<p>I thought Tuft's was ugly and rundown.</p>
<p>Score another win for Drexel...but to be fair that picture isn't even of a Drexel property.</p>
<p>Binghamton came to mind</p>
<p>Arizona State is disgustingly modern with no regard as to aesthetics. Things are too new, there isn't any of that cool "Gothic" architecture, and it seems distant from the desert (the builders obviously overthought practicality, forgetting about incorporating the natural surroundings. Yeah, there's some sand, but it isn't exactly pretty.)</p>
<p>Stanford is also pretty gross during the summer when there's lots of construction. I remember tons of dirt. I'm not sure how much better it is during the school year when there isn't as much being built.</p>
<p>I think Harvard campus is pretty cramped and dingy. and there are a lot of random folks floating around Harvard Square.</p>
<p>It's really a disgrace, considering how prestigious the school is. I had a conference session in the Seaver Building, and the heating was broken. The washrooms, too, were fairly subpar</p>
<p>Arizona State is literally a really big community college. Killer party scene though, and Sun Devil football is back. </p>
<p>UC Merced, although still an upstart, has nothing to cheer about. I label UC Davis as unattractive, only because there is nothing there.</p>
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I think Harvard campus is pretty cramped and dingy. and there are a lot of random folks floating around Harvard Square.</p>
<p>It's really a disgrace, considering how prestigious the school is. I had a conference session in the Seaver Building, and the heating was broken. The washrooms, too, were fairly subpar
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<p>It's Sever, not Seaver.</p>
<p>However, I agree that the architecture of the Harvard main campus is rather mediocre. However, the architecture of Harvard Business School, which is across the river in Allston, is, I would say, the most architecturally beautiful campus in the country, at least as far as business schools are concerned, and arguably of any sort of school. It sure looks a heck of a lot better than, say, the MIT Sloan School of Management.</p>
<p>{Don't get me wrong, I like the Sloan School a lot. But I think even the biggest Sloan fanatic has to admit that it doesn't exactly have the most aesthetically beautiful campus in the world.}</p>
<p>I beg to differ. I got my PhD from ASU and I thought the campus was beautiful.</p>
<p>The outside of Barnard isn't bad, nor are classrooms. But do NOT go into the bathrooms where the paint is peeling and old toilets need to be replaced. Don't go into the underground tunnels that connect all the buildings (a great idea so you don't need to go outside in winter) which have green hospital paint and make the NYC subway system look pretty.</p>
<p>I went to Rowan to see a choral show my daughter was part of in a vocal scholar's camp this past summer. Some parts of it are typical-looking red brick 70's style, but the majority of the campus is nice. Some parts are very pretty. (it really does have icky school colors, though) Rutgers also has a few pretty spots, but it's so cramped in places, spread out and encroached upon by the community that it has a weird non-campusy feel.</p>
<p>I'm not sure there is less construction at Stanford during the school year. Goodness knows we drive through construction every day on our way to the med center. That said, Monday I rode my bike through campus, and there are large areas of campus with no construction that is absolutely stunning.</p>
<p>I loved Davis, would highly recommend the University for the college town atmosphere. One of the local mom's said her daughter was considering UCD and it was the one school that every alumni she talked to had a wonderful experience at. All that said, yeah, the campus buildings are pretty ugly.</p>
<p>I though UCSD was ugly, but then again, maybe we missed the pretty part on our campus tour.</p>
<p>Pittsburgh is wonderful. Carnegie Mellon (son's father and grandfather went there). I went to Pitt. No need to bash Pittsburgh! Go Steelers!</p>
<p>I used to live in Ithaca and Cornell is absolutely beautiful, so I was really surprised this summer when we visited to see how much I hated Ithaca College. The whole place is just a series of boring rectangular steel and glass buildings. Lots of water damage everywhere too. And it smelled by the fountains.
Sorry to any fans . . .</p>
<p>bumpers...</p>
<p>^^^ CMU has a pretty plain campus. I spent my entire summer there and the Mellon Institute (which is off-campus) looks much better than all the other buildings. I guess the CFA building is alright, but everything else is not attractive at all.</p>
<p>Cornell has to have one of the ugliest campuses in the country.</p>
<p>yeah, you're right. Ithaca is DISGUSTING.</p>
<p>EW!</p>
<p>Brandeis didn't look attractive to me. Also not partial to NYU's smattering
of buildings all over Greenwich Village. But whatever.</p>
<p>I'm surprised nobody's mentioned NC State.</p>
<p>A quote from a link a previous poster found:
"The whole entire campus, I’m not even joking, is red brick. Is that supposed to be some kind of a character statement? it looks like a low income housing project. To throw in an accent of some kind, the designers must’ve thought, “Hey! Why not some metal?” and just put some random steel porticos around the campus and called it a day. And maybe some steel bars around the windows to make them feel smaller and more like a jail. That’s the spirit!"</p>
<p>UNLV. </p>
<p>There isn't a campus.</p>