<p>So many of these campuses are absolutely gorgeous. I'll have to agree with those who mentioned West Point, though (even if I'm just a bit biased). The combination of the Million $$ View from Trophy Point, the amazing architecture and the fact that the campus is steeped in U.S. History are just some of the reasons it is considered a national treasure.</p>
<p>For anyone doing college visits out East, even if you're not interested in attending a service academy, you'll love the tour.</p>
<p>Mount Holyoke...views of the campus can be seen in this short clip:</p>
<p>Most tech/science/nerd/state (cough cough UC Berkeley cough cough) schools have ugly campuses.</p>
<p>Frederick Law Olmstead, the grandpa of American landcape architecture, who also sculpted NYC's Central Park, designed Smith College's campus.</p>
<p>It's landscape poetry, really. Every hill and body of water is to scale with the buildings, and the whole place flows with viewsheds as you walk around. It's New England woodsy, but of course many other places are, too. The difference is that Smith was landscaped by a genius who understood the relationship between land, buildings and people walking around.</p>
<p>Inch-for-inch, it's the most beautiful I've seen; not a wrong note anywhere.</p>
<p>To be fair, I've only explored Northeast and Midwest campuses. None of my 3 kids go there, but one went to Amherst College and used to take courses at Smith sometimes.</p>
<p>Univ. of Penn, Wake Forest, Babson College</p>
<p>those are the onyl one's I've been too, but they were all great. Penn was amazing!</p>
<p>Univ. of Penn, Wake Forest, Babson College</p>
<p>those are the onyl one's I've been too</p>
<p>lol......thats kinda how i feel.......... Ive seen about 12 schools and i loved them all .. although Notre Dame and USD stood out</p>
<p>Yale</p>
<p>Franklin and Marshall</p>
<p>Lafayette</p>
<p>United States Naval Academy
College of William and Mary
Washington and Lee University</p>
<p>This is very subjective, as "beautiful" can mean different things to different people. </p>
<p>For instance, a liking of one of the following could result in the selection of one of the following campuses:
Ocean Views: Pepperdine and UCSB
Neo-gothic Architecture: Yale
1960's Modernism characterized by William Perriera's Brutalism: UCI
Redwood trees and Old Buildings (Notice that "Old" does not imply "good upkeep"): UC Berkeley
Spanish Revival Architecture with Palm Trees: Stanford</p>
<p>Based on my preferences, the University of Southern California is by far the most beautiful. Maintained like a botanical garden, the grounds are immaculate. The campus offers sprawling lawns (as in McCarthy Quad) and intimate courtyards (as in the cloister of Mudd Hall of Philosophy). Brick walkways unify the campus surrounding omnipresent, unique fountains. Trees provide shade, and the campus is further unified and enhanced by cardinal and gold flowers year-round. Most striking is the cardinal and gold flower bed in Alumni Park, surrounding hedges shaped in the form of "U," "S," and "C." This attention to detail is carried out as each tree on Trousdale Parkway is surrounded by cardinal and gold flowers. </p>
<p>The buildings on campus are beautiful and immaculate. The central core of the campus is characterized by Romanesque, brick and concrete structures, which blend well with new construction that honors this architectural heritage complemented with modern, innovative design concepts. </p>
<p>It doesn't get much better than USC!</p>
<p>UVA
Pepperdine
Williams
Middlebury
Colgate
Cornell
Colorado
Indiana
UCSB
UCSC
Loyola Marymount
Bridgeport</p>
<p>I know this university is way below your standards academically but the University of Oregon is beautiful, way nicer than any college we have here in Mass.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.news.wisc.edu/13804%5B/url%5D">http://www.news.wisc.edu/13804</a></p>
<p>uh.. pepperdine, DUH.</p>
<p>absolutely no contest.</p>
<p>Pomona
Scripps
Rice
Bowdoin
Whitman
Stanford
Williams</p>
<p>Im going with Vandy here...</p>
<p>It's a national arboretum and has over 300 species of trees there</p>
<p>Duke, West Point, Stanford, Princeton, Dartmouuth. LAC's-Bowdoin, Holy Cross, Williams, Davidson.</p>
<p>Columbia hands down.</p>
<p>I was there again just yesterday, and it's just magnificent.</p>
<p>UNC-Chapel Hill-- absolutely beautiful, and doesn't look like it was constructed like every other campus; lots of big old trees and lovely old buildings, slightly rolling campus-- my favorite.</p>
<p>Duke-- parts of it (ie, Sarah P Duke Gardens, the Chapel and road leading to it)</p>
<p>Agree about Columbia; after you've toured a lot and all schools start to look alike, Columbia really stands out as well-- very impressive.</p>
<p>Agnes Scott College, in a very Southern way, but really a lovely campus</p>
<p>Wellesley is stunning.</p>
<p>Yale's buildings might be nice but New Haven is a dump.</p>