus?
6) Hopkins.....don't leave campus unless you are packin' heat.</p>
<p>Crayon - please elaborate on San Jose State University. Just curious what you think as I'm trying to learn more about it.</p>
<p>SUNY Purchase...and the town might appeal to Martha Stewart but not your average college student.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>Crayon, I got in trouble big time on another thread for bad mouthing SJSU, so I am holding my tongue here. The MLK, Jr. Library and new Campus Village housing complex make the campus seem a little nicer...but it's still SJSU. Its website states that SJSU is the oldest public institution of higher education on the West Coast, founded in 1857. A lot of money is being spent to revitalize downtown San Jose.</p>
<p>SJSU is simply an urban campus in California's 3rd largest city (920k people and growing).</p>
<p>This is all we can say...and stay politically correct on CC!</p>
<p>P.S. BigRed25 mentioned community colleges as "worst," but obviously isn't from California, because a CC like Foothill College in Los Altos Hills is absolutely beautiful...unlike San Jose CC which is an "urban" CC.</p>
<p>SUNY Westbury.. yuck.</p>
<p>Harvard.....</p>
<p>marzz, I had not seen your inquiry about SJSU. It is simply an urban campus 4 blocks east of downtown San Jose, in a neighborhood that is run down. The San Jose Redevelopment Authority, City of San Jose, etc. are spending $millions to revitalize the area. A brand new City Hall and elementary school are nearby, but the new City Hall will add major traffic congestion to the already congested SJSU neighborhood. </p>
<p>SJSU is in a neighborhood that is among the poorest in the city, with a lot of homeless and mentally questionable people wandering the streets and SJSU campus. The area is patroled by 4 law enforcement agencies: SJPD, County Sheriff, California Highway Patrol and SJSU police (state police). SJSU is a fairly compact campus of about 18 square blocks (6x3 small city blocks between 4th & 10th Streets and between San Fernando & San Salvador Streets). There are some facilities outside of this compact space (greek and other housing, Spartan Statium, etc.), but most of the academic environment is within the 18 square blocks. </p>
<p>The buildings and campus are not exactly horrible, but in comparison to other nearby schools: Santa Clara University, Stanford, UC Berkeley, St. Mary's College in Moraga, Mills College in Oakland and UC Santa Cruz just over the hill, the ambiance of SJSU leaves a lot to be desired.</p>
<p>Still, a lot of people enroll at SJSU. </p>
<p>There are a lot of bars and restaurants in downtown SJ for the young drinking crowd, the HP Pavillion (San Jose Arena) is less than 2 miles away for concerts and sporting events, the Santa Cruz beach and boardwalk is over the hill (30 miles) and San Francisco is about 50 miles north. There is not legitimate shopping area nearby, but Silicon Valley is full of upscale and so-so shopping malls.</p>
<p>marzz, are you a California resident? Is so, what part?</p>