<p>I cannot Emory was hardly mentioned. The buildings are breathtaking (most are made from marble, for goodness sakes!). The grounds are immaculate. Everything is just so pretty. I have taken photos there and every single one show how wonderful the campus is.</p>
<p>washington and lee!
the colonade is beautiful :)</p>
<p>I'm going to have to say it's Cambridge hands down. Just take a look at the photos on this website... simply breathtaking: Cambridge</a> Photography Gallery</p>
<p>There are many universities in the US with beautiful campuses too (with many imitating the courtyards and buildings in Cambridge and Oxford) but to me nothing beats Cambridge...</p>
<p>Re: Cambridge and not letting tourists visit many parts of the University. </p>
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<p>That sounds like the Senate House court. The University posts each students final grade for the year on boards for the rest of the University to see (unlike in the US where academic results are usually considered private records). Someone's snapped a photo through the fence of students here though... <a href="http://www.cambridge2000.com/cambridge2000/images/0006/P6231479.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.cambridge2000.com/cambridge2000/images/0006/P6231479.jpg</a> They never allow tourists into that court or into the Senate House since it's sort of sacred ground of sorts academically speaking. Members of the university have to wear academic dress when inside and others are generally only allowed inside if they're the family or guest of someone graduating. They've been granting each and every degree in the same spot inside for hundreds of years via an elaborate ceremony conducted totally in latin with graduates having to get down on their knees as if being knighted. Andreas-PhD-Cambridge-01_lowres.jpg</a> (image)
It usually takes several days to get through all the undergraduates graduating each June.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/tour/photos/15.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.berkeley.edu/tour/photos/15.jpg</a>
On</a> Black: View of Golden Gate by Simen S
Flickr</a> Photo Download: View from the Campanile
<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/224/484389211_7708ec95a7_b.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://farm1.static.flickr.com/224/484389211_7708ec95a7_b.jpg</a>
Flickr</a> Photo Download: UC Berkeley Central Campus (14 of 33).jpg
Flickr</a> Photo Download: Sather Gate _ UC Berkeley</p>
<p>lol UCB, I like how all these pictures of the Campanile leave out Evans =P</p>
<p>But yes, Berkeley's campus is BEAUTIFUL.</p>
<p>^ Heh heh...Yes, Evans is a monstrosity. Fortunately, Cal's long term plans are to replace Evans with two new smaller buildings.</p>
<p>Architecture-wise:
UChicago, WashU, Northwestern</p>
<p>Scenery (space, location, surrounding areas):
Northwestern, WashU, UChicago</p>
<p>Holy Cross' campus is a registered arboretum and has won several national landscaping awards.</p>
<p>UCSC
Santa Clara University
Saint Mary's California</p>
<p>IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY :)</p>
<p>State schools are pretty too haha esp. this one :)</p>
<p>I have to say Mary Washington College, well now University of Mary Washington. It is in Fredericksburg Va, and has brick sidewalks and big trees and all the buildings, even the new ones have maintained the Jeffersonian style. It is in a beautiful city known as George Washington's hometown and then famous for Civil War history.</p>
<p>Bowdoin
William and Mary
Holy Cross</p>
<p>I wouldn't call Arizona State beautiful at all, but it is what I picture when I think about "college campuses"</p>
<p>Holy crap! Cambridge is orgasmic.</p>
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<p>Evans and Barrows don't look too bad from these pics...thank gawd they painted 'em after seismic retrofitting...Barrows used to be a '70s golden rust color...</p>
<p><a href="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/campus60.html%5B/url%5D">http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/campus60.html</a>
<a href="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/campus63.html%5B/url%5D">http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/campus63.html</a></p>
<p>University of Rochester</p>
<p>University of British Columbia. It may rank in the thirtys (in the world--I mean this in the most respectable way), but it is, by far, the most aesthetically breathtaking out of the unversities mentioned here. This is without mentioning that it's located in the 2nd (or 3rd) best city to live in--Vancouver.</p>
<p>What criteria are you using to make this determination?
Are we evaluating climate, buildings, campus design, green areas, amenities, the general student population, the professors?</p>
<p>Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some campus' may be beautiful, but too rural for your interests and tastes. Maybe beautiful but you feel left out and unwanted.</p>
<p>Define the criteria for evaluation, and you can narrow down your choices to a reasonable group of schools.</p>
<p>Princeton
Williams</p>
<p>Holy Cross alll the way</p>