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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the past few years (with three kids) we toured: CNU, VCU, Virginia Tech, GMU, Longwood, American, Roanoke, JMU, MWU, Miami (oh), Xavier, St. Joseph, Loyola MD, University of Vermont, and William and Mary.

Of these schools, the tours made two of my kids fall in love with Virginia Tech and William and Mary.

The worst tour we took was of Miami of Ohio. We really wanted to love it- great merit aid, we have family in Ohio, etc. We arrived in Oxford early and went to a local bagel place where there it was a challenge to finish the menu of all the items. Cute idea, but we look over and see a photo of one of the students who won the challenge and it's titled "XXXX XXXX, first African American to complete the challenge." It is dated 2021!!! This sort of set the tone for the day. My DC goes to school in NOVA and diversity is important for her. The tour guide was a nice kid, but when asked about diversity she told my DC that a few students at the school had told her she was the "first black person they'd ever met." She was very honest, and we appreciated her candor.

The Admissions sit-down session talked about diversity but there were no signs of it around campus. They also kept talking about "being in the middle of a cornfield" which might be charming to some, but not to my DC. The other part I thought was really weird- they kept talking about being named a "Public Ivy." I know that book was written in 1986, and even within the state- Ohio State is by far the hardest school to get into now so I thought that was weird to boast about this book that had been released 37 years prior.

Then during the actual tour part- they split the tour into two parts but didn't tell the families first. So we saw the "social" part of the tour first- dorm, hockey arena etc.. and wondered why on earth the tour was focused on the hockey arena and not the business school. Then during the second part of the tour- they took us to the Union and put us in the tiniest classroom ever for a question-and-answer segment. The carpet in the room was covered in stains and it just generally left a terrible impression.

I know Miami is a great school and we wanted to love it, but it just was such a weird experience.

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Geez, that is bizarre. The tour guide doesn't get out much. This town must be tucked away. But really, there are only white students at Miami U, Ohio? [/quote]

https://miamioh.edu/transformational-inclusive-excellence/accountability-transparency/diversity-dashboard.html
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