<p>Gonzaga was disgusting. It was the first college tour that I had ever been on, so I was horrified that all campuses were like that. Thankfully, two days later I visited Seattle University and my faith in college was restored, as Seattle University has a beautiful campus.</p>
<p>Texas Tech…? You mean “most beautiful west of the Mississippi until you get to Stanford” (James A. Michener) and “easily one of the ten most beautiful campuses” (Sports Ill)?</p>
<p>They’ve been awarded for excellence in groundskeeping and are just generally regarded to have one of the prettiest campuses out there. Go check out the TTU wiki page.</p>
<p>When I was in Columbia, I expected to have a great feeling toward it.</p>
<p>But I never had that feeling. </p>
<p>The whole campus looked not bad, but the walking down the neighboring area just made me feel terrible.</p>
<p>Lafayette.</p>
<p>Texas State, just a rundown place. UTSA isn’t great either. It has boring architecture IMO.</p>
<p>Susgeek - why Lafayette? I attended in the 80s - and although I did not like it for other reasons - I thought the campus was gorgeous. Has it changed that much?</p>
<p>MIT is very old and grave looking.</p>
<p>University of Florida, Gainesville… horrible, widespread in the middle of cow land</p>
<p>Another wondering on Lafayette–seems very nice to me. And the best hot dogs on earth are just down the hill.</p>
<p>It’s interesting to look back a year. I shouldn’t have been so hard on UAF. Yeah, the dorms look like prison blocks, but the view is great and there are some nice trails on campus.</p>
<p>@Jaddua
Gonzaga’s campus isn’t bad at all, but admittedly it’s not a lot to look at. However, some of the stairs are a bit dated and very difficult climbing :-). The campus has always been clean and the people are friendly and they have great debate and sports!
Go Zags!</p>
<p>Southern Illinois - Carbondale. I feel like I’m in East Berlin.</p>
<p>Haven’t really seen any ugly campuses yet, but guess I will when i go to see NYU? and also some CUNY’s im sure too (hunter is just buildings, bleh). To the people who have said SUNY Stony Brook… really? I’ve been there a bunch of times since my cousin goes there and the most recent time was in the fall (perhaps thats why i think this- the trees and colors of the leaves) and it was beautiful!</p>
<p>Another vote for SUNY Purchase. I really do hate 60s architecture, and that place is filled with it. The admissions office was the only decent building - it was a huge old house.</p>
<p>susgeek - do you perhaps go to Lehigh? lol</p>
<p>tbomb - are you sure you were at the main campus? Because this place is ugly as hell IMO! :p</p>
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<p>I might have just been there on a bad day but there was litter everywhere. Plus, a bunch of the departments were just in small ugly houses that needed new paint. The dorms were ugly, the offices were ugly, everything was ugly, which was a really stark contrast with Seattle University.</p>
<p>There seems to be a strong bias on this thread against urban campuses and old buildings. I guess that cuts down on applications to the Ivy’s. LOL</p>
<p>I feel like people are going to kill me for this haha but I HATED Clemson. I visited last week and the town was really nice and when I saw the front of campus, I thought, “Wow, this is beautiful.” But then I went on my tour and the dorms I saw were disgusting and none of the buildings matched. It was awful.</p>
<p>I get that places like NYU, Emerson, and George Washington U aren’t trying to win any beauty contests, and that their charm is their neighborhood. But B.U. looks like people bent over backwards TRYING to get an award for ugliness.</p>
<p>Texas Tech is always mentioned as being ugly, but I’ve never seen an ugly photo of it.</p>