University of Miami with Merit money vs. UVA

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Well it should satisfy the pp who expressed concern with the “geography” of UM’s campus. Oh dear.

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Are there any other options? Did your DD apply private schools too? If DD did, I think you'd better wait for the results.AS for me, $40,000-$60,000 /year for public universities as OOS student doesn't sound like a good option.

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My son was in somewhat the same boat-- choosing between a full ride at Miami and an Ivy with no merit aid. We liked Miami, but my son just could not turn down an ivy after working so hard in high school. This is his third year in college and he already has a job lined up. But he may go to graduate school instead. The resources he has accessed at his ivy are truly incredible. They offer many paid internships and fellowships. He has done research overseas twice paid by school grants. So we are pleased with his choice. I am sure he would have been very successful at Miami too, but he is very happy with his choice.

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Anonymous wrote:My son was in somewhat the same boat-- choosing between a full ride at Miami and an Ivy with no merit aid. We liked Miami, but my son just could not turn down an ivy after working so hard in high school. This is his third year in college and he already has a job lined up. But he may go to graduate school instead. The resources he has accessed at his ivy are truly incredible. They offer many paid internships and fellowships. He has done research overseas twice paid by school grants. So we are pleased with his choice. I am sure he would have been very successful at Miami too, but he is very happy with his choice.

I'm just putting this in bold for the Ivy league nay sayers who have zero understanding of some of the inherent value of attending such a school.

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Anonymous wrote:Miami is not a no name school. That's utterly effing ridiculous. Everyone has heard of the University of Miami.

In Miami, yes.

umm, everywhere. I am a European and I heard of it.

I am a European with an Ivy education. Fully aware of UVA since I was a teen. Literally never heard of U of Miami until this thread, and I am living in DC, almost 50.

That's weird. I have been fully aware of both since my early twenties. I have two Ivy League degrees.

Then you have obviously been slumming it with low lives.

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Anonymous wrote:Miami is not a no name school. That's utterly effing ridiculous. Everyone has heard of the University of Miami.

umm, everywhere. I am a European and I heard of it.

I am a European with an Ivy education. Fully aware of UVA since I was a teen. Literally never heard of U of Miami until this thread, and I am living in DC, almost 50.

You have zero credibility. Or you are a total idiot. You pick. Really, by stating you’ve never heard of a top 50 college before DCUM, then you’re just making that up or seriously out of touch.
Here’s some trivia for you. UM’s most recent past president of 15 years had been Clinton’s Secretary of HHS for almost a decade and awarded the Presidential Medal of a Freedom by Bush#2. The current president is a native Spanish-speaking Mexican, former Dean and prof at Harvard’s School of Public Health. Probably the most recognized alum is Dwayne TheRock Johnson, the world’s highest paid actor 2016. Recently, the campus was forced to evacuate and close for 3 weeks due to damage from hurricane Irma (fact of note because the campus survived unscathed CAT 5 Andrew that blew through Southern Florida in 1992).
Even if you close your eyes and ears anytime college sports news comes on (for multiple national championships over 30 years), have you ever watched the news or read a newspaper or seen People magazine or seen a popular movie? Nothing here rings a bell?

The UVA v UM choice aside, to say you’ve never heard of one of these schools is ridiculous. At least it’s not something to brag about or to take as something worth weighing in your UVA/UM decision. All it proves is that one pp’s ignorance.

You guys are hilarious. So defensive.

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Anonymous wrote:My son was in somewhat the same boat-- choosing between a full ride at Miami and an Ivy with no merit aid. We liked Miami, but my son just could not turn down an ivy after working so hard in high school. This is his third year in college and he already has a job lined up. But he may go to graduate school instead. The resources he has accessed at his ivy are truly incredible. They offer many paid internships and fellowships. He has done research overseas twice paid by school grants. So we are pleased with his choice. I am sure he would have been very successful at Miami too, but he is very happy with his choice.

I'm just putting this in bold for the Ivy league nay sayers who have zero understanding of some of the inherent value of attending such a school.

UVA and Ivy aren't even in the same ballpark. Please

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Anonymous wrote:My son was in somewhat the same boat-- choosing between a full ride at Miami and an Ivy with no merit aid. We liked Miami, but my son just could not turn down an ivy after working so hard in high school. This is his third year in college and he already has a job lined up. But he may go to graduate school instead. The resources he has accessed at his ivy are truly incredible. They offer many paid internships and fellowships. He has done research overseas twice paid by school grants. So we are pleased with his choice. I am sure he would have been very successful at Miami too, but he is very happy with his choice.

I'm just putting this in bold for the Ivy league nay sayers who have zero understanding of some of the inherent value of attending such a school.

But does it really matter? What's the difference between that example vs. a public U kid doing research at the school? The merit of research is in research itself, right? Not where you do it, how much you get to do it, or whether you do it overseas vs at the school?? I don't get this "money buys results" attitude.

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Anonymous wrote:My son was in somewhat the same boat-- choosing between a full ride at Miami and an Ivy with no merit aid. We liked Miami, but my son just could not turn down an ivy after working so hard in high school. This is his third year in college and he already has a job lined up. But he may go to graduate school instead. The resources he has accessed at his ivy are truly incredible. They offer many paid internships and fellowships. He has done research overseas twice paid by school grants. So we are pleased with his choice. I am sure he would have been very successful at Miami too, but he is very happy with his choice.

I'm just putting this in bold for the Ivy league nay sayers who have zero understanding of some of the inherent value of attending such a school.

Well, my kid at a non-Ivy has done all of this too. So, let’s not pretend like you need to go to an Ivy for any of this to happen.

She’s going to be studying the effects of PTSD in Ukraine this summer - totally funded, and with a stipend - and is so excited.

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Anonymous wrote:My son was in somewhat the same boat-- choosing between a full ride at Miami and an Ivy with no merit aid. We liked Miami, but my son just could not turn down an ivy after working so hard in high school. This is his third year in college and he already has a job lined up. But he may go to graduate school instead. The resources he has accessed at his ivy are truly incredible. They offer many paid internships and fellowships. He has done research overseas twice paid by school grants. So we are pleased with his choice. I am sure he would have been very successful at Miami too, but he is very happy with his choice.

I'm just putting this in bold for the Ivy league nay sayers who have zero understanding of some of the inherent value of attending such a school.

Well, my kid at a non-Ivy has done all of this too. So, let’s not pretend like you need to go to an Ivy for any of this to happen.

She’s going to be studying the effects of PTSD in Ukraine this summer - totally funded, and with a stipend - and is so excited.

Sounds like a hoot!

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Do. Not. Turn. Down. U.V.A.

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Anonymous wrote:Are there any other options? Did your DD apply private schools too? If DD did, I think you'd better wait for the results.AS for me, $40,000-$60,000 /year for public universities as OOS student doesn't sound like a good option.

Miami is private.

Also not sure why a private college is inherently better than a state university like UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:My son was in somewhat the same boat-- choosing between a full ride at Miami and an Ivy with no merit aid. We liked Miami, but my son just could not turn down an ivy after working so hard in high school. This is his third year in college and he already has a job lined up. But he may go to graduate school instead. The resources he has accessed at his ivy are truly incredible. They offer many paid internships and fellowships. He has done research overseas twice paid by school grants. So we are pleased with his choice. I am sure he would have been very successful at Miami too, but he is very happy with his choice.

I'm just putting this in bold for the Ivy league nay sayers who have zero understanding of some of the inherent value of attending such a school.

Well, my kid at a non-Ivy has done all of this too. So, let’s not pretend like you need to go to an Ivy for any of this to happen.

She’s going to be studying the effects of PTSD in Ukraine this summer - totally funded, and with a stipend - and is so excited.

Yeah, that’s pretty basic stuff that most halfway decent colleges offer. Let’s not act like it’s exclusive to “Ivies.”

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Anonymous wrote:My son was in somewhat the same boat-- choosing between a full ride at Miami and an Ivy with no merit aid. We liked Miami, but my son just could not turn down an ivy after working so hard in high school. This is his third year in college and he already has a job lined up. But he may go to graduate school instead. The resources he has accessed at his ivy are truly incredible. They offer many paid internships and fellowships. He has done research overseas twice paid by school grants. So we are pleased with his choice. I am sure he would have been very successful at Miami too, but he is very happy with his choice.

I'm just putting this in bold for the Ivy league nay sayers who have zero understanding of some of the inherent value of attending such a school.

This thread has absolutely nothing to do with the Ivy League. Try to keep up.

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Anonymous wrote:Do. Not. Turn. Down. U.V.A.

OP says that UVA would cost $65K per year. The only people who should be paying that much for UVA (or any school, really) are foreign students who are buying their way into the US, or rich people who can afford to pay full sticker. That is NOT what a middle-class person should be paying for college