<p>Wellesley, Yale and Princeton are the prettiest.</p>
<p>i don't think georgetown is all that great....the insides of those buildings.....WHOA......its quite obvious that maintenence isnt a priority over there...</p>
<p>I absolutely cannot imagine anywhere prettier than Princeton now.</p>
<p>I agree quirkily!! :D</p>
<p>Rice is absolutely gorgeous. The insides of buildings are also very well-maintained (much more so than Hopkins). Everything looks clean and well-kept.</p>
<p>Princeton- beautiful, town around princeton- beatiful
unc chapel hill
virginia tech - all the same stones/like castles</p>
<p>I'm going to Drew. And to all of you who said it's ugly, you must be nuts. :p It's especially gorgeous in the spring.</p>
<p>what about depaul?</p>
<p>Cornell is beautiful place, but i wouldn't want to live there. Also Yale has a beautiful campus too!</p>
<p>University of Oklahoma also has a beautiful campus, believe it or not and it's huge... >.<</p>
<p>Santa Clara University - walking around this campus always makes me just want to smile. Its a campus that makes you feel good (maybe its all the sunshine, light-colored buildings, palm trees and flowers?)</p>
<p>And my <em>most charming</em> award goes to Grinnell College. It may have a RR cutting it in half, and some unsightly construction right in the middle. But everything about this campus and its surroundings is wonderful. The layout really unifies the campus, and I guess the rolling cornfields are just a personal thing.</p>
<p>I vote for University of Albany (SUNY) as the ugliest campus. It basically consists of the second largest poured concrete structure in the world and on top of that its horrible weather and gloomy all the time. Thats why people drink so much casue the campus is so damn depressing</p>
<p>GRAVITY... I agree... Drew is BEAUTIFUL!</p>
<p>My son will be going there, and we've visited 4 times now. It is a magnificent campus with lots of trees - but not dark, because there is a lot of sunshine streaming down through those trees (when it's not rainy and dreary out :-) ). The paths throughout the campus look like they were thoughtfully designed by a landscape architect, as they are curved and meandering, not straight and institutional-like. Main buildings are a mix of old and new - making it a unique, eclectic campus with a lot of charm. The dorms are nice and rooms are of good size - and they don't put 3 people in a room designed for 2 or 4 people into a room designed for 3 - like MOST other schools we'd visited!</p>
<p>It's definitely a PRETTY campus!</p>
<p>Stanford is very, very nice.</p>
<p>This is an interesting list compiled by a guy who has seen 324 of them. I've seen ~ 25 campuses and would have to say out of his Top 10 list, the four I've seen (Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, Princeton) are my favorite four.</p>
<p>Colgate IS beautiful.</p>
<p>I have to throw in a plug for my alma mater, UCLA, as having the best football stadium (the Rose Bowl is their home field--it holds 105,000, it's in a beautiful part of Pasadena, and there's not a bad seat in the house). </p>
<p>Probably the only downfall would be that USC (and not UCLA) keeps getting to play there during the January 1st through 4th time period (at least USC got beat this year--thanks, Texas).</p>
<p>of the ones i've visited</p>
<p>stanford- very beautiful campus..i live like 15 min away from there, and i've gone to chinese school there and stayed there for a week for a summer camp. overall it's a very relaxing place imho and all the buildings are awesome
caltech- this was 4 years ago, but the buildings were horribly ugly. everything seemed outdated-and it seemed like no social life was abound. it seemed like it was all science etc. i would never go to caltech even if i somehow got admitted..but thats just my opinion
ucla- very pretty campus, very small though (relatively).
uc berkeley- i've been here numerous times (it was my number 1 choice but i was denied) and i really like the overall feel. it's cool how the city blends in with the campus. it's not as bad as it seems..the north side of campus is a lot safer than the south side. plus, the architecture is classical-style..it's a very unique campus but it's definitely not everyone's cup of tea
uc davis- college-town feel..i liked it a lot, a lot of the buildings look different from each other. it's almost like a recreational area..lots of ducks, squirrels, and even some rabbits on the grass. only problem is the cow smell.
uc san diego- very nice campus, new-looking buildings, library is awesome. price center looks cool as well..
uc irvine- seems kinda dull, always under construction but it's not too shabby
ucsb- old looking buildings, but good surroundings. not the kind of school i want tho-but that's just me.
arizona state- it was aiite
santa clara- stunning, their music building is awesome</p>
<p>The Prettiest (in no particular order):</p>
<ol>
<li>U Penn- they combine old architecture with new so well; it really looks integrated with the city while combining elements like grass quads that other colleges have. I think this is the campus that most suited my taste.</li>
<li>Princeton- I live in the Princeton area, and I'm always awed by the beauty of the campus. College Road in fall is so picturesque. It's not the city life I'm attracted to, but beautiful nonetheless.</li>
<li>The College of New Jersey- grass and trees and flowers beautifully landscaped everywhere. The only way to improve on this is if they could somehow figure out how to get rid of the smell of manure that pervades the air. It literally stinks to high heaven in the summer.</li>
<li>Case Western Reserve University- I'm surprised that so many people hate this campus. In many ways, I thought it resembled U Penn. It has a lot of unique historical statues and sculptures all over campus, and the buildings blend in pretty well with the city surroundings without looking drab. This was one of the many reasons I loved this school. I agree, though, that about three blocks away you get into the ghetto. But that's just how it is.</li>
<li>Columbia- so unlike the city, and wonderful architecture.</li>
<li>University of Miami (FL)- palm trees everywhere, and a man-made lake that attracts alligators and, in the summer, manatees. Great weather, sunny blue cloudless skies--heaven on earth.</li>
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<p>The Ugliest (in order):
1. Drexel- by far the most hideous place you will ever lay eyes on. It is so hideous, and I told my parents point blank, who promptly replied that I needed to keep an open mind. Cement-facades of old-style architecture that doesn't blend in well with the city at all. There's no grass whatsoever--a popular joke around campus is that they used to have one small patch of grass, but now they're building another ugly building on it. They're doing tons of renovations, but I think all the renovations in the world won't help this place. As fate would have it, this is one of my top picks for college. My high school looks like a prison. Apparently my college might, too.
2. Carnegie Mellon- other than the steel/glass building, nothing looks that good on the outside. I hate the old-style buildings here, for some reason. On the inside, however, it is breathtaking.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me about University of South Florida's campus?</p>
<p>ahh peachykeen I thought you were me.</p>
<p>Hey guys,
I think that the pretty/ugly comparison does not say all. Some campuses are pretty but quite depressing cf. Wellesley in that film Mona Lisa Smile...
So, a campus has to be pretty but kinda vibrant as well, no? So which campuses exude energy? Now that's an interesting question if I may say so myself! Berkley for instance?</p>
<p>Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so...</p>
<p>wow: UCLA, Wellesley, New College of Florida, Reed, Stanford </p>
<p>ugh: MIT, Boston University, Ithaca, UChicago, UC Santa Barbara</p>