<p>Maryland is definitely borderline. Not many schools there relate to Northeastern schools in terms of climate, diversity, etc.</p>
<p>UNC is pretty, but it's always under construction. I'd go with UVA.</p>
<p>Alexandre the Great, you are right. Michigan is very beautiful. UCB on the other hand....</p>
<p>UCLA is quite beautiful as well.</p>
<p>I HATED Berkeley's campus, but to each his own I suppose. Yes, there was grass and trees, but the architecture was so MISMATCHED. None of the buildings were built in the same style, and they didn't appear to be laid out in a logical fashion. It looked like a half-empty box of See's Candies, all different shapes and sizes and scattered around the place haphazardly. It didn't feel very "collegiate" or "old" to me. Just not what I was looking for.</p>
<p>Hard-headed you are sadly mistaken. Of the 34 colleges I have visited UConn was by far the most disappointing. Broken windows and trash everywhere. Decrepit red brick dorms. Out in the middle of nowhere surrounded by hillsides and muddy pastures. I must give Coach Calhoun credit for luring his male basketball recruits to that sad locale. They must be in the gym all day long to endure their four years there.</p>
<p>I visited UConn, and I must say that the campus is literally in the middle of nowhere. Besides that, I do think the campus is really really beautiful. I've been to alot of the state publics on the east coast (uva, maryland, unc, delaware, uf, usc), and have to say UConn is easily #1 or #2 in niceness. I also know that the school is putting like another billion into new buildings, so it will definitely be the nicest when its all done. UConn got stiffed this year by us news, but i am almost positive that UConn with be in the top 50 in the nation within the next 10 years.</p>
<p>Miami of Ohio is beautiful and I've heard that Ohio University is pretty nice as well.</p>
<p>carnegie mellon, except in the winter</p>
<p>UVa has a beautiful campus, just had to throw that out there.</p>
<p>i guess it just depends on the person. I know I was impressed.</p>
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I'm pretty sure Carnegie Mellon isn't a public campus...</p>
<p>University of Virginia, me thinks..........</p>
<p>Hands down: St. Mary's College of Maryland (not a catholic school, it is the honors college of the Maryland system and is located in historic St. Mary's City, MD)
<a href="http://www.smcm.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.smcm.edu/</a></p>
<p>I find it ugly when schools have buildings that are all very similar in design... the "mismatched" buildings complaint is interesting to me, since i like different things to look at.</p>
<p>Of course, this is all opinion.</p>
<p>College of William and Mary. Hands down. Though Ohio University in Athens, OH is not far behind.</p>
<p>UVA and William and Mary both have beautiful campuses...but isn't Virginia considered south?</p>
<p>mmm...I agree with University of Indiana-Bloomington. I've never personally been there, but it looks so beautiful it's almost painful. Unless the brochures and online tours are all lying of course...</p>
<p>I'd put Miami OH at the top of the list (of the ones I've seen). It's unreal, so perfect. Ohio U. also looks like a colonial, private school. Ok, it's in the west, but I find Berkeley impressive. Haven't been to UVa in too long to comment. The main quad at UIUC is impressive. To me UConn is bland, no community feel at all. It's not in the same league as these other campuses. UVM is similar to Cornell.</p>
<p>I hate spanish architecture. maybe it's because I grew up on the east coast, but the mission-type stuff in CA seems cheap and flat in comparision.</p>
<p>UCLA was pretty sweet when I visited. Berkeley... is kind of eh. it's alright, but everything else is negated by the hideous architecture building.</p>
<p>William and Mary, UVA, UNC/Chapel Hill......................all gorgeous and all down South. A lesser known but BEAUTIFUL public campus is the University of Mary WAshington in Fredricksburg, VA. Just like a little mini UVA as it was the sister school of UVA before they both went co-ed in the 70's. Same architechtural design as UVA. Same buildings, just a smaller version. I'm biased about W&M but it just feels like college and the fall colors this year are amazing. Great place to be!</p>