<p>absolutely . . . the key words being "done with some tact."</p>
<p>The first thing most people say upon visiting HC for the first time is "the campus is beautiful.''</p>
<p>arcadia disagrees . . . fine . . . but to say "completely unremarkable" is, as I stated earlier . . . absurd.</p>
<p>rocketogod,
nearly every thread on this site has people offering opinions. sorry if mine disagrees with yours, but i'm entitled to that. I think Holy Cross is a fine school. In fact, I applied there several years ago, and have visited friends there on numerous occasions. But I really don't like the campus. Yes, the landscaping is nice, but a college campus is more than paths and plants. And some might argue that the views of downtown Worcester are inspiring, while others may find them to be rather depressing...</p>
<p>I didn't say Holy Cross has an ugly campus, I simply said that I found it to be "unremarkable." Look that term up in the dictionary and you'll find that it means "ordinary" or "average." Surely claiming that a college campus is average isn't demonstrating a lack of tact.</p>
<p>Also, I must welcome both you and HolyCrossDad to CC. I hope we'll be seeing your insight in threads other than this one.</p>
<p>princeton review sucks, never listen to it because its based on student polls....</p>
<p>That's what I'm talking about!</p>
<p>Simple, mature disagreement done with tact!</p>
<p>Your response here is a far cry from "completely unremarkable."</p>
<p>I thought UNC-CH was gorgeous when I drove by. Just looked very new and clean. I also liked BC and Georgetown, even though there were beer cans all over the rooves of the upper-class housing buildings when they took us up there.</p>
<p>Cornell
Yale
Princeton
Bard
Tufts
Wellesley</p>
<p>Salve Regina is pretty gorgeous, right on the waterfront in Newport, RI.</p>
<p>Endicott in Mass is also right on the ocean.</p>
<p>Thanks for the welcome, despite our difference in opinion and despite the fact that I doubt rocketogod required a dictionary to ascertain what "unremarkable" means.</p>
<p>Since you obviously spend a lot of time on this site, and because I am a rookie in this realm, perhaps you can help me. If I would like to chat with rocketogod regarding Holy Cross, I don't believe I should do so under a thread that asks "What are the prettiest campuses."</p>
<p>Is the proper procedure to start a new thread, call it something along the lines of "Holy Cross Applicants" and go from there?</p>
<p>Go to the colleges section listed A-Z and find Holy Cross there.</p>
<p>Yes, as gellino said, go here: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=217%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=217</a></p>
<p>You can start a new thread and address any topic you'd like. Perhaps Par72 can join in, as he is a huge Holy Cross proponent as well.</p>
<p>And I'd hope that rocketogod knows what "unremarkable" means. I was simply reinforcing the fact that I didn't mean it in a injurious way.</p>
<p>Dartbutt for sure. no bias</p>
<p>Swarthmore is really pretty, nice central green, Crum meadow and a natural amphitheatre. Vanderbilt is really nice too. I had been told Princeton was the prettiest but I liked these more.</p>
<p>The first planned campus in America is Union's. Its centerpiece is the eccentric Nott Memorial. Eliphalet Nott was Union's president for sixty-two years. For symmetry, intimacy, and charm, it's hard to beat.</p>
<p>I do agree that Union has one of the nicer campuses I've seen. Parts of the movie, "The Way We Were" were filmed there.</p>
<p>Middlebury!!!</p>
<p>Well, I think Yale is beautiful but I'm probably kind of biased...still, Harkness Tower at sunset is a very pretty sight</p>
<p>This same question came up here last year. I'll give the general consensus from then:</p>
<p>Prettiest:
Colgate
Pepperdine (and best location--Malibu, CA)
Rhode Island School of Design
Indiana--Bloomington
University of Richmond
Stanford University
and some people liked Yale (me, too)
and some liked Princeton (great location in my opinion)</p>
<p>Ugliest:
SUNY-Albany
MIT
Carnegie-Mellon
Rutgers--Camden (worst location possible)
University of Rochester</p>
<p>Many people also logged positive votes for Dartmouth, Salve Regina, Holy Cross, Elon, and some even liked Bentley College's newness, although I'm not sure you'd call it pretty.</p>
<p>Are u sure your not confusing U of Rochester with something else?</p>
<p>Maybe Rochester Institute of Technology is ugly? U of Rochester looks pretty nice.</p>
<p>Hampden-Sydney College
Davidson
Bucknell
Washington & Lee
Virginia
Williams
West Point</p>