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re: Most beautiful college campuses in the South
Posted on 2/4/15 at 7:16 am to DorchesterGamecock
Posted on 2/4/15 at 7:16 am to DorchesterGamecock
From an outsiders perspective : Clemson is blah, much like Auburn. South Carolina at least has the really cool quad-like area, though the rest of it is kind of blah as well. I didn't think either was really all that much fun as a place to go out, but Five Points was better than the 3 bars Clemson has.
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Posted on 2/4/15 at 7:41 am to SummerOfGeorge
UT ugly.
It has some really cool parts, particularly the hill, but a lot of the buildings have a soviet bloc architecture feel to them. However, the campus is in the midst of a 15 year renovation/rebuild which will really help. I wish they kept the traditional style but they're going with a more modern looking style to blend the old and the new parts of the campus together. It'll look good, but I prefer the traditional look better.
As for things to do, knoxville has a ton. The mountains are close, the strip is good for Most nights out, and the downtown is actually pretty damn cool, but it's a little bit of an older crowd. Knoxville benefits from being more of a city than a college town in the stuff-to-do department.
It has some really cool parts, particularly the hill, but a lot of the buildings have a soviet bloc architecture feel to them. However, the campus is in the midst of a 15 year renovation/rebuild which will really help. I wish they kept the traditional style but they're going with a more modern looking style to blend the old and the new parts of the campus together. It'll look good, but I prefer the traditional look better.
As for things to do, knoxville has a ton. The mountains are close, the strip is good for Most nights out, and the downtown is actually pretty damn cool, but it's a little bit of an older crowd. Knoxville benefits from being more of a city than a college town in the stuff-to-do department.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 7:46 am to VFL1800FPD
Yea, UTK is pretty bad. But to be fair, UTK folks don't try and pretend their campus is something it isn't. And Knoxville is a pretty solid mid-sized city. Downtown is cool and they have some awesome music venues.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 8:23 am to StopRobot
Lived in Nashville for a few years right next to Vandy's campus. Dated a girl who lived on campus. I never got what the big deal was. Some of the buildings are cool, but as a whole its not that great looking of a campus.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 8:26 am to StopRobot
This list is shite without UGA
Posted on 2/4/15 at 8:34 am to StopRobot
Not legit. No Mizzou.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 8:47 am to Henry Jones Jr
I hate to disagree with this list but even though I think Bama's campus is beautiful, UNC Chapel Hills is better. Bama's has only gotten worse recently because of all the trees they have removed.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 8:51 am to High Diving Horses
You're absolutely blind if you think there isn't more to do in Columbia than Clemson. That's bull shite and you're a clear homer.
Clemson is boring as frick. The parties there fricking suck and there is like one street in Clemson to do anything on. Columbia as a variety to choose from on each street, plus the campus.
Clemson is boring as frick. The parties there fricking suck and there is like one street in Clemson to do anything on. Columbia as a variety to choose from on each street, plus the campus.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 9:28 am to StopRobot
Concludes UVA as number 1, and doesn't include my alma mater?
LOL
LOL
Posted on 2/4/15 at 11:40 am to bamafan1001
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Posted on 2/4/15 at 4:38 pm to bamafan1001
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Bama's has only gotten worse recently because of all the trees they have removed.
Shut your whore mouth, you goddam tree-hugging liberal hippie.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 4:56 pm to StopRobot
UF wouldn't make the list of most beautiful campuses but certainly would before FSU. Their campus is tiny and dumpy in a lot of places. UF is dumpy in a lot of places too, but is also very nice in others. The campus is huge by comparison, with an on-campus lake, trails, ponds, bell tower, nature preservation areas, etc. The historical buildings are very nice. FSU is just a bunch of buildings crammed together, some of them nice.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 5:03 pm to VFL1800FPD
quote:aTm uglier. Worst SEC campus by far. It's like you're in a drier, hotter, treeless part of the Soviet Union.
UT ugly.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 5:17 pm to BayouBengals03
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I would definitely put Alabama's over Ole Miss and LSU.
I wouldn't.
Alabama's campus is ok, but it looks like you'd expect any southern campus would. Ole Miss is boring except for the Lyceum. The rest is red brick, white columns, and lots of pine trees.
LSU has the classic southern style mixed with the Italian Renaissance architecture. It has beautiful formal flower gardens, and nobody can touch the beauty of the massive oak trees all over campus.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 5:30 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
Alabama, Ole Miss and UGA have the best campuses in the SEC. Choosing the "best" is really just a matter of preference.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 5:34 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
LSU needs to knock own that brutalist building in its quad.
Arkansas never stuck with a style or even a color scheme. They've divided the campus into quadrants by materials, but we have a red/orange brick area, a limestone area, and a buff brick area, and the athletic complexes have their own scheme as well.
It is disjointed. The administration doesn't seem to give a shite about it. The beauty of our campus is the mountain views and Old Main lawn, mainly.
Arkansas never stuck with a style or even a color scheme. They've divided the campus into quadrants by materials, but we have a red/orange brick area, a limestone area, and a buff brick area, and the athletic complexes have their own scheme as well.
It is disjointed. The administration doesn't seem to give a shite about it. The beauty of our campus is the mountain views and Old Main lawn, mainly.
This post was edited on 2/4/15 at 5:35 pm
Posted on 2/4/15 at 5:54 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Clemson is incredibly average. I honestly don't get why anyone not already connected to that place via genealogy would list it as their first choice for school.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 6:22 pm to Gary Busey
You crazy if you think Cola some kind of paradise. Most undergrads are under 21 so the bar thing is somewhat irrelevant, and Anderson, Seneca, and Greenvllle all have bars.
Posted on 2/4/15 at 6:23 pm to tylerdurden24
I'm not a big fan of Georgia's campus and Athens seems like a mill town.
UGA didn't even have a engineering program until recently, which is lame for a large state school.
UGA didn't even have a engineering program until recently, which is lame for a large state school.
This post was edited on 2/4/15 at 6:23 pm
Posted on 2/4/15 at 6:23 pm to Korin
I would love to visit some of these. I've been to 3 of them and all are very beautiful! UVA looks amazing.
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