<p>So I visited the campus of Brandeis University the other day, and in my opinion it is a hideous campus. That morning I visited Tufts, which was very nice, and then Brandeis was absolutely ghastly. It just seemed dirty, run-down, and the tour guides were talking about how small the dorm rooms were and joking the whole time. In fact, I was so disgusted by it all that I “escaped” from the tour early. And the so-called “castle” was fake and completely architecturally unsound (my father is an architect and was on the tour as well). That is my opinion of the campus, and I was wondering what other people’s experiences with visiting it have been…</p>
<p>i also think it is hideous! well... maybe not entirely HIDEOUS, but it is certainly not attractive, upkeep is pretty bad/nonexistant sometimes, and there are many parts that i think could EASILY be improved, but aren't. after spending my freshman year there... i can tell you, if the aesthics bother you now in just visiting, it will really get to you when you look at it everyday. also, i just wasn't happy there in general, so it kind of made matters worse :(</p>
<p>...needless to say, i'm transferring :D</p>
<p>What does a building matter? It's inside what counts. :p</p>
<p>I don't think it's hideous by any way, shape, or form. I save that title for UMiami (which most people think is gorgeous... and most people must be friggin nuts).</p>
<p>well... i guess it wouldn't have minded me so much if i were happy there, but being unhappy to begin with, the ugliness (in my opinion) didn't really lift my spirits :(</p>
<p>oh and descant if you see this (i assume this is where you learned i am someone transferring out of brandeis)... i tried responding to your PM, but your box was full or something!!! clean some out and let me know when you do so i can respond to your questions:)</p>
<p>SilverClover,</p>
<p>That may be that "It's inside what counts" but the fact is that the tour guides were talking about how horrible, small, and dirty the dorm rooms are, which are on the INSIDE of the campus. So it wasnt just the buildings which were ugly, and run-down, but the dorms as well (which may I add, they refused to show us!). I just cant see myself going to a school that is in such poor shape. It is also really hard when comparing different colleges that you are interested in, and not taking the appearance of the campus into account. Like I said, I visited Tufts that morning which was very nice, then I drove 15 minutes away to Brandeis and its campus made it very hard to like it.</p>
<p>Well.. being that I've been to the dorm rooms, they're not by any means horrible, small, or dirty. Brandeis doesn't have a model dorm room like most schools so really you depend on looking in other student's rooms- which often are dirty (because hey, they're college students). On my tour, we went to a guy's dorm room and there were pizza boxes stacked on the floor. </p>
<p>I didn't like Tuft's campus because all the people walking around looked like they had sticks up their butts and our tour guide was beyond pretentious. Plus Tufts has quotas on how many people can major in any given topic. If you're one of the people who exceeds the quota, than you're SOL. That's why I wouldn't apply to Tufts.</p>
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Plus Tufts has quotas on how many people can major in any given topic. If you're one of the people who exceeds the quota, than you're SOL. That's why I wouldn't apply to Tufts.
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<p>That's not true. There are no major quotas, that's ridiculous.</p>
<p>International relations was a big draw for me and I was told by the tour guide that many people get turned down for it because only a certain amount of people can major in it. Sounds like quotas to me..</p>
<p>Well I visited these campuses this week so the schools are done with classes so i didn't see any students obviously. However, I'm not sure if I would make my decision not to apply to a school simply because students "appear" to be arrogant, or pretentious. Being a Brandeis student, SilverClover, why do you think the tour guides at the school made it seem like the dorms were so terrible? I am also interested in International Relations, what schools did you look at and why did you end up picking Brandeis?</p>
<p>We visited Brandeis (D's interview) last summer when few students were around. Our tour did included a "model room", a triple in the Castle--it looked a bit sterile without real people but not done up to be especially impressive. On another trip, we saw a real student room belonging to someone we had met via CC --it was a small double-and looked typical of many colleges rooms we had seen all over. </p>
<p>Brandeis will not attract students by it "gorgeous campus" or "dorms like palaces" but we didn't notice "dirtiness". If you like what the school has to offer, I think most people would find the campus acceptable, if not inspiring.</p>
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International relations was a big draw for me and I was told by the tour guide that many people get turned down for it because only a certain amount of people can major in it. Sounds like quotas to me..
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They get turned down ultimately because it's so difficult of a major that people switch out. Most students going into Tufts end up changing their major (~80%?)</p>
<p>i feel like i have to add this to be fair... while the dorms are certainly not the most attractive, they are by no means really ugly. they're about mediocre... quite far from the beautiful dorms i have seen at a few other campuses, but i'm sure they could be worse! </p>
<p>however, i do also want to say this: the lack of maintenance/upkeep that i saw at brandeis, in my opinion, said something - basically that if they don't care enough to make it look nice and maintain it well, then...well, what does that say? (and besides this, i just don't really think brandeis is the most attractive campus to begin with...)</p>
<p>The open space and foliage at Brandeis isn't bad for looks. The architecture sucks bigtime though. The current science buildings are about as nice as prisons, old '50's-industrial with few or no windows, although most other buildings are better.</p>
<p>When my dad helped me move in freshman year, he told me he thought the dorms were even worse than the ones he lived in back when he was in college, and those weren't exactly the Four Seasons to begin with. In fairness, that dorm has since been renovated. Overall, the problem here is we're not old enough to have the really classic old-style architecture, but too old to have contemporary stuff, yet not old enough to necessitate new construction.</p>
<p>Yeah, the 50's were an awful time for architecture. But I like all the open space. Especially when the weather's nice and eveyone's lying around outside.</p>
<p>it's funny, although not amazing architecture or anything, I liked the look of Brandeis better than Tufts</p>
<p>What made you like the look of Brandeis better than Tufts?</p>
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<p>that is such a perfect way to put it! :)</p>