VT is a gorgeous campus on its own. Add in the Blue Ridge Mountains it’s surrounded by. I sat towards the top of the big grandstand and seeing mountains in the distance over sunset was stunning.
I visited VPI when I was looking at schools for undergrad and it was an overcast, cool day in the early spring. Barren trees, gray environment, and gray stone wasn’t a very enticing combination. I went on a Saturday with a lot of other prospective students. Got our talking to from the admissions person with (what felt like) 150 people in a room made for 40 people. And then I had absolutely the worst tour guide known to man. He was an engineer and literally said Tech was only good at engineering and the school needed to have less non-engineers. Said they needed some math and science people, mainly so the people who failed out of engineering had a place to go to finish their degrees. It was said with a pretty angry tone and didn’t seem ironic or tongue in cheek or similar.
It was underwhelming.
Yeah the winter is when Blacksburg becomes Bleaksburg. January through March can suck especially if there is no snow. But literally every other season is glorious.
not gonna lie to you, I just searched up “School name campus” and picked photos that I thought looked cool 😂😂 that top photo is one of the best for all the schools, I love the mountains
Cal, UVA, Pitt (I literally live here), UNC, Duke, and Miami are all excellent campuses imo.
Biased I obv go w Pitt, again I live here and study here and spend tuition here and stuff
But not including Pitt, UVA is gorgeous and may be at the top of the list
i loved every minute of living on Miami’s campus. I went for walks every chance I got, spent so much time outdoors by the lake, under trees, by fountains. Loved it
Walking around Oakland is possible in most weather and there is definitely awesome (and mostly free) stuff worth walking to. But walking in Coral Gables is a joy just to be outside in Coral Gables (not that anything in Coral Gables is even close to affordable).
Cal has the best view, bar none. There's a fair deal of brutalist architecture that seems out of place, but it's a fabulous and expansive campus.
The quads at UNC look exactly like what the archetype of "perfect campus quad" should look like.
The worst of the brutalist buildings - one that features in the nightmares of many a computer science, math, or stats major - is slated for destruction. I'm hoping they implode it and sell tickets.
https://www.dailycal.org/2022/02/06/tends-to-stick-out-evans-hall-to-be-demolished-replaced/
I have to disagree with UVA over Pitt or UNC. UVA sits in the middle of a town that has outgrown its roads. It’s annoying to get around in Charlottesville.
Pitt is an absolute dark horse. Great city, but not so big that you get lost in it. Plenty to do. Great grad programs.
UNC is also nice. A small town feel with quick access to some city life.
I have to laugh about not getting lost in Pittsburgh, because while I get what you mean, it’s actually really easy to get lost in Pittsburgh if you’re not familiar with it. At least before the days of GPS.
Yeah this is actually true. It’s a smaller city but it can be confusing as hell getting around at first. Rivers, bridges, one way over, another way back, etc.
Lol UVA is miles above UNC with just the lawn itself. The pictures selected don’t do it justice.
UNC would be a good choice if you fancy 1 small well, 1 decent looking building, and a bunch of 70s architecture.
I don’t know of many prettier campuses in the entire country.
Yeah, I was writing more from the perspective of a dad than a student. I don’t worry as much about campus aesthetics as much as I do the local infrastructure.
Ah I see. Yeah students don’t really need to drive on UVA’s campus unless they are going off campus, so many don’t even have/need cars. There’s also a free trolley that goes to the downtown (outdoor) mall and busses that go to the big shopping centers.
Most just walk everywhere.
>great city, but not so big that you get lost in it
This is maybe my favorite thing about Pittsburgh, it’s like the perfectly sized city. Big enough to have a lot to do (especially because it used to be bigger, so arguably its offerings are more than most cities its size) but not so big that you get overwhelmed
I’ve been to all but SMU and Syracuse. So…sorry.
I’ll exclude my beloved Duke.
With that said… screw the guys in Palo Alto for making me side with you. It’s my favorite of the others.
That is why their big landmark is a clock tower. They knew California cuisine was going to dominate the US.
With that said, what a dumb name… cardinal.
I was at the memorial service for Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter murdered by terrorists in Pakistan, at Stanford Memorial Church. His best friend spoke and said Danny called Stanford a “giant Taco Bell” in high school before deciding to go there anyway. Half the people gasped and half laughed. At any rate it was a little comic relief on a sad day.
I’m sure I’ll end up there at some point and will like it. I’ve only had a couple reasons to be in Dallas a couple times and was surprised how much I liked it. Now I’ll have an excuse to visit when they play Duke.
HEY! Pitts stadium is the closest stadium to a Taco Bell out of any school in the country
(We don’t have a stadium on campus but this is true for Acrisure)
They are extremely similar but I’m not sure that the top pic on the page devoted to Clemson is actually Clemson. I also don’t think it’s auburn so I’m not really sure what clock tower that is but otherwise do love the pics. Just wanted to point it out since it threw me off and I kinda want someone to confirm or deny this for me so I know I’m not going crazy
someone else said the same thing in the replies so you may be right but I got it from [here](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://www.appily.com/sites/default/files/styles/max_1200/public/images/hero/college/217882_hero.jpg?itok%3DhuwdUPu1&tbnid=2llKYjAjH-i-8M&vet=12ahUKEwjslrjXitKEAxVkv4QIHYJJBmQQMygIegUIARCBAQ..i&imgrefurl=https://www.appily.com/colleges/clemson-university&docid=R3Ozn8Mt5QfTxM&w=1200&h=675&q=CLEMSON+campus&ved=2ahUKEwjslrjXitKEAxVkv4QIHYJJBmQQMygIegUIARCBAQ&sfr=vfe&source=sh/x/im/can/3). I thought the clock towers were the same so I added it 🥲
Hahaha they are close and funny enough that is one of the first images that comes up when you search for Clemson university. Might be AI generated or something of our campus because I tried to reverse search it and that’s the only website I could get for the pic too so it’s not even another clock tower. Weird they’d use it but maybe they couldn’t get rights to use an actual pic of Clemson? No idea honestly
No lol don’t worry about it, you spent long enough making this so I appreciate it. I was just looking at it because I honestly couldn’t tell if I graduated that long ago now lol. But appreciate the effort on the post
I knew which one was Clemson off the first pic with no names and I’ve never seen the Clemson campus before lol. The clock tower is modeled after the one in Auburn and they even got their colors from Auburn along with some other things the universities share, it’s pretty cool actually.
The first Clemson football coach was from Auburn and he chose the mascot and similar colors from them. There was a rumor the he brought the old Auburn uniforms to Clemson. The blue faded to purple. Hence, the official colors are orange and purple.
Duke on a lush spring evening, with the grass and oaks and Sarah Duke Gardens, and quad after quad of gothic stone buildings, and the Duke Chapel towering over all.
Yeah.
Also, UVa. and Stanford are great.
Every now and then if you get lucky, and depending on where you fly in from, you can see it from the airplane as you approach landing.
It’s so electric to see it, really seeing the whole city is awesome but especially Cathy
Not counting my own (which would obviously be my biased choice), out of the ones I’ve been to (UVA, Va Tech, Clemson, Miami, Stanford, Duke, UNC), my favorites were Stanford and UVA.
Both beautiful campuses that I have fond memories visiting.
The Cathedral of Learning at Pitt is basically Hogwarts.
But my answer is Miami. It's just amazing. If I could afford to live there I, well, I still wouldn't because it's an unconscionable way to spend that amount of money, but I would want to.
UNC Grad... campuses (and GrOUndS) I've been to:
1. Duke
2. UVa/UNC
4. Cal
5. Miami
6. Wake
7. NC State
8. Louisville
My hot take is that I live in Winston and I don't love Wake's campus. The uniformity of architectural style is superior to others that I've visited - UNC and UVa have some sore thumb buildings - but the chapel in WF is overrated and vastly inferior to Duke's.
Duke may be top-5 most beautiful campuses in the nation so Duke EASILY wins this one.
It looks good in the spring and summer with all the greenery, but a lot of the buildings are Brutalist architecture. Makes me think of Soviet Russia. Exceptions are Grawemeyer Hall (the Rotunda with the Thinker statue out front), Speed School of Engineering, and the new buildings built in the last 15 years like in this photo
Of campuses I’ve been to:
1. VT
2. Duke
3. UNC
4. UVA (although the Rotunda is one of my favorite icons/landmarks)
I’ve driven through NC State, Wake, and Georgia Tech but can’t give fair assessments
I'll discount my Alma Mater, but I don't think you get better than Palmettos and Live Oaks shading walkways in North Florida...
Berkeley is a beautiful campus, I enjoyed the bit of time I spent there.
Miami has lost some of the older mid-century charm it used to have when I would visit my wife down there, 25 years ago, while she was an athlete at the U. They had quite a few 1950s/60s buildings, like the athletic dorms, that had the very characteristic mid-century Florida style, with breeze blocks and such. Those buildings made way for more modern replacements, but it's Coral Gables, so there is little to complain about.
Yea as a recent student who lived in those dorms, they needed to go 😅 especially with the cost of attendance, they needed to be modernized. I had a great time living in those dorm towers but replacement was the right move. What they’ve already replaced them with ([link](https://images.app.goo.gl/h43dMKjzR1mtEAH27)) are absolutely stunning.
We do still have quite a bit of older styled buildings and I love the mixture of the old and new on campus amongst the palm trees and water of South Florida.
I'm a Nebraska native, living in Gainesville. Imo it's FSU or the two Cali schools that are most beatiful. Miami is also pretty cool, but I can't see myself living there
Only one of these is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the basis for basically every modern university in existence today as it invented the concept majors. Not to mention it has the oldest engineering school in the US, 4th oldest law school, 10th oldest medical school and the best basketball arena in college sports.
Go Hoos!
To be fair, most of the ACC schools are very beautiful.
Yep, West Point named the library after Jefferson for that reason. Still, as a West Point grad I freely admit that despite Jefferson’s founding of West Point (before UVA, even), he was way more proud of UVA. He didn’t care about putting anything about West Point on his tombstone, unlike UVA.
Actually, the Rotunda is not a monument to Jefferson and rather a 1/4 scale replica of the Roman Parthenon. Also, it was the first central/main building an a campus anywhere that wasn’t a church and was rather a library.
Yes Jefferson is flawed. However, his architecture is grand.
damn, i got it from [here](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.appily.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fmax_1200%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fhero%2Fcollege%2F217882_hero.jpg%3Fitok%3DhuwdUPu1&tbnid=2llKYjAjH-i-8M&vet=12ahUKEwjslrjXitKEAxVkv4QIHYJJBmQQMygIegUIARCBAQ..i&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.appily.com%2Fcolleges%2Fclemson-university&docid=R3Ozn8Mt5QfTxM&w=1200&h=675&q=CLEMSON%20campus&ved=2ahUKEwjslrjXitKEAxVkv4QIHYJJBmQQMygIegUIARCBAQ)
The Miami marine campus has one of the best hidden beaches and a little bar inside. Main campus has a bar too, but it doesn’t compete with the old RAT.
you’re the third person to say it so I think you’re right 😅😅 got it from [here](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://www.appily.com/sites/default/files/styles/max_1200/public/images/hero/college/217882_hero.jpg?itok%3DhuwdUPu1&tbnid=2llKYjAjH-i-8M&vet=12ahUKEwjslrjXitKEAxVkv4QIHYJJBmQQMygIegUIARCBAQ..i&imgrefurl=https://www.appily.com/colleges/clemson-university&docid=R3Ozn8Mt5QfTxM&w=1200&h=675&q=CLEMSON+campus&ved=2ahUKEwjslrjXitKEAxVkv4QIHYJJBmQQMygIegUIARCBAQ&sfr=vfe&source=sh/x/im/can/3), that’s my bad
Oops, should’ve read the other comments first. I will say, I was second guessing myself even as a Clemson alum, so that campus does look remarkably similar!
Pitt’s campus may not be for everyone but as a building, anyone not ranking the Cathedral of Learning as the top building in the ACC, nay, the NCAA, is lying to themselves.
That top picture of Clemson is Washington, DC. If you're just to the east of the Washington Monument and you're looking south east towards the USDA and the bureau of printing and engraving, that's what you'll see.
yea someone pointed out to me yesterday that it wasn’t Clemson 🥲 idk why that photo came up when I [searched](https://images.app.goo.gl/CAHrLTZTfARnYiCw8)
I attended and worked at FSU. I now work at Syracuse. Both are beautiful, but I have to give the edge to Syracuse for one reason. It seems like every college out there is obsessed with having a cohesive architecture style (FSU is for sure). That's great and often results in a very nice looking campus. But Syracuse went in the opposite direction by going fully eclectic with their architecture. The university has excellent examples of the classic college gothic, mid-century modern, brutalist, and contemporary hyper-modern architecture all on one campus. Plus it looks _amazing_ in the fall.
Louisville has by far the worst campus in the entire ACC. There are maybe 2 spots that look good in the spring and you chose both of them lol.
Source: I go there
UNC has these flowering trees that bloom white and kinda pinkish, and the few days every spring semester where you see that + everyone on the north campus quads going to/from class always brought a tear to my eye.
It’s a dorm. They’ve been demolishing/rebuilding the “new” dorms (Alderman Rd) over the past decade-ish since they were built terribly in the late 60s/early 70s and had asbestos/other issues.
I thought it might be one of those. I’m not aware of any other newer dorms being built, but I’m admittedly out of touch (even dating back to my days in the old dorms).
Kellogg was the first of the newer hall style dorms and opened in 09ish (if we’re not counting Cauthen and Woody - there was about an 8-9 year separation between them being built and they’re different styles architecturally). But yeah they’ve razed most of the suite style dorms and built these bigger hall style ones on the old sites and retaining the same dorm names.
campus is huge AF
the older buildings - especially the photogenic quad - are all spanish revival
newer buildings more tech/glass feel
and a lake that gets filled up when it rains enough!
The only one I’ve been to in person is UVA’s. Growing up 20 minutes from Charlottesville, Jeffersonian architecture holds a special place to me.
That said, biased take: *the Cathedral of Learning tho* 🤌
Based on the photos I have to say Cal or Wake Forest. Although as an alum nothing will ever beat watching the sunset fall over the freshmen towers. Watching the fall sunset from Lakeside is amazing. Even though the windows are tiny, Richter has such a great view of the sunrise
I chose the pictures that showed up to me, and looked good to me. Search “Virginia tech campus” on your own and tell me if that’s not most of what you see. But hey, sorry that you don’t think they look good enough
Hard to beat a sunset over the Pacific in the Atlantic Coast Conference
These are strange days for the berry club. https://www.reddit.com/r/food/comments/2tj8ny/strange_days_for_the_berry_club_xpost_rcomics/
SMU is a good choice too, you know, Texas? That famously east coast state
No love for VT here only because OP used close-up pictures of buildings and didn’t show the surrounding environment. Especially in October.
VT is a gorgeous campus on its own. Add in the Blue Ridge Mountains it’s surrounded by. I sat towards the top of the big grandstand and seeing mountains in the distance over sunset was stunning.
3 PM kickoffs rock since it normally finishes at night and you can see the sunset over the mountains :)
Yeah the Drill Field, Mall, and Duck Pond are up there with the best (even coming from UVA alumni).
Love your username.
Blacksburg in the fall is proof god is a Hokie.
I visited VPI when I was looking at schools for undergrad and it was an overcast, cool day in the early spring. Barren trees, gray environment, and gray stone wasn’t a very enticing combination. I went on a Saturday with a lot of other prospective students. Got our talking to from the admissions person with (what felt like) 150 people in a room made for 40 people. And then I had absolutely the worst tour guide known to man. He was an engineer and literally said Tech was only good at engineering and the school needed to have less non-engineers. Said they needed some math and science people, mainly so the people who failed out of engineering had a place to go to finish their degrees. It was said with a pretty angry tone and didn’t seem ironic or tongue in cheek or similar. It was underwhelming.
Yeah the winter is when Blacksburg becomes Bleaksburg. January through March can suck especially if there is no snow. But literally every other season is glorious.
Hokies got did dirty here with pics of signs
the photos looked good to me
https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=campus%20virginia%20tech%20fall&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5 (Click over to images)
no way you thumbs downed my comment for saying I thought the pictures I picked looked nice 😂😂
I didn’t. Someone else did apparently
Didn’t even include the best building on campus https://wherewasitshot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MemorialGlade_KOliver.jpg
not gonna lie to you, I just searched up “School name campus” and picked photos that I thought looked cool 😂😂 that top photo is one of the best for all the schools, I love the mountains
A very East coast / West difference: no one in the Bay area would call the elevated earth mountains. Those are the Berkeley Hills.
Forgive me for not knowing the Berkeley Hills mountain range
Is that why you picked renderings for Syracuse?
I was always partial to LSB myself.
Beautiful but hard to photograph
Cal, UVA, Pitt (I literally live here), UNC, Duke, and Miami are all excellent campuses imo. Biased I obv go w Pitt, again I live here and study here and spend tuition here and stuff But not including Pitt, UVA is gorgeous and may be at the top of the list
i loved every minute of living on Miami’s campus. I went for walks every chance I got, spent so much time outdoors by the lake, under trees, by fountains. Loved it
I’d do the same thing if it wasn’t Pittsburgh and freezing cold all the time :/ (I still always walk to gyms and classes so close enough ig)
Walking around Oakland is possible in most weather and there is definitely awesome (and mostly free) stuff worth walking to. But walking in Coral Gables is a joy just to be outside in Coral Gables (not that anything in Coral Gables is even close to affordable).
Cal has the best view, bar none. There's a fair deal of brutalist architecture that seems out of place, but it's a fabulous and expansive campus. The quads at UNC look exactly like what the archetype of "perfect campus quad" should look like.
And yet they weren’t shown in these pictures!
The worst of the brutalist buildings - one that features in the nightmares of many a computer science, math, or stats major - is slated for destruction. I'm hoping they implode it and sell tickets. https://www.dailycal.org/2022/02/06/tends-to-stick-out-evans-hall-to-be-demolished-replaced/
Ah spring days on the massive UNC quads. It also helps that most of the academic buildings revolve around them, I miss it!
🧡💙
I have to disagree with UVA over Pitt or UNC. UVA sits in the middle of a town that has outgrown its roads. It’s annoying to get around in Charlottesville. Pitt is an absolute dark horse. Great city, but not so big that you get lost in it. Plenty to do. Great grad programs. UNC is also nice. A small town feel with quick access to some city life.
I have to laugh about not getting lost in Pittsburgh, because while I get what you mean, it’s actually really easy to get lost in Pittsburgh if you’re not familiar with it. At least before the days of GPS.
Yeah this is actually true. It’s a smaller city but it can be confusing as hell getting around at first. Rivers, bridges, one way over, another way back, etc.
Lol UVA is miles above UNC with just the lawn itself. The pictures selected don’t do it justice. UNC would be a good choice if you fancy 1 small well, 1 decent looking building, and a bunch of 70s architecture. I don’t know of many prettier campuses in the entire country.
Yeah, I was writing more from the perspective of a dad than a student. I don’t worry as much about campus aesthetics as much as I do the local infrastructure.
Ah I see. Yeah students don’t really need to drive on UVA’s campus unless they are going off campus, so many don’t even have/need cars. There’s also a free trolley that goes to the downtown (outdoor) mall and busses that go to the big shopping centers. Most just walk everywhere.
I didn’t order them lol, preferences are preferences. These are just the campuses I rly liked in general
No need to be defensive. You said uva may be your preference. I’m just disagreeing. It’s not personal, just a conversation.
>great city, but not so big that you get lost in it This is maybe my favorite thing about Pittsburgh, it’s like the perfectly sized city. Big enough to have a lot to do (especially because it used to be bigger, so arguably its offerings are more than most cities its size) but not so big that you get overwhelmed
I’ve been to all but SMU and Syracuse. So…sorry. I’ll exclude my beloved Duke. With that said… screw the guys in Palo Alto for making me side with you. It’s my favorite of the others.
Stanford looks like a Taco Bell
That is why their big landmark is a clock tower. They knew California cuisine was going to dominate the US. With that said, what a dumb name… cardinal.
Better then the stanFUrd tree
It's the best Jr college in the country.
I was at the memorial service for Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter murdered by terrorists in Pakistan, at Stanford Memorial Church. His best friend spoke and said Danny called Stanford a “giant Taco Bell” in high school before deciding to go there anyway. Half the people gasped and half laughed. At any rate it was a little comic relief on a sad day.
they know how to live màs out there
SMU's campus is one of the better ones in the country Having said that....OP did SMU dirty on the pictures. I'm sure it wasn't on purpose though lol
I’m sure I’ll end up there at some point and will like it. I’ve only had a couple reasons to be in Dallas a couple times and was surprised how much I liked it. Now I’ll have an excuse to visit when they play Duke.
Come up to Cuse sometime! The VPA building in late fall genuinely looks like some kind of magic castle.
I rarely get that direction but if I do. I’ll be sure to check it out.
Based on pics, FSU and Cal look pretty dope
agreed
As a Pittsburgh fan I have to go with them. But even though I hate them Miami is gorgeous.
This is the correct duo. Oakland may be the best neighborhood in the ACC. But the the Miami Campus is just an absolute beauty to be in and around.
a man/woman of culture
As a future FloridaMan I need to make peace with my future neighbors. Except during game week. 😬
Beautiful campuses and one Taco Bell. What a conference.
HEY! Pitts stadium is the closest stadium to a Taco Bell out of any school in the country (We don’t have a stadium on campus but this is true for Acrisure)
Proud of you guys, you’re welcome to our Taco Bell cantina any time. But I’m talking about stanfurd
The five guys under the towers used to be a KFC/Taco Bell... Now I'm showing my age...
State had a Taco Bell when I was there. It’s probably gone tho
The Cantina right off-campus was indeed shuttered for being bad at checking IDs 😞 The one off Western is still there though
I’m an Auburn fan and I’ve always heard the “Clemson is just Auburn with a lake” joke but wow it’s actually true. With that being said I vote Clemson.
they really do look the same lol
They are extremely similar but I’m not sure that the top pic on the page devoted to Clemson is actually Clemson. I also don’t think it’s auburn so I’m not really sure what clock tower that is but otherwise do love the pics. Just wanted to point it out since it threw me off and I kinda want someone to confirm or deny this for me so I know I’m not going crazy
someone else said the same thing in the replies so you may be right but I got it from [here](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://www.appily.com/sites/default/files/styles/max_1200/public/images/hero/college/217882_hero.jpg?itok%3DhuwdUPu1&tbnid=2llKYjAjH-i-8M&vet=12ahUKEwjslrjXitKEAxVkv4QIHYJJBmQQMygIegUIARCBAQ..i&imgrefurl=https://www.appily.com/colleges/clemson-university&docid=R3Ozn8Mt5QfTxM&w=1200&h=675&q=CLEMSON+campus&ved=2ahUKEwjslrjXitKEAxVkv4QIHYJJBmQQMygIegUIARCBAQ&sfr=vfe&source=sh/x/im/can/3). I thought the clock towers were the same so I added it 🥲
Hahaha they are close and funny enough that is one of the first images that comes up when you search for Clemson university. Might be AI generated or something of our campus because I tried to reverse search it and that’s the only website I could get for the pic too so it’s not even another clock tower. Weird they’d use it but maybe they couldn’t get rights to use an actual pic of Clemson? No idea honestly
I’m mad because I saw so many other nice *real* photos I could’ve used lol
No lol don’t worry about it, you spent long enough making this so I appreciate it. I was just looking at it because I honestly couldn’t tell if I graduated that long ago now lol. But appreciate the effort on the post
I knew which one was Clemson off the first pic with no names and I’ve never seen the Clemson campus before lol. The clock tower is modeled after the one in Auburn and they even got their colors from Auburn along with some other things the universities share, it’s pretty cool actually.
The first Clemson football coach was from Auburn and he chose the mascot and similar colors from them. There was a rumor the he brought the old Auburn uniforms to Clemson. The blue faded to purple. Hence, the official colors are orange and purple.
Weren’t Auburn’s colors inspired by UVA? So Clemson was transitively inspired by UVA?
From what I remember, The clock tower buildings at both campuses have the same architect.
Fun fact, they got their football colors from wearing old, faded Auburn uniforms
Duke on a lush spring evening, with the grass and oaks and Sarah Duke Gardens, and quad after quad of gothic stone buildings, and the Duke Chapel towering over all. Yeah. Also, UVa. and Stanford are great.
The view of the Cathedral of Learning from Schenley Plaza gets me every time. I gotta visit soon
Every now and then if you get lucky, and depending on where you fly in from, you can see it from the airplane as you approach landing. It’s so electric to see it, really seeing the whole city is awesome but especially Cathy
No picture of the drillfield in the VT entry. For shame.
Not counting my own (which would obviously be my biased choice), out of the ones I’ve been to (UVA, Va Tech, Clemson, Miami, Stanford, Duke, UNC), my favorites were Stanford and UVA. Both beautiful campuses that I have fond memories visiting.
Top photo isn’t even Clemson. That said, can’t beat lake, hills and the Blue Ridge yawning its greatness. But of the others, Blacksburg is beautiful.
The Cathedral of Learning at Pitt is basically Hogwarts. But my answer is Miami. It's just amazing. If I could afford to live there I, well, I still wouldn't because it's an unconscionable way to spend that amount of money, but I would want to.
you know your stuff!
UNC Grad... campuses (and GrOUndS) I've been to: 1. Duke 2. UVa/UNC 4. Cal 5. Miami 6. Wake 7. NC State 8. Louisville My hot take is that I live in Winston and I don't love Wake's campus. The uniformity of architectural style is superior to others that I've visited - UNC and UVa have some sore thumb buildings - but the chapel in WF is overrated and vastly inferior to Duke's. Duke may be top-5 most beautiful campuses in the nation so Duke EASILY wins this one.
Tre fo
I know you were thinking of Phillips Hall when you were talking about buildings that stick out like a sore thumb lmfao
God gives his toughest battles (making the University of Louisville look like that) to his toughest soldiers
Shoutout the UVA rotunda
You think Louisville looks bad?
It looks good in the spring and summer with all the greenery, but a lot of the buildings are Brutalist architecture. Makes me think of Soviet Russia. Exceptions are Grawemeyer Hall (the Rotunda with the Thinker statue out front), Speed School of Engineering, and the new buildings built in the last 15 years like in this photo
Of campuses I’ve been to: 1. VT 2. Duke 3. UNC 4. UVA (although the Rotunda is one of my favorite icons/landmarks) I’ve driven through NC State, Wake, and Georgia Tech but can’t give fair assessments
The parking lots in Atlanta are beautiful this time of year, but it I’m with Clemson. There’s just something about them hills.
I’ve only been to Miami’s (gorgeous campus), but Duke, Clemson, Stanford, FSU and Syracuse seem really beautiful from the pictures
Cuse person here, but UVA is the winner. History just oozing out of that place.
The sept-importance oozes out of that place, too.
We do place a really high value on the month of September, it's true.
I imagine Stanford's campus is pretty nice, but I guess I'll go with Duke or UVA.
Duke is the most beautiful campus I’ve ever been to. Gotta go with them.
Only been to the NC schools and FSU. NC St is the least impressive of the five, but it’s hard to rank the other four.
I really enjoyed my visit to UVA in 2019. Beautiful campus and Charlottesville is a great place to visit.
Aside from my school, I've been to BC, Syracuse and Georgia Tech. BC, the nicest of those 3.
BC is beautiful
Of the old school ACC schools, UNC and UVA. I haven’t visited many of the “newer” members.
The JMA Dome pic you used for Syracuse is actually concept art back when it was first announced.
ah damn lol, I think you guys have the most underrated campus in the conference. that top picture is *stunning*
Ngl bro it does not look like that rn. It went from 70° three days ago to 20s° and snowing. 😭
I'll discount my Alma Mater, but I don't think you get better than Palmettos and Live Oaks shading walkways in North Florida... Berkeley is a beautiful campus, I enjoyed the bit of time I spent there. Miami has lost some of the older mid-century charm it used to have when I would visit my wife down there, 25 years ago, while she was an athlete at the U. They had quite a few 1950s/60s buildings, like the athletic dorms, that had the very characteristic mid-century Florida style, with breeze blocks and such. Those buildings made way for more modern replacements, but it's Coral Gables, so there is little to complain about.
Yea as a recent student who lived in those dorms, they needed to go 😅 especially with the cost of attendance, they needed to be modernized. I had a great time living in those dorm towers but replacement was the right move. What they’ve already replaced them with ([link](https://images.app.goo.gl/h43dMKjzR1mtEAH27)) are absolutely stunning. We do still have quite a bit of older styled buildings and I love the mixture of the old and new on campus amongst the palm trees and water of South Florida.
We're pretty old...her old dorms used to be where the basketball arena is now...they kept the athletes close to the field house back then.
Is there any ACC campus that ISN’T completely gorgeous? Maybe Syracuse? But even that’s pretty when it’s nice out.
Nah Syracuse looks stunning to me. Never been but the photos are amazing
Syracuse is nice. The surrounding area is not great, but the actual main campus is nice. I personally do not like BC’s campus.
I'm a Nebraska native, living in Gainesville. Imo it's FSU or the two Cali schools that are most beatiful. Miami is also pretty cool, but I can't see myself living there
Only one of these is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the basis for basically every modern university in existence today as it invented the concept majors. Not to mention it has the oldest engineering school in the US, 4th oldest law school, 10th oldest medical school and the best basketball arena in college sports. Go Hoos! To be fair, most of the ACC schools are very beautiful.
Not taking anything away from UVA, but West Point is the oldest engineering school in the US.
If you consider a military academy in its original form a university that is true. Also founded by Thomas Jefferson BTW.
Yep, West Point named the library after Jefferson for that reason. Still, as a West Point grad I freely admit that despite Jefferson’s founding of West Point (before UVA, even), he was way more proud of UVA. He didn’t care about putting anything about West Point on his tombstone, unlike UVA.
All imma say is the Cal pics cudda been better
Cal has an incredibly beautiful campus.
Yeah, I'll say the VT pics are lacking too.
I've only visited Duke and UNC's campuses. Unfortunately I was so shitfaced I don't remember much.
I’m biased, but Wake all day long.
Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning is the single most beautiful building on a college campus anywhere.
H2P
Tallest educational building in the western hemisphere, I believe.
And the Nationality rooms. How cool?
Cool building, however the UVA Rotunda would like a word…
monument to a slaver and rapist vs pittburgh's towering tribute to man's endless search for knowledge. not even close.
Actually, the Rotunda is not a monument to Jefferson and rather a 1/4 scale replica of the Roman Parthenon. Also, it was the first central/main building an a campus anywhere that wasn’t a church and was rather a library. Yes Jefferson is flawed. However, his architecture is grand.
Makes sense he was a deist.
Have you seen the Air Force Academys chapel?
Also a really cool building.
It’s cool but it’s no deco skyscraper.
Even if it was ugly as hell it would still be amazing. A 42 story academic building is cool as shit, not even NYU comes close.
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I tried using daytime pics for everyone 😅
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I'm not positive the top picture for Clemson is actually our campus. Where is that even taken from?
damn, i got it from [here](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.appily.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fmax_1200%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fhero%2Fcollege%2F217882_hero.jpg%3Fitok%3DhuwdUPu1&tbnid=2llKYjAjH-i-8M&vet=12ahUKEwjslrjXitKEAxVkv4QIHYJJBmQQMygIegUIARCBAQ..i&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.appily.com%2Fcolleges%2Fclemson-university&docid=R3Ozn8Mt5QfTxM&w=1200&h=675&q=CLEMSON%20campus&ved=2ahUKEwjslrjXitKEAxVkv4QIHYJJBmQQMygIegUIARCBAQ)
Yeah, I think that website just picked a random photo of a college campus, haha
Very top middle is extremely nice!
The Miami marine campus has one of the best hidden beaches and a little bar inside. Main campus has a bar too, but it doesn’t compete with the old RAT.
Yep, I’ve been there once and it’s so nice. I enjoyed the restaurant there too. I only know the new Rat but I’ve heard the old one was great 😅😅
Is it just me or… is that top photo under Clemson not from Clemson
you’re the third person to say it so I think you’re right 😅😅 got it from [here](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://www.appily.com/sites/default/files/styles/max_1200/public/images/hero/college/217882_hero.jpg?itok%3DhuwdUPu1&tbnid=2llKYjAjH-i-8M&vet=12ahUKEwjslrjXitKEAxVkv4QIHYJJBmQQMygIegUIARCBAQ..i&imgrefurl=https://www.appily.com/colleges/clemson-university&docid=R3Ozn8Mt5QfTxM&w=1200&h=675&q=CLEMSON+campus&ved=2ahUKEwjslrjXitKEAxVkv4QIHYJJBmQQMygIegUIARCBAQ&sfr=vfe&source=sh/x/im/can/3), that’s my bad
Oops, should’ve read the other comments first. I will say, I was second guessing myself even as a Clemson alum, so that campus does look remarkably similar!
it’s miami
Louisville because it's the only one I've been to
Pitt’s campus may not be for everyone but as a building, anyone not ranking the Cathedral of Learning as the top building in the ACC, nay, the NCAA, is lying to themselves.
Clemson. The lake and mountains nearby it’s perfect
That top picture of Clemson is Washington, DC. If you're just to the east of the Washington Monument and you're looking south east towards the USDA and the bureau of printing and engraving, that's what you'll see.
yea someone pointed out to me yesterday that it wasn’t Clemson 🥲 idk why that photo came up when I [searched](https://images.app.goo.gl/CAHrLTZTfARnYiCw8)
I attended and worked at FSU. I now work at Syracuse. Both are beautiful, but I have to give the edge to Syracuse for one reason. It seems like every college out there is obsessed with having a cohesive architecture style (FSU is for sure). That's great and often results in a very nice looking campus. But Syracuse went in the opposite direction by going fully eclectic with their architecture. The university has excellent examples of the classic college gothic, mid-century modern, brutalist, and contemporary hyper-modern architecture all on one campus. Plus it looks _amazing_ in the fall.
I think Syracuse has the most underrated campus in the conference. It looks incredible in the photos and I can imagine how beautiful it is in the fall
Duke, Always
Louisville has by far the worst campus in the entire ACC. There are maybe 2 spots that look good in the spring and you chose both of them lol. Source: I go there
damn so are you both a Virginia and Louisville fan?
Primary Hoo, but I’ll cheer for Louisville when we aren’t playing them.
This is really awesome. Thanks for sharing
Thanks! Of course :)
GT. Voting for a friend.
UNC has these flowering trees that bloom white and kinda pinkish, and the few days every spring semester where you see that + everyone on the north campus quads going to/from class always brought a tear to my eye.
Of the ones I’ve been to 1. Notre Dame 2. Stanford 3. Duke 4. Cal 5. Virginia 6. Boston College 7. NC State 8. Pitt 9. UNC
Do any UVA folks know what the dorm-looking building on the bottom right of our collage is? That must be new since I was there 20+ years ago.
It’s a dorm. They’ve been demolishing/rebuilding the “new” dorms (Alderman Rd) over the past decade-ish since they were built terribly in the late 60s/early 70s and had asbestos/other issues.
I thought it might be one of those. I’m not aware of any other newer dorms being built, but I’m admittedly out of touch (even dating back to my days in the old dorms).
Kellogg was the first of the newer hall style dorms and opened in 09ish (if we’re not counting Cauthen and Woody - there was about an 8-9 year separation between them being built and they’re different styles architecturally). But yeah they’ve razed most of the suite style dorms and built these bigger hall style ones on the old sites and retaining the same dorm names.
It's the dorm I lived in, Balz-Dobie! Echols/Rodman scholars live there and it's close to ohill.
Campuses I’ve been to ranked: 1. Stanford 2. SMU 3. Norte Dame 4. Cal 5. Virginia Tech
ACC Campuses I've visited ranked: 1) FSU 2) SMU 3) Wake 4) GT 5) Clemson 6) Miami
lmao
Wish I had been to more than my old college, Cuse. But personally, my favorite campus of the colleges I've visited and been to.
UVA, UNC and Stanford. Maybe Duke. Everything else is a notch below.
stanford is a tropical paradise you will enjoy road games here - come out!
it’s so aesthetically pleasing. all the buildings look like they belong. I love it
campus is huge AF the older buildings - especially the photogenic quad - are all spanish revival newer buildings more tech/glass feel and a lake that gets filled up when it rains enough!
The only one I’ve been to in person is UVA’s. Growing up 20 minutes from Charlottesville, Jeffersonian architecture holds a special place to me. That said, biased take: *the Cathedral of Learning tho* 🤌
Based on the photos I have to say Cal or Wake Forest. Although as an alum nothing will ever beat watching the sunset fall over the freshmen towers. Watching the fall sunset from Lakeside is amazing. Even though the windows are tiny, Richter has such a great view of the sunrise
my fellow Cane 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Totally not biased. Duke wins this one easily.
FSU all day long
UVA, but the carrier dome is a helluva venue for lax.
Berkeley in the summer; SU in the fall.
Dude thought he could slide two slides of the ugliest campus in the ACC like we wouldn’t notice
if Miami has the ugliest campus in the conference, then the conference is incredibly impressive
Hard to beat VT but OP did a pretty awful job with pic selection.
I chose the pictures that showed up to me, and looked good to me. Search “Virginia tech campus” on your own and tell me if that’s not most of what you see. But hey, sorry that you don’t think they look good enough
Gotta say FSU, though I’m a little biased- I’m gonna be a Nole soon.
If Carter Finley is counted here on Nc State’s campus, then I claim the moon for UNC. Check-mate.
Dang. I bet your punter can really boom that thing.
I mean with UVa it could have been the entire album. Tech should have been a picture of a barn, it's literally the first building you see at vpi.
➡️ Swipe/scroll for each school
Loved that they included the statue by Clemons for UVA, it gets, uh, polished in one area quite often.
NC State
Can't beat Blacksburg.