PSA: Miami University/University of Miami

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a DS at UM. Of the people who ask, about 49% of the time, people look at me with pause (wondering which school it is and I have to say "Florida") and about 49% say "in Ohio?" About 2% say "Go Canes!" I totally gave up and now say "University of Miami. Florida." Maybe I just move in ignorant circles.

You should just call it "The U".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a DS at UM. Of the people who ask, about 49% of the time, people look at me with pause (wondering which school it is and I have to say "Florida") and about 49% say "in Ohio?" About 2% say "Go Canes!" I totally gave up and now say "University of Miami. Florida." Maybe I just move in ignorant circles.

You should just call it "The U".

Only to immediate family members, very close friends or fellow alum.

[Anonymous]

Ha, I went to college in Ohio and knew some kids as Miami. They all said they went to Miami. People I knew that went to University of Miami all said they went to The U.

[Anonymous]

I thought "the U" was University of Utah. Apparently I hang out with too many Mormons.

[Anonymous]

I wonder how well known "the U" nickname is beyond longtime college football fans?

[Anonymous]

I am a Miami of Ohio grad. Good school, but I guess it depends on your tolerance for snow and cornfields over beaches and palm trees.

I was appalled when I discovered it was also Paul
Ryan's alma mater. Then again I'm much more liberal than many Miami U grads.

[Anonymous]

PP here. Miami U is named after the Native American tribe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP here. Miami U is named after the Native American tribe.

Do you mean the name of the sports team?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a Miami of Ohio grad. Good school, but I guess it depends on your tolerance for snow and cornfields over beaches and palm trees.

I was appalled when I discovered it was also Paul
Ryan's alma mater. Then again I'm much more liberal than many Miami U grads.

I always consider Ben Roethlisberger as Miami's best known alum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a Miami of Ohio grad. Good school, but I guess it depends on your tolerance for snow and cornfields over beaches and palm trees.

I was appalled when I discovered it was also Paul
Ryan's alma mater. Then again I'm much more liberal than many Miami U grads.

I always consider Ben Roethlisberger as Miami's best known alum.

That's Miami of Ohio, btw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here. Miami U is named after the Native American tribe.

Do you mean the name of the sports team?

They changed their team name to the Red Hawks at least a decade ago. More than I can day for DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IMO they're both great schools. Miami U gets a pretty solid look from kids in this area.

Miami U is an excellent school. They're both great schools, just the one in Coral Gables is much higher profile with a lot more hot babes.

Both have incredibly shitty football programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Both excellent schools. Rankings don't mean anything... Schools know how rankings are calculated so they manipulate big time. I think Miami (OH) is more of a regional school and UMiami is more national if that makes difference.

Miami U is certainly a regional school, nothing wrong with that. Miami FL attracts an international and national audience due to its location. Lots of spoiled pampered bitches at UM looking to have trains run on them by football players.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought "the U" was University of Utah. Apparently I hang out with too many Mormons.

Dipshits in Minnesota call that school the U. Happens everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Miami University:
located in Oxford, Ohio (35 miles from Cincinnati)
Public, just over 15,000 undergrads
about $41,000 (tuition, room, board) for OOS students
67% acceptance rate
USNWR rank: 76
personal observation: beautiful campus, happy student population

University of Miami
located in Coral Gables, Florida (8 miles from Miami)
Private, just over 10,000 undergrads
about $57,000 (tuition, room, board)
39% acceptance rate
USNWR rank: 48
personal observation: beautiful campus, happy student population

Another fact:
UM reports 43% white students
MU reports 82% white students.