<p>Does anyone have pictures to support their claim? =)</p>
<p>UCSB is gorgeous. It's right next to San Francisco and the california weather is absolutely amazing. Check out their website, you can see for yourself :)</p>
<p>Cambridge is BY FAR the most gorgeous campus I have ever visited. I have never visited Oxford but I suppose the same holds true. Pictures:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge</a></p>
<p>In America, the most majestic campus in my opinion is the University of Chicao. After living there for 4 years, seeing other schools for the first time have always been rather anticlimatic. Pictures:
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago</a></p>
<p>UCSB is right next to San Fransisco?</p>
<p>Ehhhh.... you are a few hundred miles off, but that's ok. UCB is right next to SF though.</p>
<p>I went to Cambridge, too. I fell in love. I've never seen the University of Chicago, though...
UCSB is in Santa Barbara. UCB is in Berkeley.
What about Yale? I've heard it's very nice. Pomona? Other Ivies?
I've also heard that MIT isn't the most aesthetically pleasing place in the world, but then again, I haven't visited.
Other ideas...?</p>
<p>Princeton and Yale, in my opinion, have the two best campuses of the Ivies. I also liked Columbia and Harvard quite a bit, and I hear Dartmouth is pretty as well.</p>
<p>Stanford and Rice have similar and amazingly beautiful campuses.</p>
<p>Rice:
<a href="http://www.usuallysuspected.net/will/rice/%5B/url%5D">http://www.usuallysuspected.net/will/rice/</a></p>
<p>Stanford:
<a href="http://www.terragalleria.com/california/california.stanford.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.terragalleria.com/california/california.stanford.html</a></p>
<p>That's funny...my friend drove by Yale and hated the campus so much they didn't even stop the car. She loves Wellesley.</p>
<p>I love Smith, Middlebury, and Cal.</p>
<p>More Rice pictures:</p>
<p>No campus site compares to Berkeley's. On the foothills straight across the Golden Gate Bridge, with phenomenal sunsets, great weather and flora diversity, the best in neo-classical/beaux-arts turn of the century American architecture and that exquisite sense of a green oasis within an urban setting at the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area.</p>
<p>Enjoy.</p>
<p><a href="http://static.flickr.com/39/79109171_5d3b23bf6c_o.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/39/79109171_5d3b23bf6c_o.jpg</a>
<a href="http://spectacle.berkeley.edu/pics/campuspics/campanile_sunset_240w.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://spectacle.berkeley.edu/pics/campuspics/campanile_sunset_240w.jpg</a></p>
<p>Homemade Cal video:
PC/windows media player
<a href="http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/%7Epatrick/berkeley-ad.wmv%5B/url%5D">http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~patrick/berkeley-ad.wmv</a>
MAC:
<a href="http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/%7Epatrick/berkeley.mov%5B/url%5D">http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~patrick/berkeley.mov</a></p>
<p>Campus by air from kite camera slide show
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26103250@N00/sets/72057594122893062/show/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/26103250@N00/sets/72057594122893062/show/</a>
<a href="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCB_56_rf.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCB_56_rf.jpg</a>
<a href="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCBaerial2_041.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCBaerial2_041.jpg</a>
<a href="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCB_11_rf.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCB_11_rf.jpg</a><br>
<a href="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCB_12_rf.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCB_12_rf.jpg</a> wheeler hall
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/26/51059611_76426361f2_b.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/26/51059611_76426361f2_b.jpg</a></p>
<p><a href="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCB_34_rf.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCB_34_rf.jpg</a> Doe detail
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/47/141229768_83c084c14c.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/47/141229768_83c084c14c.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/images/UC_campus/Wellman_Hall.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/images/UC_campus/Wellman_Hall.jpg</a> Wellman Hall
<a href="http://www.berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/images/UC_campus/Hilgard_Hall2.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/images/UC_campus/Hilgard_Hall2.jpg</a> Hillgard
A few bridges of campus
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/47/134752946_f4ee7f4152.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/47/134752946_f4ee7f4152.jpg</a>
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/49/139613984_3bad890a53_b.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/49/139613984_3bad890a53_b.jpg</a>
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/47/135712950_6005d9edc5_b.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/47/135712950_6005d9edc5_b.jpg</a>
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/50/135712948_8821337744_b.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/50/135712948_8821337744_b.jpg</a>
Night bridge
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/50/138942289_2799a69322_b.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/50/138942289_2799a69322_b.jpg</a>
A famous alum from way back in bio bldg:
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/35/123275160_ef508ca9b5_b.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/35/123275160_ef508ca9b5_b.jpg</a><br>
Sather<em>Tower</em>at<em>dusk
<a href="http://www.berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley">http://www.berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley</a></em>landmarks/images/UC<em>campus/Sather</em>Tower<em>at</em>dusk.jpg
Park fun
<a href="http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/%7Ecstoy/pictures/berkeley/img/3.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~cstoy/pictures/berkeley/img/3.jpg</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.mse.berkeley.edu/%7Exli/SLi_Homepage/Pix/Bay_area/LBNL_006.JPG%5B/url%5D">http://www.mse.berkeley.edu/~xli/SLi_Homepage/Pix/Bay_area/LBNL_006.JPG</a>
<a href="http://www.biocrawler.com/w/images/2/24/Berkeley_glade_afternoon.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.biocrawler.com/w/images/2/24/Berkeley_glade_afternoon.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.mse.berkeley.edu/%7Exli/SLi_Homepage/Pix/Bay_area/Berkeley_008.JPG%5B/url%5D">http://www.mse.berkeley.edu/~xli/SLi_Homepage/Pix/Bay_area/Berkeley_008.JPG</a>
<a href="http://www.rohitsrealm.com/gallery2/9639-2/aad.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.rohitsrealm.com/gallery2/9639-2/aad.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.yak.net/random/pics/2004.12.california/img_2433b.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.yak.net/random/pics/2004.12.california/img_2433b.jpg</a>
<a href="http://writing.berkeley.edu/summer/images/berkeleycampus1_sm.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://writing.berkeley.edu/summer/images/berkeleycampus1_sm.jpg</a></p>
<p><a href="http://138.23.124.164/collections/photography/Adams/Front/1987.0027.6.UCB.6.12.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://138.23.124.164/collections/photography/Adams/Front/1987.0027.6.UCB.6.12.jpg</a> *
<a href="http://www.ioc.tu-clausthal.de/abteilung_rw/berkeley.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ioc.tu-clausthal.de/abteilung_rw/berkeley.html</a>
One of the greatest campus stadiums:
<a href="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCB_74_rf.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCB_74_rf.jpg</a>
<a href="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCBaerial_013.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCBaerial_013.jpg</a></p>
<p><a href="http://berkeleyheritage.com/images/stadium/stadium2003.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://berkeleyheritage.com/images/stadium/stadium2003.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.emjr.org/cal/football/2002/wsuGame/335.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.emjr.org/cal/football/2002/wsuGame/335.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.emjr.org/cal/football/2002/afGame/memStadPanoSmall.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.emjr.org/cal/football/2002/afGame/memStadPanoSmall.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.yak.net/random/pics/2004.12.california/img_2432.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.yak.net/random/pics/2004.12.california/img_2432.jpg</a>
<a href="http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/eijiro625/imgs/3/a/3a92d6f6.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/eijiro625/imgs/3/a/3a92d6f6.jpg</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.posicorp.com/pictures/2004-11-20%20UC%20Berkeley%20-%20The%20Big%20Game/IMG_0009.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.posicorp.com/pictures/2004-11-20%20UC%20Berkeley%20-%20The%20Big%20Game/IMG_0009.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/%7Epatrick/flash/DSC02027.JPG%5B/url%5D">http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~patrick/flash/DSC02027.JPG</a></p>
<p>South hall <a href="http://static.flickr.com/47/137041384_48453aa44d_o.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/47/137041384_48453aa44d_o.jpg</a>
Pelican bldg <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=49226357&size=o%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=49226357&size=o</a>
Gorgeous greenery looking east
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=130588777&context=pool-37718676511@N01&size=l%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=130588777&context=pool-37718676511@N01&size=l</a>
Bay splendor to the west
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=130585008&context=pool-37718676511@N01&size=l%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=130585008&context=pool-37718676511@N01&size=l</a></p>
<p>View from the rim of the football stadium
<a href="http://www.posicorp.com/pictures/2004-11-20%20UC%20Berkeley%20-%20The%20Big%20Game/IMG_0001.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.posicorp.com/pictures/2004-11-20%20UC%20Berkeley%20-%20The%20Big%20Game/IMG_0001.jpg</a></p>
<p>Morrison Lounge, Doe Library
<a href="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCB_31_rf.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/photos/UCB_31_rf.jpg</a></p>
<p>Senior Hall log cabin
<a href="http://www.berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/images/UC_campus/Senior_Hall.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/images/UC_campus/Senior_Hall.jpg</a></p>
<p>Campus trees
<a href="http://landscape.ced.berkeley.edu/%7Etreefund/campustrees/treecamp.htm%5B/url%5D">http://landscape.ced.berkeley.edu/~treefund/campustrees/treecamp.htm</a>
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/43/82405813_35917b2c98_o.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/43/82405813_35917b2c98_o.jpg</a>
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/49/133181588_ef374ad1c8_b.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/49/133181588_ef374ad1c8_b.jpg</a></p>
<p>winter scene at Cal
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/khtoo/100616700/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/khtoo/100616700/</a></p>
<p>Log cabin (Senior Hall)
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiathwee/124927274/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiathwee/124927274/</a></p>
<p>Belden Lane
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/24/66121445_2256a62b8d.jpg?v=0%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/24/66121445_2256a62b8d.jpg?v=0</a></p>
<p>Baker Beach
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/29/53674472_02dc3d29ed_o.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/29/53674472_02dc3d29ed_o.jpg</a></p>
<p>Night view
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/26/53305067_5174a8b4fa_b.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/26/53305067_5174a8b4fa_b.jpg</a>
Berkeley sunsets
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/29/95217679_fc8397053a_b.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/29/95217679_fc8397053a_b.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/itinerant/34467921/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/itinerant/34467921/</a>
Fog rolls in at night!
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodlux/5717390/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodlux/5717390/</a>
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/3/6714270_e6f393d3e6.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/3/6714270_e6f393d3e6.jpg</a></p>
<p>Sather at night
Campanile
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/54/138941631_36dfac1312_b.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/54/138941631_36dfac1312_b.jpg</a></p>
<p>Night stadium
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/1/128774141_fed4cb58b2_b.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/1/128774141_fed4cb58b2_b.jpg</a></p>
<p>Cal-USC daytime!
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=132284893&context=pool-37718676511@N01&size=l%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=132284893&context=pool-37718676511@N01&size=l</a></p>
<p>Rollem up!
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/34/71294604_b887c01815.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/34/71294604_b887c01815.jpg</a></p>
<p>sunrise
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/itinerant/104518347/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/itinerant/104518347/</a></p>
<p>Waterbug on campus stream
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/41/96689653_8afc39bf99_b.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/41/96689653_8afc39bf99_b.jpg</a></p>
<p>Fall afternoon over the bay
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=133027468&size=l%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=133027468&size=l</a></p>
<p>Art expo on Doe Glade
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mfitzhugh/49107002/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/mfitzhugh/49107002/</a></p>
<p>Berkeley and Bay by night
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chadisalem/57107391/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/chadisalem/57107391/</a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbo31/100403294/in/pool-berkeley/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbo31/100403294/in/pool-berkeley/</a></p>
<p>Glade, Doe, Campanile and reflection
<a href="http://www.kimsteinbacher.com/gallery/photos/fullsize/reflection_4_14_00_1_27.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.kimsteinbacher.com/gallery/photos/fullsize/reflection_4_14_00_1_27.jpg</a></p>
<p>Last light
<a href="http://www.kimsteinbacher.com/gallery/photos/fullsize/Campanile11_2002_8.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.kimsteinbacher.com/gallery/photos/fullsize/Campanile11_2002_8.jpg</a></p>
<p>Doe library
<a href="http://www.kimsteinbacher.com/gallery/photos/fullsize/Doe7_99_14_20.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.kimsteinbacher.com/gallery/photos/fullsize/Doe7_99_14_20.jpg</a></p>
<p>Campanile at dusk
<a href="http://www.kimsteinbacher.com/gallery/photos/fullsize/campanile_9_27_99_0_12.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.kimsteinbacher.com/gallery/photos/fullsize/campanile_9_27_99_0_12.jpg</a></p>
<p>Sather from above
<a href="http://www.kimsteinbacher.com/gallery/photos/fullsize/ef2_DSCN0012.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.kimsteinbacher.com/gallery/photos/fullsize/ef2_DSCN0012.jpg</a></p>
<p>Campus at night, Big Game week
<a href="http://www.mesa.ktu.lt/pic/nuotraukos/UC_Berkeley-Campanile.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.mesa.ktu.lt/pic/nuotraukos/UC_Berkeley-Campanile.jpg</a>
Click on margin and below header to view Big Game Week celebrations:
<a href="http://ucrc.berkeley.edu/Visitor_Pages/bgw_slideshow/campus_decorating-1.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://ucrc.berkeley.edu/Visitor_Pages/bgw_slideshow/campus_decorating-1.cfm</a></p>
<p>Zellerbach Hall at night: Yoyo Ma, Kirov Ballet, Lyon Opera, Alfred Brendel, Gil Gilberto
<a href="http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/%7Ecs39j/fa02/images-students/pchien_night-scene.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs39j/fa02/images-students/pchien_night-scene.jpg</a></p>
<p>Ad hoc URLs
Strawberry Creek by the drama house
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/53/133418043_ecd28f9fbd_o.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/53/133418043_ecd28f9fbd_o.jpg</a></p>
<p>Doe library art installation:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anirvan/138967708/in/pool-37718676511@N01/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/anirvan/138967708/in/pool-37718676511@N01/</a>
<a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/04/11_artinstallations.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/04/11_artinstallations.shtml</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffday/138789211/in/pool-37718676511@N01/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffday/138789211/in/pool-37718676511@N01/</a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffday/138789054/in/pool-37718676511@N01/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffday/138789054/in/pool-37718676511@N01/</a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffday/138788472/in/pool-37718676511@N01/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffday/138788472/in/pool-37718676511@N01/</a>
(Id be smiling too ;) )
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffday/138788146/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffday/138788146/</a></p>
<p>Poppies
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kagoldberg/138396794/in/pool-37718676511@N01/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/kagoldberg/138396794/in/pool-37718676511@N01/</a></p>
<p>Kroeber <a href="http://static.flickr.com/48/133854593_30978846f0.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/48/133854593_30978846f0.jpg</a></p>
<p>Fraternity houses
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiathwee/95166571/in/pool-37718676511@N01/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiathwee/95166571/in/pool-37718676511@N01/</a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiathwee/95166559/in/pool-37718676511@N01/%5B/url%5D">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiathwee/95166559/in/pool-37718676511@N01/</a>
<a href="http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=54116660&size=m%5B/url%5D">http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=54116660&size=m</a></p>
<p>Dorms:
Wada Hall
<a href="http://static.flickr.com/30/42072238_d7169f9954.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://static.flickr.com/30/42072238_d7169f9954.jpg</a>
International House at dusk
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<p>Bear attack!
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<p>Sather sun
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<p>Blue and Gold sky
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<p>Campus walk in winter
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Our campus is so nice, I feel like I'm in a fairytale whenever I walk to class in the morning.
Briones - 10 minutes east of campus
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<p>Dwinelle Plaza at noon
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<p>Morning stretch
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<p>Hearst Hall
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<p>CalX and I have debates about this every time it comes up because I personally feel that Berkeley's campus is one of the homeliest I have seen; despite random spots of niceness, it generally has a mod feel to it that I dislike. Having said that, he certainly posts beautiful pictures so there must be some beauty that I missed.</p>
<p>Of course beauty is a very subjective thing, but I think UVA's campus is so beautiful that it causes a giant release of dopamine in my brain every morning when I look out my window. Of course, I always wanted the traditional collegiate red-brick, ivy, snow and leaves changing colors in the fall sort of college campus, and Berkeley definitely isn't that--but UVA is, to a T.</p>
<p><a href="http://community.webshots.com/photo/551347259/2823775820083370069SpEQVo%5B/url%5D">http://community.webshots.com/photo/551347259/2823775820083370069SpEQVo</a>
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<a href="http://community.webshots.com/photo/551347259/2383096280083370069DaqxFP%5B/url%5D">http://community.webshots.com/photo/551347259/2383096280083370069DaqxFP</a>
<a href="http://community.webshots.com/photo/355269776/1355273918068371567FdOiEg%5B/url%5D">http://community.webshots.com/photo/355269776/1355273918068371567FdOiEg</a>
<a href="http://community.webshots.com/photo/353980694/1498996697038487253puzedn%5B/url%5D">http://community.webshots.com/photo/353980694/1498996697038487253puzedn</a>
<a href="http://community.webshots.com/photo/392461712/1392464965073446713tKYAgH#%5B/url%5D">http://community.webshots.com/photo/392461712/1392464965073446713tKYAgH#</a>
<a href="http://community.webshots.com/photo/106291114/1358707733038487253vYAaDK%5B/url%5D">http://community.webshots.com/photo/106291114/1358707733038487253vYAaDK</a>
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<p>Okay, that's seriously enough photos. ;)</p>
<p>It's great how everyone considers their own school to be the most beautiful. I am guilty, too.</p>
<p>Princeton/Dartmouth</p>
<p>CalX, I like the homemade video you provided about Cal...those get me all tingly...haha...by any chance, do you have any more videos about Cal?</p>
<p>I live near Cal, so the campus is very familiar to me. I agree, it's very nice, but it's also HUGE. Thanks so much for all the pictures!
UVA seems beautiful as well.
I'm trying to figure out which colleges are really worth visiting...I tried the virtual tours of some of the aforementioned places but I don't think I was able to get a real feel of those colleges.
Help?</p>
<p>UBC, for sure. </p>
<p>Where else can you get the ocean, the mountains, a beach, a forest, a rose garden, a japanese garden (one of the top 5 outside of japan itself), a botanical garden, architechtural masterpieces (try the Museum of Anthropology or the First Nations Longhouse) and even more? Then there's the fact that some of the buildings for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics (hockey/figure skating arena) will be built on the campus! </p>
<p>Try the slideshows:
<a href="http://www.ubc.ca/about/slideshows/#%5B/url%5D">http://www.ubc.ca/about/slideshows/#</a>
<a href="http://students.ubc.ca/welcome/know.cfm?page=gallery&view=places%5B/url%5D">http://students.ubc.ca/welcome/know.cfm?page=gallery&view=places</a></p>
<p>so many of the new england schools are just gorgeous. my favorites:</p>
<p>williams
middlebury
amherst
vassar
trinity
conn college
colgate
Mt Holyoke
Yale</p>
<p>CuddlySheep, my advice would be visit your top 3-5 colleges--and I don't mean just top reaches, visit your safeties/matches too. You can plan the trip so that you can also visit a few colleges around it. I did two major trips--one to the Northeast where I saw Dartmouth, Yale, Brown, Columbia, NYU, Tufts, and BC, and one to midatlantic/south, where I saw Penn, Duke, Gtown, UVA, UNC, Wake, Duke, and Vandy. I'd also seen USC, Berkeley, Stanford, and UCLA on other trips. </p>
<p>So I saw a TON of schools but they were fairly easy trips, and I really think the trip should be one of the most important factors, if not THE most important, in the decision. If you don't feel happy and at home, don't go there.</p>
<p>What would be the best time to go visit? I'm going to be a junior next year...</p>
<p>Va. Tech has an absolutely beautiful campus; all those beautiful gray stone buildings built around the drillfield. Just think...a beautiful Saturday afternoon in the fall heading to a football game. Sounds and looks like heaven.</p>