Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.
I'm from Ohio and attended Miami. Maybe it depends on which direction you enter the town/school from; but it's surrounded by more corn fields than dairy. I'm not even familiar with dairy farms by Oxford.
Nevertheless, Oxford is a quintessential college town. I attended decades ago but took my daughter to see it when we were in the area last year and Oxford has developed into a really beautiful little town. The Miami campus is very walkable and absolutely beautiful. Classic college look with all the Georgian red brick architecture. Lots of new buildings that blend in nicely with the old.
Solid academics, great reputation beyond Ohio - Cradle of Coaches, an original "public ivy." When I read the alumni magazine, always impressed by so many very successful people in various fields - CEOs/executives at large corporations, television, sports etc.
PP is correct about a sizable cohort in the DC area, as well as an active alumni chapter.
My daughter didn't want to go that far away to school; but said she would have been interested if it were closer.
I would compare it generally to JMU, but with a prettier campus and a much prettier small town, and more broadly recognized around the country.
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