<p>U of San Francisco -- gorgeous views of the Golden Gate Bridge, walk right out into one of the greatest cities on earth.</p>
<p>I wouldn't include the uptown campuses of Loyola or DePaul. It may be an city environment, but both are in residential areas 30-45 El ride from downtown. The few tall buildings you see are apartments.
The downtown campuses however are right in the middle of big city chaos.</p>
<p>I agree; if you're trying to describe the NYU no-campus-fully-integrated-in-the-heart-of-the-city, I'd have to go with U of IL - Chicago, not Loyola or DePaul (each of which have definite campuses and are surrounded by residential areas).</p>
<p>Depending on your academic interests, there's the Cooper Union (the art school is just as good as Tisch, if not better) and the New School right next to NYU.</p>
<p>Fordham University: two campuses, one at Lincoln Center which is very much like the NYU feel, and the main campus at Rose Hill in the Bronx, which is GORGEOUS, right next to the Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Gardens and the REAL Little Italy in the Bronx. The Metro North train literally stops at the gate of Fordham-Rose Hill and for 3.00 and a ten minute ride you are dropped off at Grand Central Terminal. Its a strong academic school without being hyper competitive or frenetic. Also, it has strong Div. I sports. To me its the best of both worlds. Their motto is "New York is my campus. Fordham is my school!"</p>
<p>The CUNY schools, like Hunter College and Baruch College, are integrated right into the city. They're also good schools.</p>
<p>CU-Boulder is pretty much right in the hear of Boulder....SCAD(if your looking at art colleges for some reason) is literally sprawled across Savannah (which is a beautiful town I might add).
UGA is right in the middle of Athens, but thats a pretty small town anyways</p>
<p>GA Tech is not what you are looking for. It's like a smaller USC in that it is technically right in the middle of the city, but there is a clear distinction between the campus and the surrounding area.</p>
<p>Look no futher than the University of Michigan. The campus is surrounded by downtown Ann Arbor.</p>
<p>Aww. You guys are amazing! Thanks to everyone who's helped high school and transfer) students like me out so far. You've already helped me to find a few more prospective colleges. Don't hesitate to add more schools!</p>
<p>Ya, I second Michigan.</p>
<p>There really isnt a campus besides the main quad area. THe rest of the school buildings are scrawled throughout downtown ann arbor</p>
<p>Is Columbia kind of like fiN01 described in post #28?</p>
<p>George Washington</p>
<p>Cal Tech, Harvard, Colorado College</p>
<p>McGill University in Montreal. Campus is downtown, a lot of the housing is off campus, go out the main gates and you're smack in the center of things, great lively city with lots to do, everything within walking distance, terrific public transport, but you'd better not mind the long winters.</p>
<p>Michigan??? Colorado??? You might as well include every single flagship as they're in the heart of vibrant towns. But they're still towns, not big cities like New York or Boston.</p>
<p>True, Ann Arbor, Boulder, Madison etc... aren't exactly NYC, but they are cosmopolitan and fun. Furthermore, it shoukd be stressed tha Michigan and Colorado have cohesive and well defined campuses, but they are bordered by major city streets.</p>
<p>Columbia</a> University: Campus Map</p>
<p>Columbia is not right in the middle of the city, which is usually defined as midtown. Its surrounding neighborhood is residential and small business and very much in the city -- just not in the middle. When I attended after living in NYC for many years, it looked like an oasis of green. When I visit now, it looks crowded to my suburban/rural eyes. </p>
<p>If you study the map, you will see that part of it is all campus. Other parts are combined with surrounding entities, like the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and Jewish Theological Seminary. There are outlier buildings. Undergraduates tend live and attend classes in the center of campus.</p>
<p>The location is more or less its own neighborhood. I think for undergraduates, it has more of a campus feel than NYU.</p>
<p>I agree, Burb Parent. Columbia has a campus. NYU truly doesn't. I saw the thread as trying to identify other options that had the NYU feel.</p>
<p>Ferryboat, Loyola's Chicago neighborhood is most definitely urban. Of course the Water Tower campus is also; it just happens to be literally in downtown Chicago. The meaning of 'urban' does not exclusively include office towers.</p>