Anonymous wrote:OP here: Thanks, very helpful. I like the pp who made the comparisons to some other colleges and their locations.

Those schools all are way, way smaller than Miami. Iowa State is a better size/vibe comp. Or Washington State.

And we can never get a clear answer as to why fraternities are allowed to have houses but sororities must live in the dorms. Discriminatory.

OP here: Thanks, very helpful. I like the pp who made the comparisons to some other colleges and their locations.

The campus is gorgeous. Several threads already exist on this school, might want to do a search for more info.

Not really. PP+1 said s/he had firsthand experience that Oxford is beautiful and the kids there happy. PP pointed out that many colleges coveted on DCUM are in a similar geographic situation but people rarely dismiss those for their setting.

Yes, that is what the PP was communicating. Effectively.

It’s about an hour to any kind of city - Dayton or Cincinnati - and an 8-hour drive from here. Oxford is a nice little college town but it’s not for everyone.

Yeah, it's only for people who think they might also be happy at Dartmouth, Williams, Middlebury, Colby, Hamilton, Colgate, Grinnell, Bucknell, Washington and Lee, Kenyon, St Lawrence, and numerous other schools in smaller towns at least an hour from a major city.

As described, it's miles of driving thru dairy country and then you land in beautiful little college town inhabited by large (16,000) university. My daughter went there. Large DC area student presence. Happy kids.

It’s about an hour to any kind of city - Dayton or Cincinnati - and an 8-hour drive from here. Oxford is a nice little college town but it’s not for everyone.

Anonymous wrote:name is kind of weird

The Miami Indians once lived in the area. What exactly is weird about that?

It is in the middle of nowhere, but it is a nice, quaint little college town. I wouldn't describe it as "rural" though. I loved our tour there, but alas, my child went in a different direction.

name is kind of weird

Use Google maps to visit virtually.

You drive through miles of cornfields and suddenly it appears.

How rural/suburban is the school? Anyone’s child attend and have an experience to share please. Trying to decide if it should go on my dd’s list. Thanks.