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If all the stuff surrounding the trees is disgusting, doesn’t that say something about the college? You decide for yourself.
cyrusabdollahi said:This guy put my school at number 20?
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=138377
He can kiss my ass, and learn to post real pictures of the places he criticizes.
Dartmouth is gorgeous, and the whole region around Lebanon is quite scenic. My old alma mater (University of Maine at Orono) featured a lot of rectangular brick buildings, but the facades, the ivies, the gardens, the greens, and the trees made it beautiful. The organist in my band was a horticulture major, and he was responsible for the maintenance of the university's green house, where his apartment was located. I worked on the grounds crew one summer, and after mowing for a couple of weeks, I got transferred to the small crew responsible for planting ornamentals and flowers around the buildings, and we'd trim or rotate out older plants, plant ground-covers, etc. If Maine had a year-round gardening climate, I would still be doing that kind of work. It was very satisfying. The on-line virtual tour of UMO does not adequately convey how pretty the campus is. As you walk along the quad, the library and the trees dominate the view, and the student union comes into play, but as you approach or walk alongside these buildings (and all the others!) the plantings dominate. Since UMO was a land-grant college, there is a nice agricultural program and a tendency to keep the place nicely landscaped. Of course, since we are in Maine, the short growing season offer summer-students, fall returns and visitors during those seasons the prettiest surroundings.Evo said:My ex-husband left Yale to attend Dartmouth because he liked the Dartmouth campus better and liked the party atmosphere.
turbo-1 said:Gotta say BobG, that campus should have made the list. Taste? Ah, not so much...
cyrusabdollahi said:This guy put my school at number 20?
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=138377
He can kiss my ass, and learn to post real pictures of the places he criticizes.
BobG said:Not to mention the mutant blue trees.
cyrusabdollahi said:I like those blue trees, and the building. They go well together.
BryanP said:Er, my school is on neither of those lists... :(
Office_Shredder said:Considering there are only 39 colleges in the US :tongue:
BobG said:Not to mention the mutant blue trees.
Don't leave out the Camden campus. It missed the ugly list because it is way too bland to be considered ugly. But Camden is not so boring as all that. It just seems that way because it is next to that Baghdad on the Delaware, Philadelphia.Moonbear said:And, perhaps if he spent a little more time at Rutgers, he'd know that there's more to it than just that downtown campus...a LOT more to it. That is the ugliest of the campuses, but the other FOUR campuses are gorgeous, and each has a different style. There's the open lawns, forests and trees on the Douglass and Cook campuses, the more modern architecture and "high tech" feel of the Busch Campus, and even an ecological preserve on the Livingston Campus.
dimensionless said:There are a lot of things to consider when choosing a college. For me, this would not rank as a high priority.
BobG said:They missed the https://www.uakron.edu/pages/nll/Quaker_Square_Inn.php [Broken]. Yes, those are renovated Quaker Oats grain silos that serve as the new dorms.:rofl:
Not to mention the mutant blue trees.
undrcvrbro said:Wow, I know I'm going to get slack for bringing up such an old post, but BobG's pessimism and lack of hometown pride is sickening.
I'm not from Akron, but I go to school there now. Bob, no doubt, probably remembers the big ugly commuter campus it used to be. Now, it has over 10,000 students from out of town who call UA home. The school has also invested over $300 million into campus and renovated tons of buildings(new on campus football stadium). I visited OSU and Akron's campus when I was a high school junior, and there is no comparison. There's a reason I chose UA over the bucks.
Bob, please, show some pride for you're hometown. And if you're just going to badmouth the local U, then at least make true statements.
Sorry admins, scold me if needed, but reading this thread and just doing nothing would be like pulling teeth!
undrcvrbro said:Wow, I know I'm going to get slack for bringing up such an old post,
but BobG's pessimism and lack of hometown pride is sickening.
cristo said:Some slack? No, quite the opposite: Reviving threads over two years old is generally frowned upon.
Yes, thank you. Next time I'll think twice before responding, especially given the little amount of sleep I've gotten lately.I think he meant "flak".
A list like that that doesn't include MIT is hard to take seriously.
Sorry, maybe I should clarify. I just searched "Akron" to see what would come up(study break). Multiple times I found BobG badmouthing what appeared to be his hometown of Akron. I didn't mind that. There's a reason he left the area, and that's not my business. But when he went out of his way to portray the university in a bad light I had to say something."Hometown pride" and "pessimism"? What are you talking about? What's pessimistic about saying that a certain university should have made the ugliest university list?
undrcvrbro said:Wow, I know I'm going to get slack for bringing up such an old post, but BobG's pessimism and lack of hometown pride is sickening.
I'm not from Akron, but I go to school there now. Bob, no doubt, probably remembers the big ugly commuter campus it used to be. Now, it has over 10,000 students from out of town who call UA home. The school has also invested over $300 million into campus and renovated tons of buildings(new on campus football stadium). I visited OSU and Akron's campus when I was a high school junior, and there is no comparison. There's a reason I chose UA over the bucks.
Bob, please, show some pride for you're hometown. And if you're just going to badmouth the local U, then at least make true statements.
Sorry admins, scold me if needed, but reading this thread and just doing nothing would be like pulling teeth!
The criteria used to determine the "ugliest" colleges in the USA were based on a combination of factors such as architectural design, campus layout, and overall aesthetic appeal.
The research and list of the "ugliest" colleges were conducted and created by a team of researchers and data analysts at a reputable organization specializing in college rankings and evaluations.
While these colleges may have been deemed "ugliest" based on certain criteria, it is important to note that beauty is subjective and these colleges may have other positive aspects such as academic programs, campus community, and extracurricular opportunities.
Yes, these colleges can certainly improve their ranking in the future by making changes to their campus design and infrastructure. However, it is important to remember that the ranking is based on subjective criteria and may not necessarily reflect the overall quality of the college.
Students and faculty at these "ugliest" colleges should not take this ranking to heart and instead focus on the positive aspects of their college. They can also use this as an opportunity to work towards improving the campus design and overall aesthetic appeal of their college.