Miami University

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DS just applied. We’ve heard only nice things and the merit is a draw. However, we had no idea it was so Greek. He has zero interest in a frat so now I’m thinking maybe it won’t be a good fit.

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Anonymous wrote:DS just applied. We’ve heard only nice things and the merit is a draw. However, we had no idea it was so Greek. He has zero interest in a frat so now I’m thinking maybe it won’t be a good fit.

3 different national fraternities were founded there (known as the "Miami Triad") so yeah, it's Greek.

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Anonymous wrote:DS just applied. We’ve heard only nice things and the merit is a draw. However, we had no idea it was so Greek. He has zero interest in a frat so now I’m thinking maybe it won’t be a good fit.

A friend of mine's daughter goes there. She isn't a partier and isn't in a sorority, but she is very involved in an activity. She loves it.

The Greek system is an easy way to get a friend group. If you are not Greek, you need to find other ways to get involved or meet people. A sports team also gives you a friend group.

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Anonymous wrote:Miami has kind if fallen in rep here in ohio. Kids choose Ohio State first and then between Miami, Cincinnati and Ohio U. Lots of heavy partying. Kids from rural Ohio. Bottom of the class kids from Cleveland private schools go there. But it’s a fine school.

Crazy. I was a high school student in suburban Chicago and Miami of Ohio in the 1990s is how we thought of like College of William, Wake Forest, Lehigh or Syracuse of today. But talking to people from Ohio, they were like it is now more like how we think of James Madison U.

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Anonymous wrote:Miami has kind if fallen in rep here in ohio. Kids choose Ohio State first and then between Miami, Cincinnati and Ohio U. Lots of heavy partying. Kids from rural Ohio. Bottom of the class kids from Cleveland private schools go there. But it’s a fine school.

This is true. My sister and BIL both went there and their kids both went to Ohio State. They were at a Miami v Ohio State football game a few years ago and noticed that the Miami grads had kids going to Ohio State and the Ohio State grads had kids going to Miami.

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share any insights on Miami of Ohio? Academics (specifically for undergrad business majors), campus life, dorms, social life, sports? My kid wants a big rah rah school and we already have a bunch of those on her list, but we just don't know much about this school. We probably won't be able to visit it either, until after she gets an acceptance, should she get one. What makes it a "new ivy?"

Red stars project 2025 you are shitty parents

His in the world to you not understand what is happening right now on the US and you want to see your kid up a crime capital?

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share any insights on Miami of Ohio? Academics (specifically for undergrad business majors), campus life, dorms, social life, sports? My kid wants a big rah rah school and we already have a bunch of those on her list, but we just don't know much about this school. We probably won't be able to visit it either, until after she gets an acceptance, should she get one. What makes it a "new ivy?"

Alum here. It isn’t a “new ivy.” Back in the 1980s it was called a “public Ivy” in a famous book by a guy named Richard Moll.

Miami is not terribly selective but it is a good school with a predominantly undergraduate focus. It is “rah rah” for sports, yes — the football program is the “cradle of coaches) and one of four universities to graduate both a US president (Harrison) and a Super Bowl winning quarterback (Roethlisburger). The hockey team is usually good. The softball team made the Women’s College World Series…

It’s a very traditional college experience in a small town. Bucolic campus. Strong academics and a great value for undergraduate (most rankings are really based on graduate programs and research dollars).

It is isolated and hard to get to — an hour’s drive or so from Cincinnati or Dayton.

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Anonymous wrote:It's mostly preppies from the suburbs of Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and especially Chicago. The academics are a bit stronger than the sky-high acceptance rate suggests, and business is one of the better programs. Greek life dominates the social scene. Dorms are average, but most only live in them freshman year. Sophomores and some juniors live in their fraternity/sorority houses, and most juniors and seniors live in off-campus housing. Not a huge rah-rah school when it comes to sports and DEFINITELY not a "new ivy" or "public ivy." Some dildo wrote a book in the 1980s calling it that and the school has been clinging to it ever since.

Haha! Thanks for clarifying. I wondered how it got that title with it having such a high acceptance rate.

Back in the 80s it was much more selective and had the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, which helped with its reputation. They changed the model in the early 1990s, abolished that school as an academic division and tried to behave more like a private university. Their selectiveness dwindled since.

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It is ranked #10 in the nation for undergraduate teaching by USNWR

It is a top 50 public university as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of hot girls.

Not that MIAMI. There are very few hot girls at Miami Ohio….I went there…

Great school. I loved it. But one thing when you get out of OH that you have to deal with your whole life is explaining that it is not UM or the U. It is Miami OHIO. I used to be upset about it…10 years of explaining……I just dont care anymore..

Same here….outside the bubble. Most people think you are talking about UM.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's mostly preppies from the suburbs of Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and especially Chicago. The academics are a bit stronger than the sky-high acceptance rate suggests, and business is one of the better programs. Greek life dominates the social scene. Dorms are average, but most only live in them freshman year. Sophomores and some juniors live in their fraternity/sorority houses, and most juniors and seniors live in off-campus housing. Not a huge rah-rah school when it comes to sports and DEFINITELY not a "new ivy" or "public ivy." Some dildo wrote a book in the 1980s calling it that and the school has been clinging to it ever since.

Haha! Thanks for clarifying. I wondered how it got that title with it having such a high acceptance rate.

Back in the 80s it was much more selective and had the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, which helped with its reputation. They changed the model in the early 1990s, abolished that school as an academic division and tried to behave more like a private university. Their selectiveness dwindled since.

I was in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies in the 1980s and it had a much different vibe than the rest of Greek- and business school-oriented Miami. When I applied, Miami was the most selective state school in Ohio. I grew up in Ohio, but came to DC soon after graduation as did a lot of my friends, so grads don’t all stay in Ohio.