<p>The University of New Hampshire.</p>
<p>Isn’t this like saying you want to marry the prettiest girl in the group with no regard given to substance?</p>
<p>Of course. Duh.</p>
<p>Cornell is lovely in terms of its natural setting, with its dramatic gorges and waterfalls, but its architecture is a strange hodgepodge of periods and styles, with a few buildings that are downright ugly. </p>
<p>In terms of buildings, I think that some of the universities farther to the south, such as the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland, are very attractive, with their harmonious red brick buildings with white trim. The only problem is that I get lost in such places – all the buildings look alike!</p>
<p>Looking at snow on the weather channel is pretty…living in it isn’t…</p>
<p>Marian – you hit the nail on the head! What may be pretty to one may be ugly to another;-)</p>
<p>Wellesley also the prettiest place we toured. Mt. Holyoke also, but on a smaller scale.
I’ve heard Kenyon is stunning.</p>
<p>Notre Dame. If she really likes Boston College, the two have a lot in common. Notre Dame is very very cold and snowy too.</p>
<p>University of Richmond is beautiful. Swarthmore. Amherst & Williams.</p>
<p>But beauty is in the eye of the beholder. DD chose none of the schools I thought were beautiful.</p>
<p>Bucknell, Colgate and Lehigh are real pretty, especially in the snow…but are most likely high reaches.</p>
<p>For pretty, I suggest University of British Columbia. Surrounded by the ocean and 2000 acres of forest (but close to the city of Vancouver). </p>
<p>[UBC</a> | Vancouver Campus Tour](<a href=“http://www.students.ubc.ca/youbc/va/virtualtour/]UBC”>http://www.students.ubc.ca/youbc/va/virtualtour/)</p>
<p>Click on “what does the campus look like”</p>
<p>Of the campuses on which my son attended CTY summer programs, Skidmore’s campus was the prettiest, and the surrounding neighborhood is very nice, too. (Other campuses were Franklin and Marshall, Dickinson, and Siena.)</p>
<p>I think my son’s school, Simon’s Rock in the Berkshires, is lovely. Though it is a small school (about ~450 students), it has a good bit of land. The beauty of the acreage is not despoiled by the buildings, as the buildings seem almost organic, as though they grow out of the soil. This notion is enhanced not only by the way the buildings are set into the hills, but also by the materials, such as slate for the roofs, used for construction. (There are a few buildings which are notable exceptions to this, but they are generally at the edges of the campus.) The campus feels very peaceful. And I’m pretty sure it gets a good bit of snow, since it’s in Western MA! :)</p>
<p>Vassar College.</p>
<p>Most beautiful self-contained campuses I’ve seen in New England: Wellesley, Williams, Dartmouth, with Bowdoin as runner-up. Harvard, Yale, and the University of Chicago all have gorgeous urban campuses. Brown is similar to Harvard–old New England red brick and clapboard–on a smaller scale, while Yale and the U of C both rule academic gothic. (None of them are hard-core urban in the way that NYU and Columbia are. No concrete canyons.)</p>
<p>I’m told that Colby, Middlebury, and Colgate are all very pretty, but haven’t been to any of them.</p>
<p>I concur with the assessment of Cornell in post #24. It’s a mixed bag.</p>
<p>Going down the coast a bit, Bryn Mawr and Princeton are both lovely. I haven’t seen Haverford and Swarthmore, but I’ve heard they are nice too.</p>
<p>BTW, Mona Lisa Smile was shot on the Wellesley campus but it does NOT portray the school accurately, even for the time period it purports to cover.</p>
<p>If she’s interested in pursuing music performance, in the classroom or out, Boston has an excellent music scene in virtually all genres and periods, and it’s a great college town. </p>
<p>Another notable cold-weather school with an outstanding music program is St. Olaf’s in Minnesota. And she might want to take a look at Sarah Lawrence.</p>
<p>I agree that Middlebury is gorgeous (although an abundance of limestone is a little too white on white come the huge snows). More temperate, but still gets snow: Miami of Ohio is, from what I recall, quintessential collegiate. I also second St Olaf (and Carlton is there too, so it’s a twofer)</p>
<p>I like the Beaux Arts campuses of Barnard and Columbia but very urban. Duh.</p>
<p>Concur with many of the schools named. Sarah Lawrence is very pretty. It’s main building is Tudor. It has a great voice program too, and music in general is strong there.</p>
<p>I think your D has good stats for it, too.</p>
<p>We’re a New England family, and last year did the whole NESCAC tour thing–plus Dartmouth, Colgate, Wellesley–can’t even remember any more! Colby is absolutely the most beautiful (though Wellesley was no slouch!), and she’d certainly get the cold and snow! 
D is at Colby now, and loving it. H and I both went to Kenyon, and we always tell people not to take your kid there for a tour UNLESS you definitely want them to go there–it’s so ridiculously gorgeous (especially in the fall) that it’s hard to look at other schools!</p>
<p>Thank you everyone! I will pass on the list to her. I am hoping that this is just a flight of fancy for my D. It is ridiculous to pick a college just on looks. I think what she is saying is that she wants options come April. If she doesn’t get into the music schools that she has worked so hard to get into, she wants options to walk away from Music Performance. It hurts my heart to say that, but I will support her decision. The high school she is attending now would win no beauty contests, but they have bent over backwards to help her follow her music dream. I know she has seen some of the other schools in the area and been a little envious at their beautiful campuses. </p>
<p>True, USC and Rice have no chance of snow! But, she won’t attend either if she doesn’t get into the music program. This is also probably true of McGill, although I wouldn’t swear to it. Oberlin, UMD, U of Richmond and UVA are also out for various reasons.</p>
<p>I truly know nothing about Boston College. It’s good to hear that it is a good school. I heard the dorm situation is strange? </p>
<p>I also don’t know how her stats line up with many schools. We were just focusing on the audition and making sure the musical resume would be OK. Everything is different without the music. UGHHHH…just shoot me now!</p>
<p>Dartmouth - even snow and even owns its very own ski hill.</p>
<p>Elon in NC.</p>
<p>St. Olaf College. It is in Minnesota, has an absolutely beautiful campus, and as a bonus, has a “conservatory” level music department and performance groups without the problem of having to audition to get into the school. (Of course, one auditions for the ensembles, and one does audition around sophomore year for the BM Performance degree-- but a straight music degree is open to anyone.)</p>
<p>She can also be part of the ensembles without being a music major (is she voice, instrumental, other?), which is a major bonus for someone on the fence. And the college is strong in all the other majors as well, she really can’t pick a bad major there.</p>
<p>Did I say beautiful? Check out the website pictures. Also, the campus has a very great community feel. </p>
<p>Again, the music program there is very highly regarded. Check it out!</p>