Palm trees

College Search & Lists
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<p>What are some campuses with a paradise/tropical resort feel?</p>

<p>Obviously University of Miami, Stanford’s Palm Drive…what are some others?</p>

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<p>I would guess University of Hawai’i.</p>

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<p>Rice university.</p>

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<p>Santa Clara University, CA</p>

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<p>Santa Clara and the University of Hawai’i don’t have the greatest academics, but tell me more about Rice - if it indeed has a tropical feel, combined with the urban location it might be a really good match for me.</p>

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<p>Duke University
Emory University
Rice University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego
University of California-Santa Barbara
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill</p>

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<p>Stanford is heaven on earth!!!</p>

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<p>Hey, you started this thread asking about palm trees and tropical resort feel. Don’t see academics mentioned in your OP. I assumed you were looking for lots of shade.</p>

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<p>UC Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara coast:</p>

<p><a href=“http://image30.webshots.com/31/6/73/57/257067357ZmyQRR_ph.jpg[/url]”>http://image30.webshots.com/31/6/73/57/257067357ZmyQRR_ph.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>As much as I love Rice, I wouldn’t describe it as a “tropical” feel. It is certainly warm (understatement), but has more of a swamp feel at times.</p>

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<p>Yeah, it seems like all the UC schools would have the resort feel.</p>

<p>I just drove through Stanford today actually. WOW. I’m in EPGY starting on Monday, and I am so psyched now. It is an AMAZING campus. Every building looks different, none of them are the cinderblock “college” buildings. They’re fantastic.</p>

<p>I can see how Emory might have a tropicall feel as some areas of Atlanta plant exotic plants. But UNC Chapel Hill and Duke?? I used to live in Greensboro, and I would never consider NC tropical! Beautiful for sure, though.</p>

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<p>UCSB for the win.</p>

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<p>And there’s not many colleges were you can see this out of your dorm window:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.livejournal.com/community/ucsb/643186.html[/url]”>http://www.livejournal.com/community/ucsb/643186.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Rice is in a tropical area and there are palm trees in Houston, but much of Rice’s campus is dominated by oak trees, as is the area around it. It’s very pretty, but not tropical feeling. Rice is is downtown-ish Houston and has great academics. Smallish school (2500 undergrads) with a residential college system. If you are interested, apply interim decision.</p>

<p>Here are some campus pictures:
<a href=“Photo Storage”>Photo Storage;

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<p>If you wouldn’t mind Catholic school, Pepperdine is absolutely breathtaking.</p>

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<p>UCSB looks amazing. And it’s a nice town too :)</p>

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<p>Exactly how Catholic is Pepperdine? I’m gay, but DePaul doesn’t bother me at all, in fact there seems to be quite a large gay population there, being close to North Halstead. But Notre Dame isnt’ somewhere I’d consider attending…how big is the Catholic influence on Pepperdine?</p>

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<p>Uh- Pepperdine is not Catholic. It is affiliated with the Church of Christ, which is a deal-breaker for many people.</p>

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<p>Oops. Sorry about the misinformation. You could try looking at the princeton review’s list of the 20 nicest campuses to find some more schools. Also, UCSD is right on the ocean, but not the same as UCSB. I personally find UCSC to have the most gorgeous campus of all, but it’s very foresty and outdoorsy, not tropical.</p>

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<p>Check out Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton Florida (<a href=“http://www.fau.edu%5B/url%5D”>http://www.fau.edu</a>) and the University Of South Florida in Tampa (<a href=“http://www.usf.edu%5B/url%5D”>http://www.usf.edu</a>)</p>