Is University of Miami that hard to get into?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my D's school Miami is considered to be much more prestigious than UF.

Acceptance rates for 2015 (according to US New and World report)
U of Miami 38%
UF 47%

humm.......

You immediately lose any credibility by posting acceptance rates as sole the measure of selectivity.

Indeed. Everyone knows that the salary of top administrators is a much better measure of selectivity

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I feel like I'm reading a thread about Penn State vs. U of Penn or something.
Miami is a private school, with a relatively national population
UF and FSU are public schools.

So yes, of course most in state Floridians would probably lean toward their flagship state schools. Just as most kids in Pennsylvania would go to Penn State before Villanova. It's not a testament to the quality of the private or public school, but rather to a reasonably good state school and the price of a private college.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter had two good friends both who applied and one was rejected and one was deferred. This was a huge surprise, as both girls are excellent students, got around 2050-2100 on their SAT'S. My d also applied but regular decision however her friends decisions have me secretly a little unhinged about the schools my D applied to, U Miami being one of them. She has about a 3.8 and a 2070 on her SAT, 30 on ACT. Her first choice is UVA, followed by Miami, U Texas Austin and Wake Forest. She only applied to one true safety school and now I am thinking.....maybe that was a mistake. Are applications this year an unusually high number as they were in 2008? Just curious....their rejections were a big surprise.

Should hv gotten in if these self reported numbers are correct.

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-miami-florida/1856516-university-of-miami-class-of-2020-ea-results-only.html

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Curious if the difference between getting in or not was because the student visited the campus? We felt that the visit was given great weight for our daughter (that and that we're full pay).

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Every UM freshman DD met on the day she visited (friends and friends of friends -- so not students chosen by the school for the tour) all had HS GPAs above 4.2. And all seemed to have some real passion (lifetime dancer, nationally ranked tennis player) or something else unique (childhood cancer survivor with spectacular story/essay).

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UMiami is like GW for FL

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Anonymous wrote:UMiami is like GW for FL

Um I dont think so...the average GPA and test scores far surpass GW. 3 out of 5 in my D's class were either rejected or deferred, 1 got in. Big shock on 2 of them.

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Middle 50% ACT at GW 27-31; 28-32 at Miami. Slightly higher but not materially so.

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Anonymous wrote:Middle 50% ACT at GW 27-31; 28-32 at Miami. Slightly higher but not materially so.

This compares them: http://colleges.startclass.com/compare/804-897/George-Washington-University-vs-University-of-Miami

They're very similar.

[Anonymous]

Son visited on a lark last year, cuz his younger brother was curious. After multiple prestigious universities beginning their talk with..."...we don't offer merit aid", he was stunned to hear the multiple scholarship grants for merit granted exceptional high school kids. Applied to all the big leagues and will hear in March, but as a non-single early action U Miami has already come back to him and offered a presidential scholarship of $25K a year to double major -- it may not be so difficult to turn down a prestigious school when U Miami is pouring money into attracting the best and brightest. This place is up and coming. Looking forward to the (sigh) visit for new admits in Feb, then a tour of the new Rosenstiel Center on Key Biscayne!

[Anonymous]

One other question-- why all the talk of privileged rich kids- as if that is a big indicator of terrible. Is this not an issue at any Ivy or is Miami picked on specifically because of offers beauty (the locale and facilities) and brains (more competitive every year).

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Anonymous wrote:Son visited on a lark last year, cuz his younger brother was curious. After multiple prestigious universities beginning their talk with..."...we don't offer merit aid", he was stunned to hear the multiple scholarship grants for merit granted exceptional high school kids. Applied to all the big leagues and will hear in March, but as a non-single early action U Miami has already come back to him and offered a presidential scholarship of $25K a year to double major -- it may not be so difficult to turn down a prestigious school when U Miami is pouring money into attracting the best and brightest. This place is up and coming. Looking forward to the (sigh) visit for new admits in Feb, then a tour of the new Rosenstiel Center on Key Biscayne!

Even with 25k, it's still high. DC turned down the Singer Scholarship for a full ride at UMD.

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DC just go offered a full ride Merit Scholarship! We are thrilled!

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Congratulations! Assuming you are in DC and your student still expects to hear from other schools in March, how does your kid feel about the U? What is a "Full Ride" merit mean anywAy?

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09:06- U Md v U Miami-- excellent but..it is not the exciting strangeness like a move to tropical Miami