California's University of San Diego?

California's University of San Diego?

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Rice's urban Houston speech should not be taken as gospel. Encircled by a double row of stately oaks, this area is a prelude to the 300 acres of lush campus that lies ahead, which will be split into quadrangles and home to thousands of elms, hickories, maples, and other trees. The oldest structures, such as the remarkable Lovett Hall, have arched corridors and rose-colored brick, which are characteristics of medieval southern European architecture.

Aspiring Cornell campus designers intended to build a large quadrangle over the spectacular Finger Lakes' longest, Cayuga Lake. The initial concept changed, and the lovely location can dordle now house modern buildings like Rem Koolhaas' Milstein Hall and the Johnson Museum of Art, built by I. M. Pei, as well as old ones like McGraw Tower. The Cascadilla Gorge, which spans more than 400 feet from Cornell's campus to downtown Ithaca and has eight waterfalls, never fails to excite prospective students and their parents.

Tennessee's University of the South

This 13,000-acre rural campus on the Cumberland Plateau, with views of the Tennessee Valley, has stunning settings, including a creek that meanders through the campus, a forest, and lakeshore cliffs. The university's design is influenced by Gothic architecture. It blooms with tulips, hyacinths, and daffodils in the spring. The University Church at Oxford and Notre Dame in Paris serve as inspiration for the All Saints' Chapel. Take in a show at the Tennessee Williams Center, located on campus, which bears the name of the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist who bequeathed Sewanee his estate.

The striking Collegiate Gothic Suzzallo Library at the University of Washington's Seattle campus has lavishly gilded vaulted ceilings that rise 65 feet in the air, as well as 35-foot-high stained glass windows. However, in the spring, the 29 Yoshino cherry trees in the quad steal the show with their exquisite pink petals blooming against the red-brick structures. A fantastic location to see Mount Rainier covered in snow is the Drumheller Fountain.

New Jersey's Princeton University

Princeton's graystone structures, such as Cleveland Tower and University Chapel, are magnificent examples of Collegiate Gothic architecture. But the splendor of the 500-acre property is not limited to their walls. There are courtyards, charming little green spaces, and winding walkways all across the campus. Not only is Nassau Hall, a magnificent edifice covered in ivy, the oldest building on campus, it was formerly home to the Continental Congress.

One of the most picturesque campus walks in the nation can be found at Kenyon, situated on a hilltop in the small town of Gambier. The Middle Path, which is 10 feet wide and runs the whole length of the college and into town, is shaded by enormous trees that turn a flaming orange in the autumn. Steer out from the walkway to see Kenyon's Greek Revival Rosse Hall with its graceful columns and the castle-like Victorian Gothic Ascension Hall.