Miami University -- Oxford (OH)

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Anonymous wrote:OP: my kid applied to Miami as a safety. DC got into most of his schools, but picked Miami. He had high scores so he got a lot of merit aid. We will paying less than half of what we would have paid for in-state options (they are very good in-state schools and talked about here on DCUM). He was also admitted into the honors college and is excited about it. He will probably to grad school, and we feel good about his prospects.

I don't understand all of the hate on here.

Miami has a lot of attractive people who are social and like to have fun. Pretty much the antithesis of every DCUM ever, so I get why they don’t like it.

Ha! So true.

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Now I am totally confused. Is there a single entity called "Columbia University"? It may be loose consortium of Barnard, Columbia College, General College, and Columbia SEAS.

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Anonymous wrote:Oberlin is ranked #26 of National Liberal Arts schools.

That sucks.

Forbes ranks Oberlin #19 among liberal arts colleges in the US, a notch below Vassar and a notch above Barnard College of Columbia University.

The person I know who graduated from Barnard tells everyone that she graduated from Columbia. Tee hee.

She doesn't tell "everyone" she's from Columbia. She says "Barnard" to those who know Barnard. To those who might be scratching heads, she says Columbia to save follow-up questions.

No different than Columbia College students who say Columbia University to distinguish Columbia College that's part of Columbia University in NY from Columbia College in Missouri, Columbia College in Vienna, VA, Columbia College in Centreville, VA, Columbia College, SC, Columbia College, DC, Columbia College, CA, Columbia College, Fl, Columbia College, Chicago, Columbia College, OR.

LOL. Yes it is. She is trying to pretend she went to Columbia when she went to Barnard.

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Anonymous wrote:OP Here. That is what I like about DCUM. Lots of good insights with the occasional off the wall comment. DC wants to study engineering and his SATs are very good but grades made him not as strong candidate to get into the top engineering programs. He did not get into VT.
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) accepted him but not for engineering.
Temple accept
UMBC accept
Miami accept

He probably would have gone to RIT but he did not get as much aid as he wanted and he did not get accepted into engineering. Miami will cost half as much. Miami sounds like it has a beautiful campus an active Greek life for those who want to indulge but 2/3 aren't involved. It sounds like if you can find your niche, you are not going to foreclose any opportunities and the emphasis on undergraduate education makes it somewhat attractive and possibly the best alternative. Maybe there are those who would disagree.

Of those options, UM is the best choice for him. He should be happy.

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^^but UM is not an option. MU?

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Anonymous wrote:Oberlin is ranked #26 of National Liberal Arts schools.

That sucks.

Forbes ranks Oberlin #19 among liberal arts colleges in the US, a notch below Vassar and a notch above Barnard College of Columbia University.

The person I know who graduated from Barnard tells everyone that she graduated from Columbia. Tee hee.

She doesn't tell "everyone" she's from Columbia. She says "Barnard" to those who know Barnard. To those who might be scratching heads, she says Columbia to save follow-up questions.

No different than Columbia College students who say Columbia University to distinguish Columbia College that's part of Columbia University in NY from Columbia College in Missouri, Columbia College in Vienna, VA, Columbia College in Centreville, VA, Columbia College, SC, Columbia College, DC, Columbia College, CA, Columbia College, Fl, Columbia College, Chicago, Columbia College, OR.

LOL. Yes it is. She is trying to pretend she went to Columbia when she went to Barnard.

I just know Barnard is loosely affiliated with Columbia. "Pretend" is a bit harsh. I have no dog in this fight.

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OP: I would ask in the Engineering forums on College Confidential for reviews on all of the programs your DC is considering.

In general, make sure that all of the programs are ABET accredited. Also, you can check lots of statistics like how many graduate per discipline, average SAT/ACT of enrolled engineering class, etc...here: http://profiles.asee.org

I try to find the graduating outcomes of colleges. Most colleges publish the breakdown of major - the number of graduates, starting salaries, graduate schools matriculating to, etc...

From a quick search, I found this for Miami:http://miamioh.edu/cec/news/2017/12/engineering-starting-salaries.html

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All of this Miami bashing is pointless. Engineering as a profession does not care about the snobbery of DCUM and the prestige of a program. Your son will be an engineer from an accredited program. He will have employment options galore.

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Anonymous wrote:All of this Miami bashing is pointless. Engineering as a profession does not care about the snobbery of DCUM and the prestige of a program. Your son will be an engineer from an accredited program. He will have employment options galore.

I didn't see Miami bashing.

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Anonymous wrote:All of this Miami bashing is pointless. Engineering as a profession does not care about the snobbery of DCUM and the prestige of a program. Your son will be an engineer from an accredited program. He will have employment options galore.

I didn't see Miami bashing.

NP: then you haven’t read the whole thread.

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Anonymous wrote:Public school with a Heavy Greek presence. Safety school for lot of DC privates. Desperately wants to be a William & Mary type school but not quite there yet. Revered by Ohio residents - but understand most of them have never even heard of Oberlin and think OSU is the pinnacle of academic excellence. Not very diverse, very white. Pretty campus. It’s been mentioned a lot on here, do a search.

You are exactly the type of person I hated meeting after graduating from Miami and moving to DC. And I don’t know a single person unaware of Oberlin.

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Anonymous wrote:Oberlin is ranked #26 of National Liberal Arts schools.

That sucks.

Forbes ranks Oberlin #19 among liberal arts colleges in the US, a notch below Vassar and a notch above Barnard College of Columbia University.

The person I know who graduated from Barnard tells everyone that she graduated from Columbia. Tee hee.

She doesn't tell "everyone" she's from Columbia. She says "Barnard" to those who know Barnard. To those who might be scratching heads, she says Columbia to save follow-up questions.

No different than Columbia College students who say Columbia University to distinguish Columbia College that's part of Columbia University in NY from Columbia College in Missouri, Columbia College in Vienna, VA, Columbia College in Centreville, VA, Columbia College, SC, Columbia College, DC, Columbia College, CA, Columbia College, Fl, Columbia College, Chicago, Columbia College, OR.

LOL. Yes it is. She is trying to pretend she went to Columbia when she went to Barnard.

I just know Barnard is loosely affiliated with Columbia. "Pretend" is a bit harsh. I have no dog in this fight.

By definition, a university consists of a number of separate colleges. Barnard College is a college of Columbia University. It began as the women's college when many colleges, including Columbia, were men only. They kept it as a separate college even after Columbia went coed, but it is most definitely part of Columbia University.

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Anonymous wrote:Oberlin is ranked #26 of National Liberal Arts schools.

That sucks.

Forbes ranks Oberlin #19 among liberal arts colleges in the US, a notch below Vassar and a notch above Barnard College of Columbia University.

The person I know who graduated from Barnard tells everyone that she graduated from Columbia. Tee hee.

She doesn't tell "everyone" she's from Columbia. She says "Barnard" to those who know Barnard. To those who might be scratching heads, she says Columbia to save follow-up questions.

No different than Columbia College students who say Columbia University to distinguish Columbia College that's part of Columbia University in NY from Columbia College in Missouri, Columbia College in Vienna, VA, Columbia College in Centreville, VA, Columbia College, SC, Columbia College, DC, Columbia College, CA, Columbia College, Fl, Columbia College, Chicago, Columbia College, OR.

LOL. Yes it is. She is trying to pretend she went to Columbia when she went to Barnard.

I just know Barnard is loosely affiliated with Columbia. "Pretend" is a bit harsh. I have no dog in this fight.

By definition, a university consists of a number of separate colleges. Barnard College is a college of Columbia University. It began as the women's college when many colleges, including Columbia, were men only. They kept it as a separate college even after Columbia went coed, but it is most definitely part of Columbia University.

That's what I thought. There is no entity "Columbia University" all by itself. Someone could be attending Columbia College, but normally he or she say "Columbia University" to avoid follow up questions from confusion. Same with Columbia SEAS, which is a separate entity within Columbia University. It's same concept as Oxford or Cambridge. Nobody knows St. John's College. They say "St. John's College of Cambridge" or just say "Cambridge" and get it over with.

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You revived an ancient thread to say k?