Why is Ohio University never discussed here?

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Anonymous wrote:It is a good question. There are a bunch of schools in Ohio that I think are decent but I know nothing about - Ohio, Miami, Denison, Kenyon, Wooster, probably missing one or two more (Oberlin is its own animal and has been discussed plenty).

Kenyon, Denison, Miami and OU deserve way more attention than they get. These are fantastic schools for nice, well adjusted kids with good but not sterling grades who want to get a great education and don’t want to pay $90l per year. For liberal arts colleges, Kenyon and Denison are the very best possible schools where you can get $25k (other than perhaps Grinnell but Grinnell is super, crazy woke and Kenyon and Denison are not). The Kenyon and Denison campuses are both drop dead gorgeous and in the cutest towns, both near Columbus.

Miami and OU also both have gorgeous campus. Central Ohio with its rolling hills is one of the nicest parts of the US. These are small universities. Mostly Ohio kids but I’d send my kids to Miami or OU before Ohio State. Miami and OU are nice sized colleges where your kid will be in classes of 20-30 kids. OSU is a factory of 60,000 students where you kid will be in classes with 350 students.

Check them out. You will be happy you did.

Have you done a price check recently?
Kenyon $91,010
Denison $88,400

Didn't look at the others, but they are both state supported, so probably much less. My kid committed to one of these and is very excited.

Yes but Kenyon and Denison give everyone at least $25k. It’s automatic at Dension if you are from Ohio or a Midwest state.

Automatic at Kenyon only for Ohio residents.

I’m one of the 15 pct of Kenyon parents paying full price. And my kid got 1500 on his SAT. Wtf!!!

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Anonymous wrote:It is a good question. There are a bunch of schools in Ohio that I think are decent but I know nothing about - Ohio, Miami, Denison, Kenyon, Wooster, probably missing one or two more (Oberlin is its own animal and has been discussed plenty).

Kenyon, Denison, Miami and OU deserve way more attention than they get. These are fantastic schools for nice, well adjusted kids with good but not sterling grades who want to get a great education and don’t want to pay $90l per year. For liberal arts colleges, Kenyon and Denison are the very best possible schools where you can get $25k (other than perhaps Grinnell but Grinnell is super, crazy woke and Kenyon and Denison are not). The Kenyon and Denison campuses are both drop dead gorgeous and in the cutest towns, both near Columbus.

Miami and OU also both have gorgeous campus. Central Ohio with its rolling hills is one of the nicest parts of the US. These are small universities. Mostly Ohio kids but I’d send my kids to Miami or OU before Ohio State. Miami and OU are nice sized colleges where your kid will be in classes of 20-30 kids. OSU is a factory of 60,000 students where you kid will be in classes with 350 students.

Check them out. You will be happy you did.

Have you done a price check recently?
Kenyon $91,010
Denison $88,400

Didn't look at the others, but they are both state supported, so probably much less. My kid committed to one of these and is very excited.

Yes but Kenyon and Denison give everyone at least $25k. It’s automatic at Dension if you are from Ohio or a Midwest state.

Automatic at Kenyon only for Ohio residents.

I’m one of the 15 pct of Kenyon parents paying full price. And my kid got 1500 on his SAT. Wtf!!!

Did your kid apply ED to Kenyon ?

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A friend's daughter went there and was very happy. Later decided to have a career in nursing.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty campus
Very depressed area. Appalachia.
Party school
Halloween is crazy
Good journalism school

I went to OU and this is spot on. Loved my years there, very laid back, low pressure, but all my friends have had successful careers.

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My daughter went to Miami University - typically called Miami of Ohio. She and her classmates loved it. 16,000 kids with smiles on their faces in a safe and attractive small town. The school feels much smaller than that - in a good way. Main downside is that it is a little tough to get to - 45 minute drive from the nearest airports. Surrounded by dairy farms.
Miami always seems to have a good sized group of kids who come from the Washington DC area.

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Anonymous wrote:My friends that have gone to OU have turned out great. OU has a nice town. And club hockey is huge.

I'm from PA and traditionally from out area it gets the kids that didn't get into Penn State or Miami.

Miami of Ohio? It has like an 80% acceptance rate.

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Matt Lauer tried to put his alma mater Ohio U on the map. Unfortunately he had another interest that took precedence.

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Anonymous wrote:Pretty campus
Very depressed area. Appalachia.
Party school
Halloween is crazy
Good journalism school

I went to OU and this is spot on. Loved my years there, very laid back, low pressure, but all my friends have had successful careers.

PP here. I am from Ohio and had lots of friends go there! I remember a really great pizza place on the main street of the school area. Maybe Court St? This was in like 1998, so probably not there any more, ha ha!

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Anonymous wrote:My friends that have gone to OU have turned out great. OU has a nice town. And club hockey is huge.

I'm from PA and traditionally from out area it gets the kids that didn't get into Penn State or Miami.

Miami of Ohio? It has like an 80% acceptance rate.

Miami used to be the hardest school in Ohio to get in to (back in the 90s). I went to Ohio State then and it was a place for kids who couldn’t get in to Miami.

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Anonymous wrote:Kenyon, Denison and Oberlin were popular with boarding school kids that weren’t looking at Ivies back in the 80s. I think people are avoiding Ohio now and other SLACs have risen.

I don't know about Kenyon or Oberlin, but I have a kid at Denison, and I have been surprised by the number of boarding school graduates. I don't think it has gone down in popularity with that crowd at all. My son has friends from Los Angeles to Martha's Vineyard. A lot are very wealthy. Denison's admit rate this year was 19% (up from 17%) the year before.

Ohio has many excellent schools. Miami made the LinkedIn Top Colleges 2025: The 50 best colleges for long-term career success in the U.S.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-colleges-2025-50-best-long-term-career-success-kritf/

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Love Ohio University! Beautiful campus. Fun. Solid academics. Go Bobcats!

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My DC loved the campus, was accepted to one of their early assurance programs that guaranteed a spot in their doctoral grad program, and was given great merit aid (made it less than in-state UMD). It was his first choice for a long time, but ultimately chose to stay in state and go to UMD. He really loved OU and it was a tough choice.

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Anonymous wrote:We talk about Ohio State a lot, but not Ohio U. Anyone have any experience with this school?

Here’s your chance, OP. Sell it.

Ha! I know nothing about it which is why I asked. Also strange that it's not University of Ohio.

Why?

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Anonymous wrote:It is a good question. There are a bunch of schools in Ohio that I think are decent but I know nothing about - Ohio, Miami, Denison, Kenyon, Wooster, probably missing one or two more (Oberlin is its own animal and has been discussed plenty).

Miami is great!

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Anonymous wrote:No better than Nova