<p>HAHAHAHAHAHHA, omg, what the hell was that for?!</p>
<p>I really liked UMich's campus. UCLA was also nice. </p>
<p>I also liked UWashington (Seattle) simply because it has cherry blossoms. :P They look so prettttttty.</p>
<p>HAHA ... that's the Cal Berkeley I remember in my days.</p>
<p>My daughter goes to Berkeley and it is a gorgeous campus. It's built on the side of the Berkeley Hills, the flora is extremely well-tended, the buildings are appropriate for their setting, the flowers are beautiful, and from a big part of the campus you can see the Bay and San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge. </p>
<p>All that being said, my son goes to West Point and it sits on the Hudson River and has to be one of the most beautiful campuses (posts) in the country. To my son however, given the rigor of the program, he says it only looks good in the rear view mirror.</p>
<p>UW over Stanford?!?!? Living in Seattle and having been there quite a few times, I agree that the buildings are cool, but the rain KILLS it. Stanford on the other hand, with that beautiful spanish architecture and sunny days. mmmm.</p>
<p>UW is definitely nicer than Stanford. I really don't think Stanford's campus is anything special and Palo Alto is incredibly boring. Seattle is a very vibrant city.</p>
<p>I would agree on Seattle over Palo Alto, but the area RIGHT around UW... gets a bit sketchy, I am from Pittsburgh, so this isn't some suburban kid scared of everything, but my friend and I were walking around right outside the campus and we were approached by people trying to sell us weed, shrooms, and some guy who was so messed up we couldn't understand him. Plus, don't the 10 rainy months of the year get to you?</p>
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lol, you sound very sheltered. If someone pulled a gun or knife on you - that would be sketchy. Peddling a little bud near a college campus really shouldn't surprise you.</p>
<p>I live in the Bay Area, but am applying two schools in the Northwest (University of Oregon and University of Washington). I think the two schools have similar climates. Either way, I'm expecting a lot of rain and that doesn't really bother me.</p>
<p>haha well it looked hardcore laced to me.. from you know.. those health videos we watched.. :)
and I'm sorry i didn't have either a video camera out or a "sketchometer". Just wondering, have you been up for a visit yet? Because I know plenty of kids who have come saying they don't mind the rain but do after 10 months of it.</p>
<p>(Stanford is a private, guys...)</p>
<p>Most beautiful campus for a public school: Berkeley</p>
<p>Tons of pretty trees + forest-like feel in many parts + Strawberry Creek running through the campus and lots of little bridges + beautiful architecture (minus Evans, which is up for demolition and Wurster is going down as well I think) + hilliness + awesome views of the Bay + great weather that allows all its beauty to shine + bustling campus given the density</p>
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Yea, I went a few weeks ago. First I went to Eugene and then to Seattle.</p>
<p>Berkeley is nice, but mostly because of the views. The campus isn't on the level of Oregon or Washington.</p>
<p>I'd say UCLA: there's a beautiful Romanesque architecture with designed pavement--not to mention the eye candy.</p>
<p>UC Santa Cruz, hands down =]</p>
<p>Virginia is, in my opinion the PERFECT model campus for all others. Beautiful, spacious central quad, uniform neoclassical architecture throughout, well-maintained, some great vistas of the Appalachians, etc.</p>
<p>Wisconsin-Madison is also beautiful on the lake.</p>
<p>William and Mary
Indiana
Virginia</p>
<p>Uhmmm, William and Mary. Second place isn't even close.</p>
<p>indiana and ucla hands down
I don't like UVa's brick campus</p>
<p>Michigan state is really beautiful imo.</p>
<p>Michigan Technological University. The buildings are, in some cases, a bit drab, but you can't beat the natural surroundings for pristine beauty.</p>
<p>adding Virginia Tech....with its matching Hokie stone buildings surrounded by fields, the Blue Ridge Mountains within view, the manicured drillfield with all of the ultimate frisbee games and kids biking everywhere.....in my opinion it is a drop dead beautiful place to spend 4 or 5 years of college.</p>