Opinions on UCs, USC, Emory, Rice, Pepperdine and others (Recent opinions for a student please.)

we were at Georgetown recently. Not a big fan. Campus felt crowded and small to me. there is the one picturesque quad but outside of that it felt claustrophobic and dark to me (I’m a parent, not a student).
(On the other hand, I liked GW more than I thought I would. it lacks much of a campus but the area still felt lively and I saw plenty of kids playing spikeball on a lawn.)