<p>I would second U of Miami. Campus is like a resort and downtown Miami and South Beach are a short drive. If I could do it over again, that's where I would go!</p>
<p>also depends on weather. Boston is more charming than philly,but the weather in philly is much better. There is a huge difference in winter between the two cities. spring semester in boston is not alot of fun at all.</p>
<p>Meh. We've had some really ****ty winters, but the past few years have been rather mild. Doesnt matter to me. I'm used to cold winters.</p>
<p>From places i visited:
Case Western in Cleveland defintely seemed to be in the middle of a city, though not right downtown. the campus was pretty, but the off campus parts weren't particularly nice looking though there are some cultural places on campus
University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh were in an awesome cultural but parklike part of town</p>
<p>Sorry but Boston is so much cooler than Philadelphia ever will be, even with all its history. The architecture is pretty in parts, but everyone walking around seems to be fat and stuffing a cheesesteak in their mouth - I also noticed there were a LOT more homeless people than in Boston.</p>
<p>Sorry but Boston is so much cooler than Philadelphia ever will be, even with all its history. The architecture is pretty in parts, but everyone walking around seems to be fat and stuffing a cheesesteak in their mouth - I also noticed there were a LOT more homeless people than in Boston.</p>
<p>I'm not denying that it is a cooler city (i am a sox fan :)), but to use the stereotypical 'everyone is fat' is rediculous. We dont just eat cream cheese, pretzels, tastykakes and cheesesteaks all day....
And yes, we have a decent amount of homeless people.</p>
<p>West Coast:
UCLA, USC</p>
<p>South:
Georgia Tech, Emory (in Atlanta, but not downtown), U Miami, Vanderbilt, Rice, Rhodes</p>
<p>Midstates:
WUStL</p>
<p>Northeast:
Georgetown, American, BC, Brown, Brandeis (not quite sure), Tufts (overlooks Boston), Yale</p>
<p>I excluded NYC, Chicago, and Philly because I'm pretty sure that's waht you wanted...</p>
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In Chicago (I know, which was mentioned as a fairly low interest, but I'll put in my two cents), the only one that really meets the description is University of Chicago - it has a real campus and a campustown in Hyde Park, though in truth it's surrounded by ghettos beyond Hyde Park's boundaries. Northwestern doesn't have the ghettos but it's a long way from the city center. However, it has the 'L', allowing easy access to the city center, whereas U of C really doesn't. DePaul has the most traditional campustown feel to it in Chicago, but it's academically subpar and it's in an insanely expensive area.
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<p>How is DePaul subpar? It's a pretty good school.</p>
<p>I think they meant compared to UChicago and NWern</p>
<p>reed, lewis and clark in portland</p>
<p>usc? i havent heard either way</p>
<p>not really simpsnut14 </p>
<p>because although columbia is not like NYU, smack dab in the middle of NYC, lower manhattan, it is STILL in the middle of a very big city that is new york city. and i think the OP wanted to stray way from nyc-type environment</p>
<p>What is long way from city center? UChicago feels just as removed from Downtown(nice area) of Chicago as Northwestern. 15 extra minutes on the Metro doesn't mean much when you're comparing living in the ghetto or living in the richest suburb of Chicago, Evanston.. which believe it or not has its own skyscrapers. And believe it or not, its not like it feels completely removed from the city. Its just a few CTA stops away from Wrigley Park and Wrigleyville.</p>
<p>"Northwestern doesn't have the ghettos but it's a long way from the city center. However, it has the 'L', allowing easy access to the city center, whereas U of C really doesn't."</p>
<p>Er, what? Aside from the Purple Line (and Metra?), how can one get to the city? From Hyde Park there are tons of options. There are bus routes that go directly downtown and will get you there in about 20 minutes (#6, #2X, #173, etc). If you're not afraid to go into that "scary" place south of 60th street you can get on the Green Line at Cottage Grove and 63rd. Otherwise you can ride the #55 bus to either the Garfield Green Line stop or the Garfield Red Line stop. Finally, there's the Metra, which has a stop that runs from 53rd to 57th street.</p>
<p>At any given time during the day you can get downtown within 40 minutes or less, and if you time it with the bus/train schedules you can get downtown in around 20. Only people not from Hyde Park or first-year students at Chicago think it's hard to get out of Hyde Park.</p>
<p>"when you're comparing living in the ghetto or living in the richest suburb of Chicago, Evanston"</p>
<p>If you think Hyde Park is a ghetto, well, you need to get out more. Conversely, one might ask, who wants to live in a saccharine, disneyfied place like Evanston when one can live in a place with character and a lot of history like Hyde Park? It goes both ways (you say po-tay-to, I say po-ta-to).</p>
<p>I would second Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh (which is a rising city with a LOT of culture thanks to past philanthropists).</p>
<p>princeton review says depaul has the happiest students in the country :-)... just a random fact there. and hyde park is GEORGOUS and very very intellectual, with tons o fun cafes and interesting street fairs, although its very residential. plus u of c has an AMAZING campus with pretry easy access to the city... it takes about 15 min. by metro to get to millenimum park. to the south (i think) of u of c is what one might term a "ghetto", but even that area is very nice compared to other parts of chicago's south side i hear.</p>
<p>UNC Chapel Hill, Ga Tech, Emory (sort of), Columbia, Northwestern, WUSTL, Duke</p>
<p>diocletian: actually, i don't say po-tay-to. but, my mistake. hyde park itself is not the ghetto and is nice area. but hyde park is surrounded by the ghetto isn't it? i do concede however that uchicago is closer to downtown than northwestern. however, the north side of the city offers more for students than the south side. evanston offers a lot extra on its own as does wrigleyville etc.</p>
<p>OP: 'I really want to find colleges/universities that are surrounded by major cities but still have a campus vibe.'
Unless OP indicated that Northwestern doesn't work for him/her, I don't see why Northwestern doesn't fit. It has the campus vibe. It's actually an pretty large campus that takes 15-20 minutes to walk from tip of South to tip of North. It also is a big 10 school, so it plays sports in the best (or one of the best) athletic conferences in the country. If you're looking for the whole package, I suggest Northwestern. UChicago, while great in its own respect, does provide the whole package as well as Northwestern.</p>
<p>In my eyes, Chicago is #2 city to live in as a student. NYC is very expensive to live in and there is not as much to do in NYC as a student. LA is for glittery Hollywood, but feeling star-struck gets old really quick. Boston is probably #1 since there are so many colleges in Boston and it is set up well as a college town. But, the people are very cold there. You can't make eye contact with a random stranger in Boston, let alone smile at them. Chicago is an affordable, ethnic, and exciting city. Some of the best amateur musicians live in Chicago and their concerts are free. Some of the best museums are located only a metro ride away. Great sports teams with history.</p>
<p>Yeah, I've always been a NYC fan myself...but Chicago seems like a really interesting place to live in...</p>
<p>Northwestern students use the Purple Line very heavily. It's a long ride, but they have very easy access to downtown Chicago.</p>
<p>University of Chicago students, despite having the 'L' two blocks from campus, don't use it, because they don't want to walk past the "safe" confines of Hyde Park. They have express buses and Metra too, but these have their problems - long wait times or schedules based on rush-hour traffic.</p>
<p>And yes, Chicago is an awesome place to be a student. Wouldn't sacrifice it for anything.</p>
<p>Chicago does seem attractive to me just because i have heard the pizza there is orgasmic. But so far the cities that I am really interested in are:
1. Boston
2. Certain cities in fl like miami or orlando
3. DC maybe but I doubt the night life there is as good as the above two mentioned cities although I am interested in politics.
4. Albany/buffalo if i dont get in anywhere else
5. Pittsburg
6. San fran
I might think about chicago if I can find a college near the city but not in it. So that I can easily access the city but also escape if the need arises.</p>