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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone share any insights on Miami of Ohio? Academics (specifically for undergrad business majors), campus life, dorms, social life, sports? My kid wants a big rah rah school and we already have a bunch of those on her list, but we just don't know much about this school. We probably won't be able to visit it either, until after she gets an acceptance, should she get one. What makes it a "new ivy?"[/quote]

Alum here. It isn’t a “new ivy.” Back in the 1980s it was called a “public Ivy” in a famous book by a guy named Richard Moll.

Miami is not terribly selective but it is a good school with a predominantly undergraduate focus. It is “rah rah” for sports, yes — the football program is the “cradle of coaches) and one of four universities to graduate both a US president (Harrison) and a Super Bowl winning quarterback (Roethlisburger). The hockey team is usually good. The softball team made the Women’s College World Series…

It’s a very traditional college experience in a small town. Bucolic campus. Strong academics and a great value for undergraduate (most rankings are really based on graduate programs and research dollars).

It is isolated and hard to get to — an hour’s drive or so from Cincinnati or Dayton. [/quote]

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