Most Attractive Midwest Campuses

<p>I know there is already an 18 page thread of most attractive campuses in the nation, but I would like more specific opinions on the Midwest alone. When I say Midwest I mean Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana.</p>

<p>The schools I have seen/visited in order for my taste:</p>

<li>Notre Dame</li>
<li>University of Minnesota-Twin Cities</li>
<li>University of Wisconsin-Madison</li>
<li>Marquette</li>
</ol>

<p>Then other Wisconsin State Schools.</p>

<p>I thought U of Indiana was a very pretty campus.</p>

<p>Top 3 Midwest LAC Campuses</p>

<p>1) Luther College (Decora IA) <a href=“http://gallery.luther.edu/admis/albums/campus_images/aerial.jpg[/url]”>http://gallery.luther.edu/admis/albums/campus_images/aerial.jpg&lt;/a&gt;
2) St Olaf College (Northfield, Minnesota) <a href=“About St. Olaf – St. Olaf College”>About St. Olaf – St. Olaf College;
3) Grinnell College (Grinnell Iowa) <a href=“http://image20.webshots.com/20/7/89/47/199278947PASJbt_fs.jpg[/url]”>http://image20.webshots.com/20/7/89/47/199278947PASJbt_fs.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>These are the Top 3 that i have visited</p>

<p>Total I have gone to: Beloit, Knox, Luther, Hope, Kalamazoo, Illinois Wesleyan, Carleton, Macalaster, Cornell College, Grinnell, St. Olaf, Monmoth, Lawrence, Ripon</p>

<p>I’d put Northwestern on the list: a nice campus with a mix of old and new buildings and lots of greenery. Also, a prime lakefront location with a killer view of the Chicago skyline!</p>

<p>The University of Chicago is absolutely gorgeous, although I’m a bit biased!</p>

<p>I really liked University of Cincinnati, but it’s much more of an urban campus.</p>

<p>Loyola University Chicago’s campus on Google Earth looks nice lol. But that’s only if you want an urban experience</p>

<p>**This thread starts and ends with Indiana University </p>

<p>It’s COMMON that students pick IU over more prestigious
colleges BECAUSE of its campus alone. The fact that
every building is made of limestone theme, IU has a
LIBERAL ARTS SMALL SCHOOL FEEL for a STATE UNIVERSITY.
It’s amazing, and unparalleled. Much of its architecture is
modeled after Oxford. I know MANY students who aren’t in
honors because they didn’t apply. They thought Indiana
would be their “safety” school, but when they made a visit
to IU they changed their minds at the last minute and turned
down Notre Dame, Northwestern, Michigan, Dartmouth (me),
and more schools to attend IU OOS without scholarships.</p>

<p>It’s that amazing. Take a look at the pictures for yourself.**</p>

<p><a href=“http://farm1.static.■■■■■■■■■■/154/3...1b7a31.jpg?v=0[/url]”>http://farm1.static.■■■■■■■■■■/154/3...1b7a31.jpg?v=0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>IU Bloomington: Online Tour: Arboretum</p>

<p><a href=“http://newsinfo.iu.edu/pub/libs/images/usr/4198.jpg[/url]”>http://newsinfo.iu.edu/pub/libs/images/usr/4198.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://southendartgallery.org/userim...Art_Museum.jpg[/url]”>http://southendartgallery.org/userim...Art_Museum.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://lh5.ggpht.com/_cJJcPtfw30w/SE...ampus6.bmp.jpg[/url]”>http://lh5.ggpht.com/_cJJcPtfw30w/SE...ampus6.bmp.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Well if you included Ohio you could list Kenyon, the prettiest college in the nation.</p>

<p>Notre Dame by far has the most beautiful campus in the midwest</p>

<p>radronOmega:
Let me get this straight—you turned down Dartmouth solely because you think Indiana’s campus is prettier?</p>

<p>Notre Dame by far has the prettiest campus. But I second Northwestern to be on the list. It’s a beautiful green campus on Lake Michigan, and has stunning views of the Chicago skyline.</p>

<p>Indiana- agree that it trumps all.</p>

<p>Although I like Notre Dame’s campus, it is too isolated for my taste; my preferences, therefore, are:

  1. Northwestern University
  2. The Univ. of Chicago
  3. Indiana University
  4. The Univ. of Wisconsin
  5. Notre Dame</p>

<p>Kenyon College is beautiful, but too isolated, too small & too rural in my opinion.</p>

<p>Big college wise I would have to say Indiana. </p>

<p>LAC wise its a complete different story. Hanover(IN) has a nice campus overlooking the Ohio River that is really nice.</p>

<p>Northwestern is not pretty. Notre Dame is amazing.</p>

<p>Northwestern has a few nice buildings, some nice trees, and the lakefront thing is great, but overall it’s not a beautiful school.</p>

<p>I’m pretty familiar with all the Big 10 schools except Penn State and Minnesota. </p>

<p>I’d rank them:</p>

<p>Indiana
Michigan State
Wisconsin
Purdue
Northwestern
Michigan
Illinois
Iowa
Ohio State</p>

<p>Minnesota and PSU ???</p>

<p>Notre Dame’s about a tie with Indiana. Kalamazoo is nice. those photos of St Olaf look great. Very underrated school.</p>

<p>Ohio U and Miami (Ohio) are both very nice…and I hear U of Toledo is surprisingly nice. Central/Eastern/Western Michigan are certainly nothing to get excited about. Nor are Oakland U or U of Mich-Dearborn. DePaul is in a wonderful neighborhood, but the campus itself is just ok. Denison is also nice.</p>

<p>Those photos hardly do the schools justice, Luther is set in a giant vally surrounded by hills and forest, and has the “#1 ranked view to watch a football game” by ESPN. It is very modern and very very gorgeous.</p>

<p>St. Olaf is set on a hill and has a very old english theme with cobblestoneish buildings that all have a central theme. Grinnell has a mix of building including dorms that make you think you are at oxford or cambridge.</p>

<p>Notre Dame wins by a landslide for campus alone, but surrounding area blows.</p>

<p>UW Madison’s campus is hit or miss. Some areas are about as ugly as any you could find- eg. humanities building is built like a fortress but without the functionality. However, there are areas of the campus that are great- eg picnic point, liz waters, bascom. I don’t think Madison will win a whole lotta points for being beautiful but it certainly is not homogeneous.</p>