<p>Carnegie Mellon—> traditional campus, but in a city (Pittsburgh). UPitt, although it’s just down the street from CMU, has a more urban feel.</p>
<p>Chicago, Northwestern, Brown, G-town, Tufts, BC</p>
<p>Harvard doesn’t count since the over-development of Harvard Square let too many tourists come into its campus. So you don’t get the traditional, enclosed campus feel.</p>
<p>Villanova’s reputation and prestige seem to be far greater than how hard it is to actually get in there. It is probably the second most competitive Jesuit school for admissions but its nowhere near as competitive as Georgetown. The other Jesuit schools that are in these criteria (Fordham, Loyola MD, Holy Cross, Providence) all have the same/very similar test score range yet Loyola MD’s acceptance rate is almost double that of the other three. The test scores for Villanova are not that much higher than those for the other schools either. Most of Villanova’s prestige probably comes from its sports teams.</p>
<p>apply gen studies at BU for best shot with those stats</p>
<p>nova isn’t Jesuit, fyi</p>
<p>What size of school do you want? That could increase your options by a factor of 10 or 20.</p>
<p>And no, all the big ten would not qualify.</p>
<p>Iowa - no
Illinois - no
Purdue - no
Indiana - no</p>
<p>I’m skeptical Michigan or Michigan State would qualify as well.</p>
<p>For most of the big ten schools, the universities are the cities.</p>
<p>And if you want a dry heat and lot’s of sunshine, throw Arizona State in the mix. That definitely qualifies.</p>
<p>I second Boston College. The Chestnut Hill campus is a very self-contained entity, and unlike Harvard, it isn’t overrun with tourists.</p>
<p>Not really sure when people say that Columbia isn’t a “traditional” campus, since it was in existence long before the majority of other universities in the nation were. It’s traditional in the truest sense of the word. Nevertheless, it certainly does have an enclosed campus – there are some campus buildings that are across the street or on adjacent streets, but those are mostly buildings for graduate students (that don’t mind not have an enclosed campus). The majority of facilities that undergrads would use are on the small but beautiful enclosed campus. If you sit in most places in campus you can forget you’re even in New York unless you listen hard or look up :D</p>
<p>ctyankee, are you joking? Columbia not in the middle of the city? I mean, it’s definitely enclosed but when you step off the campus you’re standing in the middle of Morningside Heights. If you hop on the 1 train you can be in midtown in 30 minutes.</p>
<p>Emory is also like this – it’s in Atlanta, but on the outskirts of the city and has a beautiful enclosed campus. Pretty large campus, too.</p>
<p>Scottaa, I agree with you – Michigan doesn’t count. Ann Arbor is a small city, or a big town. Actually I think the only Big 10 schools that do count are Minnesota (Minneapolis), Wisconsin (Madison), and Ohio State (Columbus). Northwestern is close to Chicago, but not in it.</p>
<p>That’s not counting satellite campuses in the same university system – University of Illinois has a campus in Chicago, Indiana has a campus in Indianapolis.</p>
<p>Many big universities will have tourists, including prospective students, come often. There are ALWAYS people taking pictures at Columbia, and sometimes I have to walk in odd patterns to try to stay out of their pictures (they take the widest shots possible, like standing at the bottom of the Low stairs to take a picture of Low, or standing in the effin middle of College Walk to get a pic of Butler).</p>
<p>Neither Villanova nor Providence are Jesuit colleges. Complete list of the 28 Jesuit colleges in USA can be seen here: </p>
<p>[Jesuit</a> Colleges and Universities Quiz Results - sporcle](<a href=“http://www.sporcle.com/games/jesuit_colleges_results.php]Jesuit”>http://www.sporcle.com/games/jesuit_colleges_results.php)</p>
<p>OP should look at all the Big Ten Universities, including Arizona State University, and maybe University of Colorado-Boulder.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech
Emory</p>
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<p>Their basketball team is the only one of note.</p>
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<p>Nova also isn’t in the city. It is located outside of Philly city limits and in a decidedly suburban area (I should know, I went to a decidedly suburban high school across the highway from Villanova’s campus)</p>
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<p>I think John McClane faced a similar dilemma in Die Hard 3, in NYC Solution: Drive through Central Park :)</p>
<p>Trinity University in San Antonio, TX</p>
<p>Rice sounds exactly like what you’re looking for.</p>
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<p>No that would have to be a Kroger strip mall in one of the suburbs.</p>
<p>Downtown has symphony, opera etc. But there are lots of museums and parks near Rice or easily accessible by the light rail.</p>
<p>holy cross.</p>
<p>but worcestor is kind of hideous.</p>
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<p>Yeah, it’s amazing how different those two campuses are considering their proximity to each other.</p>
<p>Brandeis…another school just outside Boston</p>